Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens Cotswold Wildlife Park news 2009

0.2 white rhino should be arriving at the park this year to join "Bull" in the newly modernised and extended rhino house.
They will be imported from South Africa, flown to Holland and shipped over land from there.
This and all the news from 2008 is on the parks annual newsletter.

http://www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk/pdfs/Cotswold2009Newsletter.pdf

 

Yeah, saw that. No further news on the giraffe paddock though, that still going ahead this year?

 

Giraffes will not be happening this year it may get done in 2010,when it does it will be going on the site of the Ostrich paddock.

 

I was basing it in the previous newsletter's statement 'once work is complete on the rhino house construction will immedietly start on the giraffe house', so if it's opening for 2010 it would be logical to start this year.

 

From what i have heard work won`t start till 2010 at the earliest on the Giraffes.

 

I have just returned from a visit to the park. Giraffes have been put on hold at the moment due to costs etc and the credit crunch. There should be new male as well coming into the park to join the two female white rhinos due in June subject to everything going through okay. Madadgascar walk through exhibit looking good, certainly the park was busy after having to close for a week the previous week due to snow and ice on the paths. Owl avairies that housed the Spectacled and Great Greys have been knocked down and are being rebuilt at the moment. They are using metal instead of wood as it lasts longer and weathers better. Also the large walk through aviary was being refurbished and had no birds or netting on it.

 

The African open billed stork are now on exhibit at the park after being kept inside during the winter.



February saw the introduction of six bizarre birds to our ibis and stork exhibit. The three pairs of African Openbill Storks arrived at the Cotswolds at the end of last year but were kept inside until the worst of our winter weather had passed. These storks are immediately noticeable due to the peculiar shape of their bill which is used to prize snails, crabs and other crustaceans from their shells. These are the only birds of the species exhibited in UK zoos and we hope they will settle to breed successfully later in the year.

 

Fantastic news! 'Nother unique species for the park.

Still no news on the pallas cat though.

 

Seen carrying sticks on recent visit.

 

Apparently the Great Indian Hornbill died this morning Always loved getting so close to these magnificent birds. They're hopeful of getting a new male

 

... and did I hear mention of Warty Pigs having arrived from Rotterdam?

 

Nothing on ISIS on Warty Pigs, you might be getting confused with Newquay. It still reports a male Pallas Cat however, presumably off show.

And a great conservation achievment; an expedition funded by the park discovered the largest group of Greater Bamboo Lemurs known to man, believed to make up 10% of the world population:

Largest ever group of Greater Bamboo Lemurs discovered during a research trip funnded by Cotswold Wildlife Park

 

no cotswolds will get them soon too!

 

Really? Oh, brilliant!

 

Looks like we have found the next species to be found every where in the U.K,just as well i like Warty Pigs!!!!

 

Chester
Edinburgh
Cotswold
Newquay

anywhere else?

 

Not yet but give it time considering there was none 5 years ago the fact that there is now at least 10 in the U.K at this moment in time is quite impressive,have heard rumours of a few other places been intrested in getting them but will keep quite on that for the time been.

 

Their spread will probably be along much the same lines as the now plentiful R.R. Hogs.

 

A similar case occured with warthogs and giant anteaters, where originally Marwell & London were the only stockholders till they spread out like wildfire. I'm starting to see it happening with aardvarks at the moment too.

 

Did they really put a red nose on their rhino bull for comic relief like their website says?