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Burke the Koala is settling in so well in his new home since his arrival last month and he's doing very good although next year 2020 when I return to Longleat I'll be popping over to Koala Creek to see how he's getting on
 
I visited Longleat for the first time in 14 years a couple of weeks ago and have to say I was really impressed. Some great new exhibits and lots of interesting species bought in. I visited both of the ZSL parks the week before and the contrast was palpable. ZSL seem to be phasing out rather than bringing in new species. Longleat far exceeded my expectations and was a really enjoyable visit!
 
Animal Park Christmas Special is fantastic and Rusty and Yuki the Tiger Cubs are doing so well even at Christmas Time playing with the leaves
 
0:1 cheetah called Rachel arrived within last couple of weeks/months. No idea how old or where from but she's been brought on to pair up with Carl as I think his genetically important.
 
Embu said:
0:1 cheetah called Rachel arrived within last couple of weeks/months. No idea how old or where from but she's been brought on to pair up with Carl as I think his genetically important.
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The TV programme said that she was imported from Sweden. Most likely Boras (who breed them regularly)
 
Can someone please tell me what the cheetahs that reside at Longleat safari park are called and where they came from?

I remember that years ago Longleat imported some Cheetahs from Africa, I know this as this story was covered on a CBBC programme called Roar.I seem to recall that one of the females was named Tess.

Also what are all the Sealions called as when I last visited Longleat in 2014 the list was as follows, Buster,Nancy,Zook,Jaz,Mollie,Belle and Milla. I would like to know if theres been any births,deaths,arrivals or departures within the group of Sealions?

Also any news about reviving female Gorillas as I know this was the ultimate plan when Kescho,Alf,Evindi and the now deceased Boulas arrived all those years ago. I'm aware that two young male Gorillas called Yuba and Swedie arrived earlier this year or late last year. I also know that Longleat are a collection that currency holds a group of bachelor Gorillas that have not reached sexual maturity yet so are there any plans for any of the males to move to another collection to become breeding Silverbacks?

Lastly have Longleat got any plans to acquire any more Asian Elephants to befriend Anne or after Anne passes away. I presume the answer will be yes as Longleat only spent millions building Anne the Elephants state of the art enclosure that's even been called Anne's Haven in her honnor!

Thanks for taking the time to read my post and answer my questions

Kind regards The Hedgehog
 
The gorilla is called savadi/suavedi don't know how to spell it.

There is a new male sealion but he's not sexually mature yet.

There won't be any more elephants until Anne has passed away.

All this information can be found on Animal Park so check iPlayer.
 
So once Anne passes away will Longleat receive a breeding heard of Asian Elephants?So that they can contribute to the European Endangered Species Breeding Program. If the answer is yes that'll make an amazing sight to see . This is because the sight would be extremely rare in a United Kingdom based Safari Park.This world definitely draw in even more visitors to Longleat Safari Park than normal.

I'm generally extremely shocked that none of the young sexually mature female Sealions have been moved on to fuel the breeding program with new and fresh genetic bloodlines.

I really do hope that Longleat bring in some young up and coming female Western Lowland Gorillas as their is a lack of available breeding females . For some reason in complete contract there is an acsess amount of males being born. The overload of male offspring is so large that zoo's such as Chessington and London are even castrateing any male offspring that are born. The mentioned zoo's are doing this to try and even out the sex racio and strengthen the captive Western Lowland Gorilla gene pool.
 
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I really do hope that Longleat bring in some young up and coming female Western Lowland Gorillas as their is a lack of available breeding females . For some reason in complete contract there is an acsess amount of males being born. The overload of male offspring is so large that zoo's such as Chessington and London are even castrateing any male offspring that are born. The mentioned zoo's are doing this to try and even out the sex racio and strengthen the captive Western Lowland Gorilla gene pool.
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1. It is very unlikely that Longleat will get female gorillas any time soon (if ever) With a bachelor group of five males all from comparatively well -represented genetic lines, its unlikely any will leave anytime soon I think. The oldest, Kesho, is there because he is infertile and so is likely to stay permanently.

2. The sex ratio of gorillas born in zoos is roughly even, the extra male problem is caused later on with the necessary ratio of one male to several females in breeding groups.

3. London Zoo has not castrated a male, to date anyway. Castration doesn't 'even out the sex ratio'. It has been used to try and allow some males to stay in their natal groups longterm, to reduce pressure on the creation of yet more bachelor groups, but is still in a trial phase.
 
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London zoo has castrated their young male Gorilla Gernot this is confirmed by these following news article.

Young male zoo gorillas face the chop
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Looking at a fuller article from Sky News, a decision on Gernot at ZSL London has not been made yet. Considering that since the article was written his father Kumbuka has died, I would think it's possible that Gernot may be left whole to continue the male line.

The article states that two males at Chessington have been castrated - Mbula and Mwana

Zoo gorillas 'face castration so they are easier to keep'
 
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