Edinburgh Zoo Edinburgh Zoo News 2021

[Quincey]

Three male Przewalski’s horses have safely arrived at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo yesterday, Friday 27 August.

The wildlife conservation charity has a successful history with the endangered species at Highland Wildlife Park, near Aviemore, where the small bachelor herd have travelled from:

Edinburgh Zoo welcomes new endangered species from Highland Wildlife Park | Edinburgh Zoo

 

[TNT]

Three male Przewalski’s horses have safely arrived at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo yesterday, Friday 27 August.

The wildlife conservation charity has a successful history with the endangered species at Highland Wildlife Park, near Aviemore, where the small bachelor herd have travelled from:

Edinburgh Zoo welcomes new endangered species from Highland Wildlife Park | Edinburgh Zoo

Fantastic addition to the zoo!

 

[Jambi]

Three male Przewalski’s horses have safely arrived at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo yesterday, Friday 27 August.

The wildlife conservation charity has a successful history with the endangered species at Highland Wildlife Park, near Aviemore, where the small bachelor herd have travelled from:

Edinburgh Zoo welcomes new endangered species from Highland Wildlife Park | Edinburgh Zoo

Ah that's cool, I didn't realise any other British zoo besides Welsh Mountain had that species. That'll be another rare one crossed off my zoo bucket list.

 

[TNT]

Ah that's cool, I didn't realise any other British zoo besides Welsh Mountain had that species. That'll be another rare one crossed off my zoo bucket list.

Held by lots of zoos throughout the UK!

 

[Chlidonias]

Ah that's cool, I didn't realise any other British zoo besides Welsh Mountain had that species. That'll be another rare one crossed off my zoo bucket list.

Held by lots of zoos throughout the UK!

Four in England, two in Wales, one in Scotland: according to Zootierliste.

 

[Fallax]

Ah that's cool, I didn't realise any other British zoo besides Welsh Mountain had that species. That'll be another rare one crossed off my zoo bucket list.

To be precise, the other UK holders are Highland WP, Manor WP, Marwell, Port Lympne, Whipsnade and Woburn.

 

[Martii]

Three male Przewalski’s horses have safely arrived at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo yesterday, Friday 27 August.

The wildlife conservation charity has a successful history with the endangered species at Highland Wildlife Park, near Aviemore, where the small bachelor herd have travelled from:

Edinburgh Zoo welcomes new endangered species from Highland Wildlife Park | Edinburgh Zoo

Thats brilliant news as alot of people can't get up to HWP to see them up there.

 

[Martii]

I saw on Instagram that a new Zebra called Grace ( 3years old ) has joined Emily and Daniella from West Midlands Safari park

 

[Zoofan15]

A red panda cub was born July 10:

Tiny endangered red panda kit born at Edinburgh Zoo

 

[Quincey]

Couple of updates from the zoo:

• One of the female chimps has had a stillborn baby and has been carrying it around the enclosure, perfectly naturally but not the nicest to see
• The zoo's pair of Cape Porcupine have a Porcupette

 

[JT]

Couple of updates from the zoo:

• One of the female chimps has had a stillborn baby and has been carrying it around the enclosure, perfectly naturally but not the nicest to see
• The zoo's pair of Cape Porcupine have a Porcupette

Has budongo been closed as a result?

 

[Quincey]

Has budongo been closed as a result?

No it's still open, although there are signs up advising what has happened.

 

[Quincey]

Giant Panda Update:

"After we shared news about Tian Tian’s annual health check and artificial insemination in April, our female giant panda showed really positive behaviour right through the breeding season.

While we now know the insemination was not successful, it has been fantastic to see how wonderful and relaxed Tian Tian has been this year which shows an incredible level of care from our charity’s expert teams. Giving Tian Tian the chance to experience pregnancy and parenthood is important for her wellbeing and provides a vital opportunity to express natural behaviours

Giant panda breeding is an amazingly complex, unpredictable process and every cycle has made it possible to carry out scientific research which has benefitted both Tian Tian and international efforts to protect the species over the past decade.

We remain in discussions with our colleagues in China about Yang Guang and Tian Tian’s future at Edinburgh Zoo as our original ten year agreement ends in December – we still hope to extend their stay and I will keep you all updated."

Tian Tian update and giant panda FAQ | Edinburgh Zoo

 

[Fallax]

I hope they make the right decision and send them back to China, I am really struggling to see the benefits of keeping them.

 

[littleRedPanda]

I hope they make the right decision and send them back to China, I am really struggling to see the benefits of keeping them.

Do you mean send them back and convert their new enclosure for another species?

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Do you mean send them back and convert their new enclosure for another species?

They still have the old enclosure sitting fallow and unused, and blocked off from the public in the usual "shrinkflation" attempt to hide how much the collection has lost lately!

 

[Fallax]

Do you mean send them back and convert their new enclosure for another species?

Ideally yes but this is Edinburgh so it might be converted into a "nature area" or something.

 

[Jambi]

I hope they make the right decision and send them back to China, I am really struggling to see the benefits of keeping them.

It was my understanding that the pandas would be leaving after this year anyway, their lease from the breeding centre was for a maximum of ten years and started in 2011, unless the deal has changed since then?

 

[TeaLovingDave]

It was my understanding that the pandas would be leaving after this year anyway, their lease from the breeding centre was for a maximum of ten years and started in 2011, unless the deal has changed since then?

See the quote upthread posted by @Quincey indicating that Edinburgh want to extend the lease for another ten-year period:

"We remain in discussions with our colleagues in China about Yang Guang and Tian Tian’s future at Edinburgh Zoo as our original ten year agreement ends in December – we still hope to extend their stay and I will keep you all updated."

....which is the quote which prompted this discussion in the first place

 

[Dylan]

I know the plan for the old panda enclosure is to convert it for sun bears, who would benefit from individual enclosures if they wish to breed them. Then the drill replacing the sun bears in their current enclosure. The new panda enclosure could be converted easily into a large, interactive meerkat enclosure if they wanted.