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Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens Cotswold Wildlife Park news 2009

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by kiang, 23 Feb 2009.

  1. Pygathrix

    Pygathrix Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Thanks, I've just realised

    I know, but only at Cotswold will you be able to walk through its enclosure:)
     
  2. foz

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    aaah now i know what you mean :D
     
  3. kiang

    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Will the rhino house be renovated in any way to accomodate the new animals coming in from Africa?
     
  4. Zambar

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    The rhino house has just completed a renovation in preperation for more individuals, so yes. :)
     
  5. Meg-T

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    I have been reading this thread - it sounds fascinating, and very difficult to picture (I have never been). I think a trip is in order!! :D
     
  6. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Among the smaller British collections, it's a real gem. Just enough big animals (lions, leopards, rhinos, wolves) to feel like a 'proper' zoo but a wonderful mowed-lawn-and-Cotswold-stone-walls setting and fantastic collection of smaller animals - including the lemurs (sifaka, mouse lemurs, two species of gentle lemur among them), White-lipped Peccaries (and now Warty Pigs), Ground Cuscus, Striped Possum, Purple-faced Langurs, Morelet's Crocodiles, Bredl's Python, an aviary with three cuckoo species (Guira, Greater Roadrunner and White-browed Coucal), the African Openbills, Hildebrandt's Starlings...

    Yeah - worth a trip!
     
  7. Pertinax

    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Cotswold WP is a really nice visit- a tranquil setting, never enormous crowds, lovely parkland surroundings and an increasingly diverse and interesting collection.
     
  8. zoogiraffe

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    Last that i heard it would be staying off for the foreseeable future.
     
  9. kiang

    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Latest births and arrivals

    Births - jaguarundi (number and sex unknown), 0.0.2 black stork (being hand raised), 0.0.2 ring tailed lemur and 0.0.5 blue bellied roller (the only collection in Europe currently breeding them).

    Arrivals - 2.0 griffon vulture from Colchester and 1.0 crowned sifaka from Besancon.
     
  10. Zambar

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    Hmm, suprising they haven't said anything about the Warty Pigs in the arrivals section of the site.
     
  11. Goretex

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    Well I've heard about this place and had been under the impression it was one of the best "small" zoos in Britain.

    I have never been but you guys are certainly encouraging me to go!:D;)
     
  12. Paulkarli08

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    Has Dudley's lioness Gir been mixed with Chandra and Akela yet?
     
  13. easytigger

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    "small" as in twice the size of colchester???
     
  14. Dom

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    A third lion?

    And i would say Cots is one of the best small zoos in Britain....but im biased!
     
  15. Nisha

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    Yes Gir is supposed to of recently moved down from Dudley Zoo
     
  16. Maguari

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    It's a superb place - one of my absolute favourites. I definitely encourage you to go!
     
  17. kiang

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    Where did the current Purple-faced langurs in the UK come from?
     
  20. Bele

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    Shame it is another male baby langur as I believe there are only two females in the UK - the one at Cotswold and another at Edinburgh - but quite a few males at both .