ZSL Whipsnade Zoo ZSL Whipsnade Zoo 2021
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Such fantastic news!
Excellent news about the white rhino birth.
(A white rhinoceros was born at Whipsnade on 7th March 2008)
Fantastic news it has been a decade without! I think it shows the old females May no longer breed and the New generation is finally on a rol.
And, since the last number of SWR births were male, even better news it’s a female!
Clearly Sizzle’s not sozzled just yet!
The Hedgehog
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0.1 Grévy's Zebra has been born at Whipsnade. From their social media:
"More baby news! Meet our adorable female zebra foal, born to mum Henna. The foal has been named by six-year-old Jake, who was born with an extremely rare heart condition, and has a very special zebra connection. Jake and his family had a long think about all the reasons they are in the position where he is here today, able to name a zebra: We’d like you to meet...Hiro"
"More baby news! Meet our adorable female zebra foal, born to mum Henna. The foal has been named by six-year-old Jake, who was born with an extremely rare heart condition, and has a very special zebra connection. Jake and his family had a long think about all the reasons they are in the position where he is here today, able to name a zebra: We’d like you to meet...Hiro"
Chalklion
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First day out for the new white rhino calf Nandi, https://www.zoochat.com/community/d...8dc89035f1ec12e961100ca2ca733b.jpg?1630949573
Whipsnade have announced plans for the construction of an on-site solar farm. Built in the shape of a lion, this will be situated at the polar opposite of the site to the white chalk lion. The idea is to help the site to work towards becoming more energy efficient and self-sustainable.
My initial thoughts were it would be nice for the zoo to invest in living animals first rather than solar ones!
My initial thoughts were it would be nice for the zoo to invest in living animals first rather than solar ones!
What happened to Whipsnades White rhino breeding program in resent times?. I saw the 20 that arrived there from South Africa in 1970 to join the pair already there. From what I can remember they bred more than 50+ in the 30 acre paddock with the steam train running through it.
AlexanderTHG
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Visited for a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon. Members no longer need to pre-book at all. It was noticeably less busy than during the holidays, but still not quiet. Saw the baby zebra and rhino. Tuli and baby Nandi were shut inside the house, so i couldn't get any decent photos. A couple of pieces of construction going on:
- The former marabou and African sacred ibis aviary has been cornered off. The house has come down and the support beams are a little bent.
- Work has started on revamping the red river hog enclosure. The house has been fenced off and concrete had started to be laid. No idea what this will house though.
- The former marabou and African sacred ibis aviary has been cornered off. The house has come down and the support beams are a little bent.
- Work has started on revamping the red river hog enclosure. The house has been fenced off and concrete had started to be laid. No idea what this will house though.
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AlexanderTHG
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The photos were taken on my phone, so probably aren't great, sorry
London’s Sulawesi macaques?
Would very much doubt that as the enclosure is slap bang in the middle of the Africa area.
Agree but ,unless there’s a new exhibit being built from scratch, I’ve neither recently seen nor heard any further evidence as to where the group are going to be housed. Unless the transfer’s fallen through of course!
For those who wants to know how Khari is doing. Well 2 days ago I went to Chessington World of Adventures Resort and he's doing fine
I visited Whipsnade today and was surprised to see a melanistic grey squirrel near the old musk-ox enclosure (which now houses a Grevy's zebra). I've not seen a black squirrel at Whipsnade before so would be interested to learn if other ZooChatters have ever seen one there.
Incidentally the only other melanistic grey squirrels I've seen in the UK were in the grounds of Girton College, Cambridge University (although I've often seen melanistic red squirrels in Germany).
Incidentally the only other melanistic grey squirrels I've seen in the UK were in the grounds of Girton College, Cambridge University (although I've often seen melanistic red squirrels in Germany).
Pteropus alecto
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There's usually one just outside owl wood