Port Lympne Wild Animal Park Port Lympne Wild Animal Park news 2020

Dont know if someone wants to make a new thread and transfer this across

0:0:1 Western Lowland gorilla has been born to Viringika who, I think from Facebook post, is possibly a first time mum.

Great start to 2020

 

You can just make the 2020 thread yourself.

 

I would have done if I knew how hence why I posted what I did.........

 

If you go to the main UK page and click the "Post New Thread" button (see below screenshot) you can do it - just give the thread a useful title and pick Port Lympne from the collection drop down.

 

Viringika already gave birth to healthy babys at Zoo Leipzig in 2004 and 2008.

 

I wonder what the Aspinall parks' policy on gorilla breeding is nowadays. There are many females in the groups but only relatively few births considering. Viringika has not had a baby in 11 years. Is this because many of them are contracepted nowadays. In the old days nearly all females in the groups had babies.

 

From FB :

Our Guinness World Records holding tapir, Kingut turns 42 today!!
Happy birthday Kingut
Kingut is the oldest Malayan tapir in captivity in the WHOLE WORLD.

This attention loving boy is a favourite with visitors and his keepers alike and today he is enjoying the extra birthday treats and hugs today.

In the wild, Malayan tapirs are classified as endangered. Destruction of their natural habitat to make way for palm oil plantations, alongside hunting, has had a major effect on their numbers.

 

Mishmi Takin born 20th of Feb, didn't even know they had them...

 

That's fantastic news, one of my favourite species!

 

Viringika's baby has been confirmed a female. Great news

 

Species?

Edit: Found it above, Western lowland gorilla.

 

Hi all, I've been thinking about booking the accommodation at Port Lympe (After quarantine)and I wondered if anyone had any recommendations or reviews about the park ?

 

Some more gorilla news from the park (gained from a visit before lockdown): there is once again a bachelor group of gorillas in the Gorilla Garden area that held Kangu's group until they were sent to Africa. Bou and Kabale moved over there from the Palace group, and were joined by Kiju from Howletts.

 

As well as 'Kiju',(born 2009), there's another male in Ebeki's group called 'Joshi',(born 2007) already aged 13. Wonder why he hasn't been transferred as well...?

 

He’s going elsewhere apparently.

 

Pertinax and ShonenJake13 I wonder if Joshi is being relocated to Paignton Zoo or Longleat Safari Park to join one of these Gorilla troops. Alternatively if Joshi is moving due to the European Breeding Program I presume he is destined to go to London Zoo to be with Effie,Majukuu,Alika and Gernot and become Kumbuka’s successor.

kind regards The Hedgehog

 

You would be hard put to successfully introduce another 13 year old male into an established male group.. adding him to their own newly created group would be the obvious move in that case. London is a possibility but historically Howletts have never sent gorillas to London, (except one(Jomie) that was owned by ZSL) they don't like the set-up(or the zoo). He could just as easily be going somewhere abroad.

 

Damian Aspinall will never send a gorilla to London unless forced. He hates the place.

Paignton and Longleat are both fragile groups as they are, with Longleat having two up and coming silverbacks in theirs and Paignton having had to separate a male already due to the intense bond between their three younger boys. When I visited earlier this year, Joshi was already almost a silverback, with a crest and all. My suspicions are he will either go with some other boys (Nkoumou and Jouki...?) to another zoo, or he will be sent out of Europe to a zoo as a breeding male, or back to the wild.

EDIT: just realised I quoted the wrong post. Basically I agree with pertinax.

 

Yes, the antipathy to London is something else inherited from his father I think. Will be interesting to see where Joshi does go to.