Howletts Wild Animal Park Howletts Wild Animal Park News 2018

The lynx Eder died back in 2015 ocelot n wild dog moved to lympne African wildcat died earlier this year a breeding pair of margay now occupie the enclosure

 

Are there pregnant elephants?
Male elephant coco arrived october 2015

 

None reported but will ask next time I visit

 

It surprises me that zoos have Facebook accounts as when ever I've looked at them they're full of comment from disgruntled visitors.

 

Western Lowland Gorilla born to Ebeki x Dihi

Gorilla born at Kent wildlife park breaks world record

 

New Sumatran tiger Achilles has arrived from ZSL London Zoo

Introducing The Mighty Achilles!

 

Howletts Facebook features their Lion-tailed Macaques in a 'new open-topped enclosure extension' but the short video gives no idea which side of their current enclosure, this extension is. Has anyone seen it?

 

The enclosure is in the woodland walk, on the left side of the enclosure. It has two different substrates and plenty of climbing facilities.

 

May be going to howletts tommorow. Few questions! I know the wild dogs and ocelot (any idea how many?) moved to PL but could anyone confirm this?

1. Does the park still have both timber and iberian wolves?
2. Zootierliste says they don't have cheetah, is there still 1 onshow in the paddock mentioned?
3. Zootierliste also mention still having ocelot, did they leave any at all at Howletts or have they all gone?
4. One of the pallas cats died it says on their FB, do they still have more?

Thanks a lot!

 

1. Yes
2. Yes
I don't know about 3
P.s. If you want to see the hecks macaque close up, the keepers should be kind enough to take you to them (they let me)

 

Can you maybe get a list of the primate species currently held there? I haven't been in 8 years so i think things may have changed a bit! Thanks!!!

 

Howletts have European grey wolves and Iberian wolves. The grey wolves are in Woodland Walk and Iberian wolves are next to the New Gorillas.

They no longer house Ocelot - Maygay are now in their old enclosure.

Plenty of Pallas Cats. If I remember correctly two on Woodland Walk and another four next to the Lemur Walkthrough.

 

Sure!
Lion tailed macaque
Gelada
De brazzas monkey
Dusky langur
Hecks macaque
Kikuyu guereza
Crowned lemur
Black lemur
Eastern lesser white nosed monkey
Red bellied lemur
Red bellied tamarin
Sulawesi crested macaque
Javan langur
Black and white ruffed lemur
Siamang
Francois langur
Pied tamarin
Western lowland gorilla
White named mangabey
And a lot of silvery gibbons

 

Update from visit yesterday;

Ebeki gorilla group- lots of display and metal- slamming from the two blackbacks(the last sons of Kijo) and young silverback Ebeki- I think this was about testing his dominance, not play, and that these two growing males may end up sometime soon being removed to form a new male group at PL, perhaps with the 12 year old male in Djanghou's group, in the vacant Pavilon enclosure there.

For the first time in many visits I finally saw the Spanish wolves at Howletts properly!- but there are only two males remaining from what I could see. The Dholes(wild dogs) are still in their 'orchard' enclosure. Also a European wolf pair were showing in the old Spanish Wolf area.

Asian paddock- there are circa 20 Blackbuck- all female and there is no male. So a breeding control? Nilgai(few) looked all-female too. But at least two baby hog deer.

Overheard a keeper doing VIP talk- sounds like there may be a pregnant elephant.(?) The bull(Coco) is only mixed with the younger members of the herd at present as he and one of the adult females
don't get along too well.

Geladas(7 + baby) using their outdoor area- its big enough they have not despoiled it by overgrazing. New Wanderoo outdoor enclosure in the woodland walk is usual Howlett's design- it works fine.

White-naped Mangabeys doing well- up to 5(?) now.

Will post a few photos in the gallery. Any questions feel free to ask- but I saw very few cats other than Lion/Tiger. I did see the Serval though.

 

Thanks!! So it hasn't actually changed that much since I was last there. The grizzled leaf, spectacled langurs and banded leaf monkeys are the main losses. I'm not sure they ever bred that well in the UK.

How easy were the lesser spot-nosed monkeys to see?

 

I couldn't see them very well. I don't know if I got the wrong angle or if they are nearly impossible to see.

 

I think there are three different enclosures with Dusky Langur there. The group of 7/8 nearest the RR Hogs have a brand new baby.