Knowing his previous endeavours, it's probably not a bog-standard cheetah, maybe king or Asiatic cheetah? Would love to visit the "farm" when open days are announced... if anybody finds out would they mind posting here or messaging me? To see the giant striped vontsira would be a dream come true...
I can virtually guarantee it is not an Asiatic cheetah. That would be nearly impossible. I also doubt it is a king cheetah, though that is more feasible. If it is I will need to find a way to get back to England!
To the best of my knowledge there are no king cheetahs in the UK; there are, however, individuals who carry the gene and which may throw up king offspring down the road if random chance allows. No idea if any of these are at the collection in question however.
I can only dream Seriously though, there are two subspecies (apart from generic "cheetah") in UK zoos, correct? (A. j. jubatus and A. j. soemmerringi). It could be either of those, or another African race, if not the king or Asiatic (however unlikely that may be).
Okay lets end the needless speculation now,its Southern Cheetah he has,and on that note good bye again,lets hope we have no pointless guessing and speculation and that people on here don't cluster bomb his Instagram account to try and find out stuff like they have in the past!!
I can't wait to go and enjoy one of their 'feast' evenings and see how they are doing as a small business - tropical fruit, goat meat etc. Seeing the cloudies & Malagasy collection will be a real treat too. Are his birds predominantly Madagascan too?
The Instagram page for this collection includes photos of lesser bird-of-paradise, Madagascar crested ibis, saddle-billed stork, king vulture and single-wattled cassowary (the latter species being photographed at the Cassowary Conservation Project in Florida, but described as being kept in the UK as well).
The instigram page for the collection has released news about the first captive birth outside of Madagascar of the white-tailed antsangy (Brachytarsomys albicauda) - three youngsters have been born and are being parent-reared. The post also confirms the species is held at Chester Zoo as part of the breeding programme and that the open days will hopefully be in early 2019.
These are the species I have seen pictured or mentioned on the Instagram page. All of them bar the cassowary come from images taken this year: Indochinese clouded leopard (3 pairs) Southern cheetah Spotted hyaena Fossa Fanaloka Ring-tailed vontsira Grandidier's vontsira Lowland streaked tenrec Highland streaked tenrec Golden-headed lion tamarin Loris (species unknown; the picture is of a series of animal faecal samples in test tubes; the species name of the loris is just out of shot) White-tailed antsangy Single-wattled cassowary King vulture Saddle-billed stork Madagascar crested ibis Great blue turaco Toco toucan Keel-billed toucan King bird-of-paradise Lesser bird-of-paradise Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
I commented on their Instagram and they said they're hoping to have an open day early next year. Will definitely try and plan to get there (even though I'm 6 hours+ drive away!)
