To choose one species for each of my favourite five zoos per the other thread:- Welsh Mountain - a flock of Jendaya Conures. Flamingo Land - African Elephant. Sewerby - Double Yellow-headed Amazon. Paradise Park - Lear's Macaw. Paignton - Kagu (fresh from the other current desired species thread).
Dudley could really benefit from something that could exploit their hilly terrain. I'd go with Takin as well. Mishmi would be the most practical but since this is largely hypothetical I'd go with Golden takin. Chester would be great if they got a Tasmanian Devil, it's hard to believe our best zoo doesn't have a single marsupial, an a few Devils would more than balance out the lack of anything else. If we're talking about individual animals I'd love it if WMSP had another elephant, and if Anne and Duchess had some company, but thanks to this site I've learned how challenging it is to integrate elephants and I know how impractical that is.
Africa alive - elephants/leopards banham zoo- Indian rhinos / bears colchester zoo - saltwater crocodiles Marwell zoo - Asian lions twycross zoo - Sumatran tigers some i believe are possible so i do have my hopes up
Colchester - Ratel Chester - Brown Hyena( or how about Common Hippo) London - Tasmanian Devil Marwell - Lions or a bear species or maybe orangs Banham - Indian rhino Africa Alive - Elephant/hippo/ leopard ( bring back hyena?) Cotswold - a great ape or bear Whipsnade- has to be polar bear Edinburgh - nothing, just keep all those cats!
There is, of course, no collection which would not be improved by the arrival of binturong. Failing that, gorilla would be nice at Chester.
I don't see how pandas would be good for London Zoo. Sure they get bragging points for a while, but the zoo seems to be drawing in huge crowds anyway. I can't see them getting more than they already do. They will be expensive and if the pandas don't start pumping out babies immediately London will become the butt of jokes.
Assuming that space was available etc PWP(Broxbourne) Chimps London Zoo Gibbons Whipsnade - Polar bear Shepreth - Zebra Woburn - Hippo Monkey World - gorilla Isle of Wight Zoo - black bear These are what i've visited recently and from memory
Funny how they were the first to breed them in the UK- though not successfully, and now don't have them at all. Mind you, their later quarters were pretty abysmal- an example of where the oldest housing- in the old Ape House- was probably superior to what came later. But it would be good to see them return- in decent accomodation that is, but for Orangs that's expensive.
Bristol - Tarsier Wild Place - Giraffe/Black Rhino/Eastern Bongo Paignton - Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Dudley - Mishmi Takin BNC - Tayra Living Coasts - Sea Otter Newquay - Sifaka (Any species) London - Amur Leopard Edinburgh - Northern Fur Seal Shaldon - Narrow-striped Mongoose Paradise Park - Lear's Macaw Noah's Ark - Evolutionary Scientist! Twycross - Sumatran Tigers and Asiatic Lions Chester - Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby or any marsupial Whipsnade - Black Rhino Exmoor - Marbled Polecat RSCC - Aye-Aye Port Lympne - Indian Rhino HWP - Himalayan Black or European Brown Bear WMSP - Drills or King Colobus Howletts - Asiatic Golden Cat YWP - Western Lowland Gorillas Woburn - Hippo (either species) Marwell - African Lions Africa Alive - Ratel Banham - Jaguarundi Hamerton - Caracal Thrigby - Sunda Gharial (to replace American alligators) and Francois Langur Amazona - Bush Dog or Tayra Wingham - African Hunting Dog Durrell - Pygmy Hog I know I'm late to the party but I forgot about this thread and I was determined to throw in my thoughts!
My suggetions... Marwell - Black Rhino Chester - Philippine Porcupine (unlikely but they are in Europe and would fit into the theme of Islands) Port Lympne - Indian Rhino Bristol - Goodfellows Tree Kangaroo Hamerton - Palawan Leopard Cats Banham - Sifaka Newquay - Binturong (ideally Palawan) Paignton - Red Backed Bearded Saki (maybe as a replacement for the Swamp Monkey, once they die out?) Woburn - White Tailed Gnu
Red Backed Sakis. These are great. Just saw some at Colchester. They are similar size to the Swamp Monkeys and would fit in Paignton's little Swamp Monkey House and Island nicely if the latter did leave. White-tailed Gnu. It would be nice to see a decent-sized herd galloping around at one of the Safari Parks- or alternatively Whipsnade(which used to have them). Currently Newquay is the only UK 'herd' and it is very small(5) and in a fairly enclosed paddock.
Edinburgh: Dama gazelle London ZSL: Tayra Chester: Giant panda Twycross: Olive baboon Whipsnade: Sun bear Colchester: Giant panda
I think we're meant to be selecting taxa to improve the collections, rather than to attempt to bring them down I'd like to see Tayra at London, however - not sure where they would best be placed though. South Lakes are missing quite a few animals..... ringtailed lemur, capuchin monkey, brown-nosed coati, orange-rumped agouti, various parrots and black-tailed prairie dog for a start.
