I saw 1 last week
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park Port Lympne Wild Animal Park news 2021
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To see one of those Malayan tapir exhibits go out of hoofstock use is a real shame. They are the best of their kind anywhere and I worry something like bears will really ruin the character of that part of the park.
I guess the Port Lympne we all love is gone now anyway..
I guess the Port Lympne we all love is gone now anyway..
Any ideas on which 2 rhinos have been/will be moved to Tanzania with Chanua? I'm guessing Mizi as she was moved from Howletts, was it definitely three females that were going?
Two waterbuck escaped on Saturday and were killed after failed attempts to get them back into their enclosure. The decision to euthanise them was made because they are a category 1 animal and the park was open to the public at the time, meaning public safety was a risk
More escapes in less than 12 months!!! Starting to get embarrassing
Yeah definitely not a good reputation for them
Random fact but the three rescue bears from Andorra were featured on This Morning with Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary at Port Lympne Zoo 
Random fact but the three rescue bears from Andorra were featured on This Morning with Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary at Port Lympne Zoo
I'm not seeing any news on their pages of the bears' actual arrival. Are they still in Spain or have they in fact arrived ?
According to what I saw, they have arrived
I wasn't watching closely but where they were was a small possibly holding pen to film the bears, or a temporary home before a new one is constructed?
I believe it is Rukuru born to Nyasa x Sammy in 2016 at the zoo
I believe it is Rukuru born to Nyasa x Sammy in 2016 at the zoo
Thank you, I wonder if they have been moved yet as Port Lympne posted a photo of Chanua on 30 May at Port Lympne, it is possible this was/is a throwback though.
Their arrival has just been announced on social media in last couple of minutes
'A three-acre woodland sanctuary'. This must encompass much of the woodland on the slope in the vicinity of the old Tapir enclosures- if that is where they are. A plan and the extent of the enclosure would be interesting to see. Also, have they built new indoor accomodation for them, or redesigned the Tapir/Sumatran rhino house perhaps?
A new litter of lion cubs has been born.
the brown bears are on the left hand side of the slope that goes down towards carnivore territory opposite the tapirs. Theres a new house down the bottom of the hill but I think its just shipping containers.
the brown bears are on the left hand side of the slope that goes down towards carnivore territory opposite the tapirs. Theres a new house down the bottom of the hill but I think its just shipping containers.
The bears have taken all the woodland area on left side of hill, previously used by the tapir. The house looked finished 2 months ago!
She has a litter of four they are 5wks old out and about looking very well xx
Still with the older pride members or were they seperated this time? So that could be up to nine(?) Lions for the new enclosure or possibly even 10, if they reintroduced the handraised survivor. Surprised they let them breed again though, but perhaps the soon-to-be enormous new enclosure is the reason.
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Underwhelming as a new development. In my view no need to take a few bears from Central Europe to U.K. Just for animal welfare sake. There could be local much cheaper alternatives and less of this PR/marketing conservation green washing. Do we really need more sanctuaries....? I am sure we need better zoos and captive ex situ facilities and this is not the conservation ethics best solution.