I´m also very happy for this, and i really hope to go there this summer. All the credits go to Jere-Zano, not to me!
0.2 Sri Lankan Leopard arrived from Doue La Fontaine El Zoobotnico de Jerez acoge a dos leopardos hembras de Sri Lanka, procedentes de un zoo francs
I may be visiting the zoo this summer, out of interest what are the enclosures like at the moment? And how easy is to to see the Iberian lynx? Thanks
Just got back from my visit to Jerez Zoo. As a whole, I enjoyed my visit. I mainly went to photograph the cat collection as I knew they had the only on-show Iberian Lynxes and I needed photos of the bobcat (none in the UK) and the Sri-Lankan Leopards (I'm yet to go to Banham Zoo). The zoo is quite small although it has a great variety of animals- plenty of cats, primates, reptiles and birds. Here are my pros and cons from the visit Pros - They have the only 2 Iberian lynxes in captivity on-show, which are exhibited in a fantastic enclosure. - Great for cats with Sri-Lankan Leopards, Asian Lions, Ocelots, Bobcat, Iberian Lynxes - Nice collection of reptiles distributed across the zoo including a small reptile house - Long stretch of bird enclosures with a variety of species - Small and easy to go around for a short trip (you can do the zoo in 2-3 hours) - Nice staff who are keen to help out Cons - Tiny enclosure for the pair of giraffes- they paced a lot of the time. - Chimpanzee enclosure has good viewing and climbing opportunities for the apes but I felt was too small - They have 4 vultures crammed into a tiny enclosure, it looked like they couldn't move much at all - Only 1 Iberian wolf which paced up and down all day long - Not the best for photography, lots of chain link fences and stand off-barriers for glass viewing( making it impossible to avoid reflection).
I answered the second part of your question in this thread from my visit: http://www.zoochat.com/339/seeing-iberian-lynx-319167/
0.0.3 Iberian Lynx born - a previous cub born at the zoo in 2015 has since been released into the wild
The zoo has closed after two positive cases of West Nile fever were detected in a recently deceased black vulture and a bearded vulture. The government of Andalusia will authorise the reopening once it has been determined whether or not there is a risk to public health.
That is really bad news. The Jerez Zoo is well known for its work with raptors. You mentioned the black vulture was deceased, how about the bearded vulture (still alive)?
