Hi, Can someone tell me if Edinburgh still have their polar bear? Also do they have any other rare animals in the uk? Koalas?
Edinburgh's Polar Bear will shortly be moving to the Highland Wildlife Park If you have a quick browse of the Edinburgh or Highland Wildlife Park sub-forums, then it is discussed in more detail in there
Why dont you look on the Edinburgh zoo website (all you have to do is google it) there you can see which species they keep
Hello greyone welcome to the forum Edinburgh zoo still has one fairly elderly polar bear called Mercedes, who is due to move to the highland wildlife park in a few months time. There is one other polar bear kept in the Uk, but this is in a private zoo in Oxfordshire. Edinburgh zoo has a lot of rare animals in its collection, the stand out species for me are koala aye aye gelada baboon drill purple faced langur giant anteater wolverine ratel (due to be moved to another zoo) European otter Pallas cat Amur leopard Sumatran tiger Asian lion Indian rhino Malayan tapir vicuna Siberian musk deer white lipped deer Bawean deer lesser kudu Kirk's dik dik nyala Australian cassowary Darwin's rhea white naped crane blue crane Steller's sea eagle lady Ross touraco Victoria crowned pigeon Socorro dove. And of course the world famous group of penguins. I hope that answers a little of your question, and again welcome to the site P.S To members of zoochat, please try and remember that newcomers to the site have not read all the threads as existing members have done. Chinese grey goral
Well do you know any where else with a colony of Gentoo Penguins of over Hundred Birds that breeds every year!!
Current ISIS listings: Gentoo: 61.74.26 Rockhopper (ssp moseleyi, which ISIS now seems to have as a full species): 12.6.2 King: 8.2 Which I make to be 191 penguins.
Just a little tip but whenever you read something on wikipedia you should always back this up with another source
They were the first to breed king and gentoo penguins. They have the largest outdoor enclosure in Europe and they are famous for the daily penguin parade which has been going on since the 1950's.
I did hear that in the short term, it will be used for the pair of European otter, but now that the macaques have reclaimed their rock, where are the otters held now? I can see this enclosure being netted over and being used for the zoos pair of jaguar, it sits ideally close to the magic forest and living links creating a mini south American area or trail. But this is just my opinion, not based on anything except my vivid imagination!
OOh i heard a rumour the jaguars might be going to the animal attraction in Glasgow hope not as would like to see them in that area of the zoo : - )
