Bristol Zoo Project Wild Place Project News 2018

The crocodiles would be very unlikely, more likely to swap for Morelet's.
Manatees looked so promising, time for one of the aquariums or even the sea life centres to carry the torch

 

Fingers crossed for just at least one collection to get manatees!

 

One of the Okapi calves - Kimosi - will be leaving for Zoo du Bassin d'Arcachon next week:
Our okapi Kimosi is off to pastures new - Wildplace

 

I hope to get to France later on this year, either August or September, so I’ll see her there!

 

Here's a link to the bear development. No additional info but a couple of images.
@Johnnymorris you might be pleased to know that Bristol shot their meerkats, females are at Bristol, males at Wild Place in order to stop being.
Forgot to add the link, hang on....

Bear Wood - Wildplace Newsletter - 1304 (2)&utm_content=
Here it is.

 

The first picture looks like a really interesting concept - definitely very immersive!

 

A bit sad that they put a picture of a Greater spotted woodpecker when talking about Lesser spotted woodpecker....

 

A new baby white-belted ruffed lemur was born around three weeks ago.

Source is included in the link below:
Critically endangered lemur twins celebrate first birthday at Wild Place Project - Wildplace

 

Didn't see this mentioned before...

VETS HELP SAVE NEWBORN LEMUR AT WILD PLACE PROJECT
Vets and keepers carried out a rare procedure to save the life of a Critically Endangered new-born lemur at Wild Place Project.

They stepped in within hours of the tiny white-belted ruffed lemur and his two siblings arriving because their mum, Ihosy, was not showing any interest in them. The little lemurs, weighing just 60gms, 80gms and 100gms, were getting cold and dehydrated.

Sadly the smallest of three died but a decision was made by vets and mammal keepers to take the unusual step of intervening to try to save the other two. Ihosy was given a mild anaesthetic and then taken with her babies to the animal care centre at Wild Place Project, which is owned and run by Bristol Zoological Society.

Then as she slept peacefully a team of six made up of a vet, veterinary nurse and four keepers, placed the two babies on her so they could begin feeding. One of the babies was too weak and died later but the third pulled through and is now feeding regularly and is being cared for by its mum.



Zoo vet Sara Shopland said: “Ihosy reared two babies last year and was a good mum so we didn’t expect this complication.
“This is quite a rare procedure and it’s not something we commonly do but we decided we had to act.”

Ihosy and her surviving baby are now in their nest box in their house built by Redrow Homes at Wild Place Project where vets and keepers are keeping regular checks on them.

Will Walker, animal manager at Wild Place project, said: “Ihosy is now looking after her surviving baby and all the signs are good.
“It was a great effort by my team and the vet team and we are so pleased that one of the triplets has survived.”

Every white-belted ruffed lemur is crucially important to the future of the subspecies which has undergone a population decline of 80 per cent in just 21 years. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature now considers them to be at extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The main threats to the species in the wild are habitat loss due to slash-and-burn and commercial agriculture, logging and mining, as well as hunting for meat.

 

Vets help save newborn lemur at Wild Place Project - Wildplace
Strange thing, I followed the link from DesertRhino's post on the 21st and I couldn't see this news item, but the page says it was posted on the 18th.

 

Kirk's Dik Dik born at Wildplace
Bambi look-a-like is born at Wild Place Project - Wildplace

 

The second Okapi calf, Ruby, has moved to YWP:
Wild Place Project

 

£5m Bear Wood exhibit gets the go ahead from South Gloucestershire Council.

Go ahead for £5m plan to return bears to woods near Bristol - Wildplace

 

WW2 Air Raid shelter to be opened to the public
World War Two air raid shelter opens at Wild Place Project - Wildplace

 

Having spoken to a keeper, they are struggling to find a species of a similar caibre to the wolves as a replacement for their current enclosure.
I was told the species of plant present in the enclosure are hazardous to many animals, and lots of the trees are protected which narrows the options further.

Let's hope they come up with something interesting

 

I often wondered how big the shelter of and whether it could be used to display an animal such as bats. Sounds a bit small though.

 

Dhole maybe?

 

Would certainly be nice, not a common sight!