A sixth attempt to produce a giant panda cub at Edinburgh Zoo through artificial insemination has failed. Latest giant panda breeding attempt fails
A male red panda kit has been born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo and had his first health check with head vet Simon Girling and keeper Leanne Deacon. The team at People’s Postcode Lottery, whose players funded the wildlife conservation charity’s red panda enclosure in 2017, named the kit Ruaridh meaning red-haired king. Endangered red panda born at Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo
HRH The Princess Royal met the world’s only knighted penguin at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo last week: HRH The Princess Royal meets the world’s only knighted penguin | Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo has shared behind-the-scenes footage of their three Asiatic lion cubs play fighting in their den: Lion cubs caught playfighting at Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo In other news 2.0 Grevy's Zebra left today to join Fife Zoo, which leaves Edinburgh with 0.3.
Was at the zoo on Thursday and saw that happening, being filmed by a TV crew, presumably for a TV series as there were a lot of signs about the zoo. The zebra was giving the trailer a good kicking There is at least one Swift Parrot in Brilliant Birds now, I was able to grab a quick picture on my phone just to confirm.
More than 70 organisations, including RZSS and project partners, contributed to this year’s report assessing the current situation for native biodiversity, and revealed a concerning reality for Scotland’s wildlife. Of the species studied in Scotland, 49% show a decline, with one in nine species, including the Scottish wildcat threatened with extinction: State of Nature Report 2019 | Edinburgh Zoo
A new state-of-the-art research facility looking into chimpanzee behaviour has been launched at Edinburgh Zoo: Chimpanzee behaviour to be studied at Edinburgh Zoo
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has revealed the three Asiatic lion cubs born at Edinburgh Zoo in August are two boys and a girl: Edinburgh Zoo's lion cubs' first health check | Edinburgh Zoo
Chief Executive Barbara Smith will be moving on from RZSS at the end of January 2020 to take on an exciting new role with Diageo: Zoo boss to run major Scotch whisky attraction
This makes me wonder how invested in conservation and animals she really was. But any change is welcome if it starts to pull the zoo out of stagnation
She has been with Edinburgh Zoo and sister location 6 years 9 months in various senior positions. Her career prior in zoo industry was MD with Chester in 2010 somewhere. Everything before that was very much with Historic Scotland and Meadowbank in the leisure industry. Source her Linkedin
Edinburgh Zoo has announced the names of their three Asiatic lion cubs as Mitaali, Keshari and Kushanu in tribute to the Gir forest in western India where the species is found: Edinburgh Zoo’s lion cubs named | Edinburgh Zoo
The zoo have announced that a Koala joey was born to mum Alinga and dad Tanami on 13th July this year.
Saw on a keeper group on Facebook that 0.1 White-rumped shama arrived last month. Red-whiskered bulbul have also arrived but I don't know when, from where or how many. Will be to go and find out
