Continuing with this digression from London Zoo:- I agree that Whipsnade's polar bear exhibit was very small, and uninspiring, but I think the Kodiak bear exhibit was worse both for the bears and the visitors. The pit was deep so the Kodiak bears could only be viewed from above and bears couldn't see outside the confines of their pit.
Tiger info from the Fellows' newsletter : Male Jae Jae will go to Parc de Felins next week 7 year old male Asim will be moving to London from Ree Park, Denmark soon
The new Sumatran Tiger male ‘Asim’ is at London Zoo and exploring the rear paddock with the pool, separated from Melati for a while.
Went to have a look at him today, not as impressive a tiger physically as Jae Jae. He was pacing the dividing barrier between the two pens and scent-marking as he did so, which is a good sign, I would say. Melati didn't look that interested... Additionally, I wonder if anyone here has ever seen the caecilians in the separate room to the side of the aquarium?
Just a quick question... A number of sources have mentioned Jae Jae and Melati as having produced seven cubs. I’m aware of: Unnamed (U) born Sep 2013 Budi (M) born Feb 2014 Nakal (M) born Feb 2014 Cinta (F) born Feb 2014 Karis (F) born Jun 2016 Achilles (M) born Jun 2016 Was there a seventh cub I’m not aware of?
I believe some media sources such as the BBC news website when first reporting the tragedy included some background and links to previous stories of Melati , in doing so they seem to have simply miscalculated the total number of cubs in the story they published.
If I remember rightly, there were 2 cubs in the first litter one of which drowned in the pool, could be wrong though
4 Northern bald ibisses for Spain to be released into the wild : https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/...pk-U9cyAORd5jpgBXLSRU5QOF76IHRdEq8CYkZW0jsJM8
Has zoo chat removed pages of London zoo news 2019 I was on here the other day and there was some heated discussion about Melati’s passing???
No, we merely moved the discussion into a distinct thread: ZSL London Zoo - Sumatran tiger Melati killed by Asim
I don't know if this has been posted already:- Reconstruction of recent fire damaged... 19/01157/FULL | Reconstruction of recent fire damaged part of Animal Adventure with new children's play equipment, toilets and an extension to existing animal accommodation. | London Zoo Outer Circle Regents Park London NW1 4RY
The plans are among the drawings in these documents 13/12883/FULL | Demolition and partial demolition of existing animal accommodation structures and walls; erection of new animal accommodation block, alterations to existing structures/enclosures/barrier protection/landscaping/footpaths and new elevated public walkway. (All in connection with Lion Exhibit). | London Zoo Outer Circle Regents Park London NW1 4RY
