Twycross Zoo Twycross Zoo News 2020
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The Sumatran Tiger's are closely related.
Sialang (M)
Parents - Kasih (Mother) and Toba (Father)
Maternal Grandparents - Kirana (Grandmother) X Fabi (Grandfather)
Paternal Grandparents - Puna (Grandmother) and Nias (Grandfather)
Jahlee (F)
Parents - Suma (Mother) and Kuasa (Father)
Paternal Grandparents - Surya (Grandmother) X Bawa (Grandfather)
Paternal Great Grandparents - Banda (Great Grandmother) X Tenang (Great Grandfather)
Maternal Great Grandparents - Puna (Great Grandmother) and Nias (Great Grandfather)
Surya's sister (Kirana) is also the Maternal Grandmother of Sialang
Sialang (M)
Parents - Kasih (Mother) and Toba (Father)
Maternal Grandparents - Kirana (Grandmother) X Fabi (Grandfather)
Paternal Grandparents - Puna (Grandmother) and Nias (Grandfather)
Jahlee (F)
Parents - Suma (Mother) and Kuasa (Father)
Paternal Grandparents - Surya (Grandmother) X Bawa (Grandfather)
Paternal Great Grandparents - Banda (Great Grandmother) X Tenang (Great Grandfather)
Maternal Great Grandparents - Puna (Great Grandmother) and Nias (Great Grandfather)
Surya's sister (Kirana) is also the Maternal Grandmother of Sialang
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Got a visit in this afternoon mostly to see the new rhino Sudan, firstly the cabins mentioned earlier by @Trudie yes there are loads of them double stacked at the entrance they must be being used as offices whilst they do work on there normal offices. So to Sudan or Dan as I can see him being visitor named. He was very active with in his stall standing moving around and so small when you compare him to the older female I would say two thirds of the size or less even. As luck would have it the keepers where allowing him out for the first time when we where in the house, after a short while he managed to get out the door to the small holding pen outside the house. Then he was overwhelmed I think and went on a charge all over the area for ten minutes or so circling around the area and on a few time charging at the fences and steels till the keeper managed to get him back in and close the house for half an hour or so to calm him down and check him out for damage to the enclosure and him self latter we got back in the house and he was all calm but injured guess he will learn the steel will win sone. He looks like a great addition though full of beans so to say a very active rhino. Will upload pics to gallery
I spoke to a keeper last month and they were both still there although they are separated as they didn’t get on, the parents still there as well xDoes anybody know what the current situation is with the Amur Leopards at Twycross? Are the two female 'cubs' (not sure on age - probably about 3 years by now) still there as well as the breeding pair?
Thank you
Yes Twycross still has the 2 cubs. The mother is off show in the snow leopard building and the male and 2 cubs are in the amur leopard enclosureDoes anybody know what the current situation is with the Amur Leopards at Twycross? Are the two female 'cubs' (not sure on age - probably about 3 years by now) still there as well as the breeding pair?
Thank you
Thank you for the information - I saw the snow leopard male passed away earlier this year, do you know if they still have the female?
She was out last Sunday in the enclosure
Can you identify Jahlee's Maternal grandaprents who appear not to be listed? This might allow a Coefficient of Inbreeding to be calculated.
Nobody really knows for now anyway the plan is being shelved till co-vid has passed, my best guess would have been for the orangutans to have had two enclosures opposite each other on the plan. Weather they where for the same group, to groups or another species is anyone’s guess. The rhino I would have thought would have been a continuation of there current build, mabey a more purpose built house rather than the old elephant house. I think they will have to do something that’s for certain in the next few years as all the old ape houses would need replacing in the next ten years, as they are becoming very dated and in disrepair I don’t think the public will t
Let them get away with it for much longer espically with other zoo having much better ape accommodation.
Jahlee's Maternal Grandparents are Timophi aka Sabu (Grandfather) and Kim (Grandmother). They were the breeding pair at Heidelberg until Timophi died and Kim was moved to Aalborg (where she has also since passed away). Timophi and Sabu are also the parents of Puna, listed on my previous post.
Surely if the chimps were so bad they’ve got to do something about the orangutans as their enclosure is tiny, especially outside.
I suppose the orang utan accommodation and remodelling would be at the top of their list now.
The original Chimpanzee cages were ten times worse than the current Orangutan area. A few years ago they extended and raised the height of the indoor Orangutan area which was formerly a lot smaller. However that was an interim improvement and I think that new Orangutan housing would be high on the list as this house is now the oldest of those still being used by Apes.
I was under the impression the former chimpanzee holdings were group accommodations rather than cages or am I wrong here (I visited Twycross 2 or 3 times in the past and chimpanzees were - for all personal intense purposes - never my prime interest in primates (sorry, nog puns intended)).
I could be wrong here but I’m sure there have been 3 chimpanzee enclosures over the years (before Eden), one being by the catch, now housing a group of Busch dogs although there is no sign to suggest this, one by the Eden which is just closed off full stop and then what I believe is the oldest down near the tapirs which I believe houses a group of monkeys now, as I say I may have missed some things here so feel free to correct me.