Leopard and Goat Farm Private Collection in Cornwall
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It says they have cheetah, something he never had (as far as I know) at RSCC.
Knowing his previous endeavours, it's probably not a bog-standard cheetah, maybe king or Asiatic cheetah?
Would love to visit the "farm" when open days are announced... if anybody finds out would they mind posting here or messaging me? To see the giant striped vontsira would be a dream come true...
Would love to visit the "farm" when open days are announced... if anybody finds out would they mind posting here or messaging me? To see the giant striped vontsira would be a dream come true...
I can virtually guarantee it is not an Asiatic cheetah. That would be nearly impossible. I also doubt it is a king cheetah, though that is more feasible. If it is I will need to find a way to get back to England!
To the best of my knowledge there are no king cheetahs in the UK; there are, however, individuals who carry the gene and which may throw up king offspring down the road if random chance allows. No idea if any of these are at the collection in question however.
I can only dream 
Seriously though, there are two subspecies (apart from generic "cheetah") in UK zoos, correct? (A. j. jubatus and A. j. soemmerringi). It could be either of those, or another African race, if not the king or Asiatic (however unlikely that may be).
Seriously though, there are two subspecies (apart from generic "cheetah") in UK zoos, correct? (A. j. jubatus and A. j. soemmerringi). It could be either of those, or another African race, if not the king or Asiatic (however unlikely that may be).
zoogiraffe
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I can only dream
Seriously though, there are two subspecies (apart from generic "cheetah") in UK zoos, correct? (A. j. jubatus and A. j. soemmerringi). It could be either of those, or another African race, if not the king or Asiatic (however unlikely that may be).
Okay lets end the needless speculation now,its Southern Cheetah he has,and on that note good bye again,lets hope we have no pointless guessing and speculation and that people on here don't cluster bomb his Instagram account to try and find out stuff like they have in the past!!
The Instagram page for this collection includes photos of lesser bird-of-paradise, Madagascar crested ibis, saddle-billed stork, king vulture and single-wattled cassowary (the latter species being photographed at the Cassowary Conservation Project in Florida, but described as being kept in the UK as well).
The instigram page for the collection has released news about the first captive birth outside of Madagascar of the white-tailed antsangy (Brachytarsomys albicauda) - three youngsters have been born and are being parent-reared.
The post also confirms the species is held at Chester Zoo as part of the breeding programme and that the open days will hopefully be in early 2019.
The post also confirms the species is held at Chester Zoo as part of the breeding programme and that the open days will hopefully be in early 2019.
Can anyone give me a species list please?
These are the species I have seen pictured or mentioned on the Instagram page. All of them bar the cassowary come from images taken this year:
Indochinese clouded leopard (3 pairs)
Southern cheetah
Spotted hyaena
Fossa
Fanaloka
Ring-tailed vontsira
Grandidier's vontsira
Lowland streaked tenrec
Highland streaked tenrec
Golden-headed lion tamarin
Loris (species unknown; the picture is of a series of animal faecal samples in test tubes; the species name of the loris is just out of shot)
White-tailed antsangy
Single-wattled cassowary
King vulture
Saddle-billed stork
Madagascar crested ibis
Great blue turaco
Toco toucan
Keel-billed toucan
King bird-of-paradise
Lesser bird-of-paradise
Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
Thanks! That's quite a lot of rarities (obviously, as it is new RSCC)
Shame it had to be in Cornwall!!
Yeah,far away from me too
Relatively near to me!
What have you done to get blocked?