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Crowthorne said:
First visit today for a long while, but hope to be back more often. Noticed that there was a lot of work being prepped by the Bush Dog enclosure, and the walkway behind by the Yellow-throated martens was closed off.

Saw the new little heritage area near the Giraffes, with the props used back in the Chimps Tea Party / PG Tips days, which was very interesting.

Questions for those more familiar with Twycross, are the chimps a breeding group? And which of the great apes are due a new house next, is it the Orangs?
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The chimps have non-castrated males but aren’t breeding and haven’t had any young in years. In the main group there is the males: Jambo, Flynn, Jomar, and Kibali. The females are Coco, Genet (both chocolate chimps), Sammantha, Holly, Josie, Victoria and Tuli.

The next great ape to get a refurbish from remembering the 2030 plan when it was on the website was “Orangutan Phase One” but plans can change very quickly.
 
James Barber said:
Victoria was born at Twycross in 1988 and hand reared by Molly but I can't remember her parents. Tuli was also born at Twycross in 2010 and her parents were Benjie and Mwekundu. Josie I believe was born at Dudley Zoo.

When I used to be a volunteer, there were a lot more Chimps then and I could tell the difference between all of them.

I used to have a list of all of them from studbook numbers, to place of birth, parents, offspring etc but sadly lost it.
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Thanks for the information !
 
Pandaboi said:
The chimps have non-castrated males but aren’t breeding and haven’t had any young in years. In the main group there is the males: Jambo, Flynn, Jomar, and Kibali. The females are Coco, Genet (both chocolate chimps), Sammantha, Holly, Josie, Victoria and Tuli.

The next great ape to get a refurbish from remembering the 2030 plan when it was on the website was “Orangutan Phase One” but plans can change very quickly.
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Thank you :)
 
Pandaboi said:
Do you know which page I can find Twycross on? I don’t have much time to find them in the 300 pages haha.
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Pages 88-89 show the list of chimpanzees in Twycross at that time. There is also a search function so that way you can search the document for the information you need.
 
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Pandaboi said:
Do you know which page I can find Twycross on? I don’t have much time to find them in the 300 pages haha.
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The Zoos are listed in alphabetical order so you just need to scroll through to the 'T's to find Twycross. All studbooks operate like that.
 
Had a quick visit today and they are completely fencing off the area in front of the bushdogs spoke to a worker who said it will be developed but no plans as to when and that the bushdogs are still there but I would have thought they will be certainly off show now, I suppose with it being fenced off (similar to where the otter were)it stops visitors saying it’s another empty enclosure …
 
Trudie said:
Had a quick visit today and they are completely fencing off the area in front of the bushdogs spoke to a worker who said it will be developed but no plans as to when and that the bushdogs are still there but I would have thought they will be certainly off show now, I suppose with it being fenced off (similar to where the otter were)it stops visitors saying it’s another empty enclosure …
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Also forgot to say that there was 11 chimps in one side today with another locked out on its own not sure who though
 
Pandaboi said:
The chimps have non-castrated males but aren’t breeding and haven’t had any young in years. In the main group there is the males: Jambo, Flynn, Jomar, and Kibali. The females are Coco, Genet (both chocolate chimps), Sammantha, Holly, Josie, Victoria and Tuli.

The next great ape to get a refurbish from remembering the 2030 plan when it was on the website was “Orangutan Phase One” but plans can change very quickly.
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Is there a few more chimps on that list ?
 
Brining Twycross and the chimps to 6.6.
Twycross would mix Peter and Tommy into Jambos troop but Peter won’t agree to Jambo being alpha.
 
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