Longleat Safari & Adventure Park Longleat Update Please

Hello All

I have just joined this forum

I wonder if anybody could provide an update/information on the following animals at Longleat Please.

Kadu the tiger
Charlie and Mafui the male lions

Thanks

 

I asked the same questions, but none were replied to, so i presume nobody knows about Kadu or Mafui really? I presume Kadu must be in her 20's now, but my bets are on that she has died of old age. As for Mafui, i presume he has died as well, but I remember watching Animal Park, and he definately had a few females with him, even when Kabir came to replace him (Kabir got Mafui's daughters, Luna and Yendi)

I know Charlie is a castrated male, but he is a fine looking specimen and in my opinion should have been bred from. I presume that he is probably related to all of the females in the pride. Age wise, I'm unsure, I would think he was offspring of the last breeding male in that pride 'Ronnie' who left to retire at Newquay Zoo in 2000? But again, not completely sure?

 

Thanks Very Much

 

when i went there i herd mafui was with all the old lions and kabir got all the young ones

well thats wat bob trolop told me

 

Kadu died a while ago when she was 21 I think. Poor Shandy died when she was 19 of a tumor. She was my fav animal in the whole park. I'm trying and failing to find a picture of her.

 

BBC NEWS | In Depth | Photo Gallery | In pictures: Britain's big chill
Here is a photo album, with some of Longleat's tigers and lions taken a few years ago.

 

shandy lol, its chandi and yes i believe kadu dies last year

 

I thought Chandi died first then Sonar died!

 

yes thats right it went chandi - sonar - kadu

 

Do Longleat have plans to bring in a male Amur tiger for the 3 females, or are the females classes as surplus breeding stock?

 

Believe they are just going to keep surplus animals now.

 

yep think so

 

Tigerlemurguy said
yes thats right it went chandi - sonar - kadu


Actually it went Chandi-Kadu-Sonar because I've seen both the programs where Chandi and Kadu died and in the one with Kadu Sonar was still very much alive. I was crying when I found out that they had died.

PS I dont know how to quote

 

im sure it wasnt because ive seen one of the recent ephisodes and it is just kadu sitting on her own :S

 

Yes, I have seen that episode. She was in an offshow pen because the 3 new Amur tigers have arrived

 

Did anyone ever find out what happened to the older female lions/ and Mafui that didn't join Kabir's pride?

 

I've seen the recent episodes too and the one where Kadu died.
Someone said they were really sorry that Kadu died and they felt sorry for Sonar because his old friends were gone. Or they said something along the lines of that. They let the new tigers out in the show pen and Sonar was just sitting looking at them and roaring(do you call it roaring).

PS I've learned how to quote

 

Where did Longleat get their warthogs from?

 

Good question Kiang, can I add a bit here? Have they brought any females in to start breeding?

 

I dont think they have but I'm a little behind on the series. I'll catch up soon