Colchester Zoo Colchester Zoo news 2017

[pipaluk]

Surely they have FOUR elephants?

They do, the male and one female are in the semi-offshow enclosure next to the main one that can be seen from the path between the Elephants & mixed savannah paddock

 

[Zia]

Pity the glass is too thin to permit a mixed sex group really....



It sounds like you are referring to the old Geoffroy's Cat exhibit.

Unless things have changed recently, the old Geoffroy's cat enclosure & the one next to it have been boarded up with plants placed in front of them for a year or so, so don't think it could be that. I think the Scarlet Ibis enclosure is empty now though?

You are right @pipaluk - it won't be the Geoffroy's cat enclosure. As you say, that has been boarded up for some time now.

 

[4ways NAP]

any one know how many wolves are left in the zoo i thought they had 1.2 but only seems to have seen 1.1 the brown coloured male and the grey coloured female not seen the white coloured female. Is she still in the collection just been in the den each time I've visited or has she left to a another zoo.

 

[Badgerman91]

any one know how many wolves are left in the zoo i thought they had 1.2 but only seems to have seen 1.1 the brown coloured male and the grey coloured female not seen the white coloured female. Is she still in the collection just been in the den each time I've visited or has she left to a another zoo.

From the Madagascar Express driver a few months ago I was told that the 3 Wolves are elderly and been put together to form a social pack so maybe she has passed away?

 

[4ways NAP]

From the Madagascar Express driver a few months ago I was told that the 3 Wolves are elderly and been put together to form a social pack so maybe she has passed away?

according to the zoo's website the male is 10 years old arrived last year but no info on the females

 

[DesertRhino150]

The young Southern tamandua that was born back in late September has been named Orinoco, although it remains unsexed for now.

The first Tamandua born at Colchester Zoo has been named! - ZOO NEWS - Colchester Zoo

 

[4ways NAP]

Thought i do a list of animals that have joined the collection in 2017:-


January
Ruth and Oreo Southern Tamanduas


February
Taiga female Amur Tiger (Arrived)
Kifaru Male Rhino Calf (Born)

March
Pygmy Goats Loki, Thor, Rogue, Logan, Harmony and Hope (Born)
April
Smooth Coated Otter Pups (Born)
Ring Tailed Lemurs Female:- Kit Kat, Ripple Males:-Rolo, Buttons, Areo and Oreo (Born)
Male aardvark Afer ( Arrived)

May
Male Red River Hog (Arrived)

June
Female Dik Dik Dakarai (Born)

July
l’hoest monkey (Born)
Two Gelada baboons (Born)
Nina and Niko Bush dogs (Arrived)
A number of Rainbow lorikeets Chicks (hatched)
Rowena Ravenclaw Raven ( Arrived)
Female Serval Nala (Arrived)
August
Victoria crowned pigeon Chick (Hatched)

September
Male Baby Mandrill (Born)
Male Blue duiker Aladdin (Born)
Southern Tamandua Orinoco (Born)

October
Male Emerald tree monitor lizard (Arrived)

Feel Free to add anything i missed

 

[agnmeln]

Oh I am so sad to read about Telu! I fell in love with him when I went to Colchester. I was there on 20th and 21st November, and he died just two days later - I’m so lucky I got to see him. He was a beautiful dragon.

 

[DesertRhino150]

A news article has been released on the zoo's website concerning the annual stocktake - the news refers entirely to 2017. As well as most of the new arrivals mentioned earlier, there are some that are newly announced - the cherry-crowned mangabey mentioned in the 2018 thread was apparently born last year, as were a pair of pied tamarins.

A stock take with a difference! - ZOO NEWS - Colchester Zoo

Anyone else find it quite frustrating how the zoo scarcely even bothers to put out news about its animals anymore? You'd think the birth of two highly endangered pied tamarins would at least warrant a mention, even if its a few weeks after the event, rather than just tacking the news into the end of year report.

 

[Pertinax]

A news article has been released on the zoo's website concerning the annual stocktake - the news refers entirely to 2017. As well as most of the new arrivals mentioned earlier, there are some that are newly announced - the cherry-crowned mangabey mentioned in the 2018 thread was apparently born last year, as were a pair of pied tamarins.

A stock take with a difference! - ZOO NEWS - Colchester Zoo

Anyone else find it quite frustrating how the zoo scarcely even bothers to put out news about its animals anymore? You'd think the birth of two highly endangered pied tamarins would at least warrant a mention, even if its a few weeks after the event, rather than just tacking the news into the end of year report.

Does anyone know what sex the Cherry-crowned Mangabey baby is?

 

[Badgerman91]

A news article has been released on the zoo's website concerning the annual stocktake - the news refers entirely to 2017. As well as most of the new arrivals mentioned earlier, there are some that are newly announced - the cherry-crowned mangabey mentioned in the 2018 thread was apparently born last year, as were a pair of pied tamarins.

A stock take with a difference! - ZOO NEWS - Colchester Zoo

Anyone else find it quite frustrating how the zoo scarcely even bothers to put out news about its animals anymore? You'd think the birth of two highly endangered pied tamarins would at least warrant a mention, even if its a few weeks after the event, rather than just tacking the news into the end of year report.

I agree! There has been very little news released at all about developments,births, departures or deaths! Really is frustrating!

I haven’t even seen very little or no signage put up at the zoo to announce births! Strange really!