Marwell Wildlife Marwell 2022 News
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Lafone
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Will be great to have another place with clouded leopards, they are fantastic. Hopefully a bit of a signal of improvements for Marwells collection.
Sand cats arrived in 2001 when John Knowles was still around,a Black footed cat arrived in 2002 but only lived for less than a year.
1999
And bred I believe?
There are many species I miss at Marwell, but this comes close to the top.
I can never remember any births, most of the time just had males but they did have one female so I may be wrong.
I agree with Okapis that the Sand cats did not breed - certainly no births are recorded. The species - same group - was there for around 12 years which does not endorse short longevity. Amongst other species that had been kept in the building - which included Dwarf mongoose, Cuisimanse and even tortoises - they were often moved into accommodation elsewhere which ,meant they were not in the building for that long, but that is not the same as short longevity. The only short-lived species was the Black-footed cat which, like the Sand cats, are from areas with low humidity. The house was designed accordingly with mechanical ventilation and de-humidifiers to control the environment, but the building was later modified to meet the requirements of the different species that have been kept there since.
I think, as you say, that given the short occupancy of some species, and non breeding of others, it gave me the impression that it was not a hugely successful venture.
Not helped that it coincided with a sustained period of ill health on my part that meant my visits were severely limited.
I truly only remember overall seeing at various times, the Fennecs, an enclosure literally crawling with small tortoises, locusts, and the rear end of a sand cat....
Not helped that it coincided with a sustained period of ill health on my part that meant my visits were severely limited.
I truly only remember overall seeing at various times, the Fennecs, an enclosure literally crawling with small tortoises, locusts, and the rear end of a sand cat....
New question, and probably for the oldies-in the early days, the guidebook said Goral were held, but I don't recall ever finding them in the indicated section.
Does anyone have any info/recall of them actually being in place, or was it like the Red Kangaroo, that they never actually arrived?
Does anyone have any info/recall of them actually being in place, or was it like the Red Kangaroo, that they never actually arrived?
Yes a pair of Goral were held not far from Marwell hall close to Tigers in what is now the area for the last Anoa at Marwell the male died in 1975 the female was due to move to France I think but died while being crated up.
Haliaeetus
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Two Red-necked wallaby joeys have emerged from the pouch:
Wallaby Joeys seen emerging from mothers' pouches at Marwell Zoo
Wallaby Joeys seen emerging from mothers' pouches at Marwell Zoo
I saw the goral when I visited Marwell on the 9th June 1972, shortly after it opened. The guidebook says that they were probably hybrids between the grey and Himalayan subspecies. Their enclosure is actually shown in the photo that I took on that day: it was just uphill from the Hall and they shared the new stable block with a group of blackbuck, whose outdoor paddock is just out of the photo.
...and if I remember correctly they had a box-like structure of steps to allow them something to jump about on.I saw the goral when I visited Marwell on the 9th June 1972, shortly after it opened. The guidebook says that they were probably hybrids between the grey and Himalayan subspecies. Their enclosure is actually shown in the photo that I took on that day: it was just uphill from the Hall and they shared the new stable block with a group of blackbuck, whose outdoor paddock is just out of the photo.
It sounds as if they were there very early on and also died off early. I probably saw then without realising as I was under 10 at the time.
I think they may have stayed in the guidebook rather longer than they were actually still in stock. I can remember trying to find them later without success.
I think they may have stayed in the guidebook rather longer than they were actually still in stock. I can remember trying to find them later without success.
Yes your right and years later I remember they turned up in the lemur areas.