Current head warden, Bob Lawrence is due to retire shortly after more than 40 years at the park. West Midland Safari Park: Look back at 40-year career of Bob Lawrence - and find out how he saved a woman from lion « Express & Star
They have been for quite sometime now on my last few visits going back around 3 years I seem to remember them always being in that small enclosure. What ever happen to the Yak?
I've been 4 times now and I've never seen a yak, though the website ZootierlisteHomepage says that the park still has them.
The yak (and possibly mouflon?) are in the SSSI* area next to the dhole reserve, not technically on show but you can occasionally spot them throught the trees. *Site Of Special Scientific Interest
Thank you Brum last time I managed to see them was around 5 years ago when they were in the paddock next to the old Goat walk through and feeding area.
I do not have any official information but I'm guessing that the gemsbok are seperated because of aggression towards other animals.
If that's the case, I think it would be better to house them in the area north of the lemur walkthrough, as there is lots of space and it would be better for visitors to see them. One thing I hate about the website is that you don't know what animals are there asides from a few common animals in zoos such as giraffes, lions ect, and then the other animals like anoa, cape buffalo, gemsbok and many more aren't mentioned anywhere.
According to facebook page : Arusha`s calf is a female called Fennesy, (according to Facebook) Bwindi`s calf born in August 2016 is a male called Embu Acacia`s calf - female - born Sept 2016 - called Emali Great results for a relatively new herd
Are the plains zebra kept in the African section Burchell's or grants zebra? I've seen these names mentioned a few ties on this site in regard to the park's plains zebras.
Visited on good Friday It looks like they may have a second Philippine spotted deer youngster as the one I saw was very small and a bit wobbly on it's feet. The Zebra's according to the guide book at Grevy's 2 young Giraffe's in the park All 6 Hippo's were actually active (a first for me) Addax now up were the Yak used to be at the back of the Lemur walk thru. Anyone know what's happening in the area were the children's rides used to be opposite the African Village (Meerkat area) Does anyone have a list of which species are in what area please as not being very good with hoofed species I get a little confused especially when there's very little signage about to photograph so as to name my photographs (2 left to be ID'd in the gallery). I would like to thank those who have helped to identify my photographs I put up recently and received some good info for future reference again thank you.
Based on my visits here I what I have in order. African Plains (section one): White rhino, common eland, southern lechwe (either Kafue or red subspecies), common waterbuck (no subspecies identified), Nubian giraffe (sometimes, might be in the other paddock depending on the day) and plains zebra (either Burchell's or grants, but might be generic) Grasslands: Persian fallow deer and barbary sheep. "Wild woods"?: Chinese dhole Asian plains: blackbuck, drive-by Indian rhino, water buffalo, axis deer (might be in Eurasian reserve), possibly nigali. Tiger Ridge: generic white tigers cheetahs: south african cheetahs wild dogs: wild dogs realm of the lions: zoomix lions White lions: Transvaal lions (likely inbred) African Plains (section two): ostrich, addax (when I visited), lowland anoa drive-by Eurasian reserve: Two-humped camel, banteng, possibly axix deer, possibly nigali, pere david's deer. Elephant valley: southern african bush elephant. African Plains (section three): grevy's zebra, ankole cattle, sometimes nubian giraffe, sometimes plains zebra.
