Most likely related to the devastating avian malaria outbreak, the penguin webcam is no longer on the website.
Dudley Zoological Gardens Dudley Zoo News 2022
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Jambi
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I'll be visiting Dudley Zoo this Summer, I was thinking June before the school holidays. I had a look on their website and it says at the moment, Lorikeet Lookout is closed due to the bird flu outbreak, and while Lemur Wood is open, masks are required to go in. In case this is still in place by June, for those who are more familiar with this zoo, are the lorikeets and lemurs still viewable from outside their respective walkthroughs? Or do you need to go inside to really see any of them?
The lorikeets are not viewable from outside the lorikeet walkthrough. It is possible to see the lemurs from outside the lemur walkthrough, however, as the walkthrough is fairly large with an abundance of dense foliage, it is not guaranteed you'll see them if you're standing outside the perimeter.
An interesting 30 minute programme from 1983. Whilst it mostly features the nearby Black Country Museum, it does include roughly 6 minutes on the zoo at the start, with a unusual story regarding one of the bears that I hadn't heard before.
I've seen this video before myself... quite nice to see another look of the elephant enclosure back then as well as zebras, seals, a polar bear and penguins (in their former enclosure where the otters are now).
They also mentioned how they formed the castle moats into enclosures for pinnipeds and hippopotamus (though I wish they could've shown footage of the latter).
Still, very nice video overall. Always good to see some of Dudley's history involving not just the zoo or castle, but the town itself.
Update on the new orangutan outdoor enclosure.
The perimeter fence is pretty much complete apart from them just needing to install the glass for the viewing windows.
The large climbing frame is almost complete too. Staff have already installed large cargo nets and hammocks, and an outdoor shelter has been constructed for the orangs. More wooden platforms will soon be added as well. The keeper access area has also been constructed.
In addition, the zoo have also turned their attention to the orang house. The building has had brand new insulated corrugated cladding installed to the outside (which looks a lot smarter than the algae-covered wood in my opinion) and on the inside work has begun on the animal access tunnel between the indoor areas and the new enclosure.
In the news article the zoo have also restated that once the new outdoor enclosure is completed, they hope to secure further funding to redevelop and combine the current outdoor areas.
Ongoing orang work – Dudley Zoo and Castle
The perimeter fence is pretty much complete apart from them just needing to install the glass for the viewing windows.
The large climbing frame is almost complete too. Staff have already installed large cargo nets and hammocks, and an outdoor shelter has been constructed for the orangs. More wooden platforms will soon be added as well. The keeper access area has also been constructed.
In addition, the zoo have also turned their attention to the orang house. The building has had brand new insulated corrugated cladding installed to the outside (which looks a lot smarter than the algae-covered wood in my opinion) and on the inside work has begun on the animal access tunnel between the indoor areas and the new enclosure.
In the news article the zoo have also restated that once the new outdoor enclosure is completed, they hope to secure further funding to redevelop and combine the current outdoor areas.
Ongoing orang work – Dudley Zoo and Castle
Any news on when they will finally start renovating the tiger area for which they had crowd funded?
1. The zoo has never crowd-funded for the tiger project. The tiger project was to be funded via the zoo's own cash reserves, which the zoo were likely forced to dig into to survive being closed for many months during the height of the pandemic. They only crowd-funded for the orangutan project.
2. At the beginning of 2022 the zoo unveiled their 12-month plan. This revealed that later in the year, after first completing the orang project and then the giraffe project, the zoo then plan to turn their attention to starting the tiger project.
went to the zoo yesterday seems alot of work going on , the howler monkey enclosure has been ripped out theyve took all the climbing frames out , the monkeys themselves were not there but the pen by the chimp viewing site the cage there said howler monkeys but didnt see them.On a good note though now theyve moved out the armadillos are having a great time having the run of the enclosure first time ive seen them in a long time .Artic foxes were nowere to be seen and at penguin bay only spotted 2 x
Thanks for the updates.
The fact the howler monkeys have moved and they've ripped out the huge climbing structure in their old exhibit is a really interesting development. I wonder what they've got planned for that enclosure. Would the Arctic foxes work better in there I wonder?
Were the howlers in the ex lion tecton section? Thanks
The current tigers are in the original lion enclosure of the triple Tecton complex (i.e. on the left of the ex-polar bear enclosure).
The howler monkeys were in the original tiger enclosure of the triple Tecton complex (i.e. on the right of the ex-polar bear enclosure).
there was all building materials there breeze blocks sacks of sand etc all the wooden frames had been cut down but were still in the enclosure so by the looks of it theyve only just started work there
The zoo received 12,673 visitors over January - their highest for nearly 40 years.
A fab start to 85! – Dudley Zoo and Castle
A fab start to 85! – Dudley Zoo and Castle
I note this map shows the original chimpanzee accommodation at the top of the bear ravine before they were re-located to a "new chimpanzee house" in 1938. It would be interesting to see what the original housing was like; are there any photographs?The current tigers are in the original lion enclosure of the triple Tecton complex (i.e. on the left of the ex-polar bear enclosure).
The howler monkeys were in the original tiger enclosure of the triple Tecton complex (i.e. on the right of the ex-polar bear enclosure).
ive just found out that sadly there is only 1 artic fox left
How did you find that out?
a lady who i talk to on photography page was asked if she seen them, i said i hadnt seen them saturday but she saw finn she said the other one had died so hes the only one left
I wondered if they knock down the enclosure to the left which is behind the fence and maybe up at the back dunno