Edinburgh Zoo Edinburgh Zoo News 2019

A male red panda kit has been born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo and had his first health check with head vet Simon Girling and keeper Leanne Deacon.

The team at People’s Postcode Lottery, whose players funded the wildlife conservation charity’s red panda enclosure in 2017, named the kit Ruaridh meaning red-haired king.

Endangered red panda born at Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo
 
Quincey said:
In other news 2.0 Grevy's Zebra left today to join Fife Zoo, which leaves Edinburgh with 0.3.
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Was at the zoo on Thursday and saw that happening, being filmed by a TV crew, presumably for a TV series as there were a lot of signs about the zoo.

The zebra was giving the trailer a good kicking

Quincey said:
When I visited on Sunday I only seen 3 species, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon and Pied Imperial Pigeon. It was a very brief visit right enough as my 6 year old isn't very interested in birds. I did note they had a sign up for Swift Parrots, which would be a new species on display, but as I said I didn't really get the chance to look for them.
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There is at least one Swift Parrot in Brilliant Birds now, I was able to grab a quick picture on my phone just to confirm.
 
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More than 70 organisations, including RZSS and project partners, contributed to this year’s report assessing the current situation for native biodiversity, and revealed a concerning reality for Scotland’s wildlife. Of the species studied in Scotland, 49% show a decline, with one in nine species, including the Scottish wildcat threatened with extinction:

State of Nature Report 2019 | Edinburgh Zoo
 
This makes me wonder how invested in conservation and animals she really was. But any change is welcome if it starts to pull the zoo out of stagnation
 
She has been with Edinburgh Zoo and sister location 6 years 9 months in various senior positions. Her career prior in zoo industry was MD with Chester in 2010 somewhere.

Everything before that was very much with Historic Scotland and Meadowbank in the leisure industry.

Source her Linkedin
 
Saw on a keeper group on Facebook that 0.1 White-rumped shama arrived last month. Red-whiskered bulbul have also arrived but I don't know when, from where or how many. Will be to go and find out
 
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