Largest Primate Group you have seen in any UK Zoo

[garyjp]

Just been watching the first episode of primates on the beeb and got me thinking what is the largest breeding group of primates you have seen in any UK Zoo ?

 

[Gigit]

Just been watching the first episode of primates on the beeb and got me thinking what is the largest breeding group of primates you have seen in any UK Zoo ?

I think Paignton has about 63 Hamadryas baboons.

 

[Tau]

Has to be the baboon group at Knowsley Safari.

 

[TNT]

Has to be the baboon group at Knowsley Safari.

Can confirm, well over 100 more individuals than the second largest group.

 

[Johnny Morris.]

I haven't been there, but what about Trenton Monkey Forest?

 

[TNT]

I haven't been there, but what about Trenton Monkey Forest?

I believe Knowsley are still "winning" in terms of numbers... I'd probably put Trentham at second in the UK though.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Back when Edinburgh was holding the Guinea Baboon group from Paris whilst the latter collection was undergoing redevelopment, they bred the group so prodigiously that (from a starting number of about 15 animals) at its height they held over 70 animals so that would probably be the winner outside of big, free-roaming groups such as those at Knowsley and Trentham.

The end result of this is that once it came time for the baboons to return to Paris, there were too many of them and significant numbers ended up at YWP and Port Lympne too.

 

[zoosafari123]

I believe Knowsley are still "winning" in terms of numbers... I'd probably put Trentham at second in the UK though.

Longleat have about 120 Rhesus Macaque's.

 

[TNT]

Longleat have about 120 Rhesus Macaque's.

Trentham still have more

 

[wally war eagle]

going online I saw probably 100 hamadryas baboons at a Uruguay zoo.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

going online I saw probably 100 hamadryas baboons at a Uruguay zoo.

Last time I checked. Urugauy was not part of the UK however