It left to the only place that is doing anything with the species,that should tell you where it went!
So presumably Chester, or would Wuppertal or Stuttgart not count as "doing anything with the species"...
We went last week. Place was busy. Avery seemed quieter. The baboons seemed to be inside which was strange. No sign of otters or hippo. There seemed to be less lions than usual... Place still looking run down. Overgrown/empty enclosures. Didn't see any tortoises outside in the sun. The animals seemed brighter. At least they had beds and food. I think a lot of the old enclosures need money spent on them and I'm guessing that the new company can't afford to upgrade them all...
Been to Ragunan lately ..., and no it surely is not to their collection. I can tell you though what their latest collection looks like for the species and what its status breeding-wise is like.
A lot better than nowhere keeping the species - especially given the fact that Chester are doing pretty well with them at the present time.
Well said, but even with that being said I suppose it's kind of a good thing that they've had them at places such as South Lakes, Dudley, Twycross, Edinburgh, London, Marwell, etc. so at least there's still one zoo in the UK that's still got them around!
The species is at crisis point in European zoos. To assemble stock at several specialist zoos and selected by the species coordinator and as committed zoos determined to breed is only a good thing.
In case anyone is interested in having a look around the zoo to see how its doing post-Gill, they're offering free admission to all until the end of September. How on earth do they do this?? I know they presumably aim to attract more 'secondary spend' by getting extra people through the gates, but I find it astonishing that such a large collection can get away with letting people in for free for such a large chunk of the year!
From facebook: New immersive Walk through sloth enclosure opens tomorrow. Join Stanley in his new enclosure which provides him with lots of branches and ropes so he can climb his way “through the canopy”. A firm favourite with visitors Stanley the sloth left his home in the primate house couple of weeks ago so he could make himself at home in his new enclosure - whilst he awaits the arrival of a female sloth. Alongside Stanley is our new tortoise area specifically designed to meet the needs our different types of tortoise their newfound activity shows just how much they enjoy their new home. The area opens to the public for the first time tomorrow then daily 1-2.30pm.
Just been bought a south lakes big cat experience for Christmas, was just wondering how many lions,Jaguars,tigers and snow leopards they have. Also would you say that the zoo has turned it round from wear it once was
One male, one female Lion, they had another lion but it died last year after it ate contaminated meat. Not the Zoo's fault but they didn't need that at the time. They have 4 Sumatran Tiger's. Three in one enclosure and Chin Chin in old Jaguar enclosure. She's actually leaving the park early this year and the Snow Leopard female cub will be moving into that exhibit to wean her away from her mother, before she moves to another park in due course. They have 3 snow leopards at present. The male and female and the female cub. The male cub left a few months ago and the female cub will be separated from her mum soon and moved on. They have 2 Jaguars. I don't know if they are a male and female or same sex. Hope that helps. Once the Tiger and Snow Leopard have been moved to new collections they plan to get a new species of big cat. They have a large pack of Arctic Wolves as well which include about 5 or 6 young who were born in spring 2017.
