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Four new female arrivals to ensure their species survival

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We’re delighted to have welcomed four new additions to our Endangered Przewalski’s horse herd.

The foals are named Xaela, Shara, Bilüü, Ereen. They are doing well, and their births are great news for the future of this previously Extinct in the Wild species.
Erin Luter, Animal Keeper, Hoofstock, said: “These horses, that were previously listed “Extinct in the Wild”, are an example of how zoo breeding programmes can help restore threatened species around the world.”

“Thanks to breeding programmes like ours at Marwell they can now be found in reintroduction sites in Mongolia and China and have been downlisted to Endangered.”

#Przewalskishorse #Conservation #Endangered
 
Embu said:
Four new female arrivals to ensure their species survival

Read more: bit.ly/4crmHpZ

We’re delighted to have welcomed four new additions to our Endangered Przewalski’s horse herd.

The foals are named Xaela, Shara, Bilüü, Ereen. They are doing well, and their births are great news for the future of this previously Extinct in the Wild species.
Erin Luter, Animal Keeper, Hoofstock, said: “These horses, that were previously listed “Extinct in the Wild”, are an example of how zoo breeding programmes can help restore threatened species around the world.”

“Thanks to breeding programmes like ours at Marwell they can now be found in reintroduction sites in Mongolia and China and have been downlisted to Endangered.”

#Przewalskishorse #Conservation #Endangered
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Would now that make eleven?
If so that's a good sized herd. The valley needs that!
 
That’s good news.

I’ll be visiting tomorrow - anything specific I should look out for?
 
Cat-Man said:
That’s good news.

I’ll be visiting tomorrow - anything specific I should look out for?
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Not much comes to mind. Far as I know Read has done good job keeping what's there in stead ... but not made anything significantly new yet.
 
Embu said:
Four new female arrivals to ensure their species survival

Read more: bit.ly/4crmHpZ

We’re delighted to have welcomed four new additions to our Endangered Przewalski’s horse herd.

The foals are named Xaela, Shara, Bilüü, Ereen. They are doing well, and their births are great news for the future of this previously Extinct in the Wild species.
Erin Luter, Animal Keeper, Hoofstock, said: “These horses, that were previously listed “Extinct in the Wild”, are an example of how zoo breeding programmes can help restore threatened species around the world.”

“Thanks to breeding programmes like ours at Marwell they can now be found in reintroduction sites in Mongolia and China and have been downlisted to Endangered.”

#Przewalskishorse #Conservation #Endangered
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They should mention restoration program in Kazakhstan at least and perhaps Ukraine and Uzbekistan (at some point).
 
Notes from a visit.

  • They seem to have organised the admission gates differently. They had people directing you to different gates depending on whether you were a member of if you had pre-booked.
  • Although there were a lot of people, almost everybody was going round the zoo the normal way. By going round backwards I hardly saw anybody else until I got to the wallaby walkthrough.
  • Did feel a bit sad seeing only three giraffe.
    • I didn't get the same feeling from the tigers though. Maybe that is because the tiger enclosure has lots of hiding places so there isn't a guarantee you would see them. Seeing all the giraffes is a certainty.
  • The bongo and plains zebra indoor quarters (old Heart of Africa building) is still shut. The temporary electric fence preventing the zebras and road antelope from getting close to the giraffes is still there. The one though preventing the bongos from getting close to the lesser kudu has been removed though.
  • New species in Thriving Through Nature, Turkish Killfish.
  • I did see a baby starred agama in Thriving Through Nature. I thought that was quite lucky considering the size of the lizard and the size of the exhibit.
  • The signs for the Asiatic short clawed otters had gone and I didn't see the otters. Have they left?
  • I did see an addax in the old sitatunga enclosure at the far end of the South Road. It happened to walk past the gate as I walked past. It seems this is then still in use as an off show enclosure.
  • There were no longer dik-diks in the addax/dorcas gazelle paddock. That must have been a temporary arrangement.
  • Some of the viewing windows for the cotton topped tamarins in Life Among the Trees have been blocked off. The indoor viewing windows for their enclosure next to the lawn have also been blocked off. I am wondering if the signs about banging on windows is related to the babies.
  • The timberwork in Life Among the Trees is being replaced. It looks like a straight replacement, not alterations to the enclosures.
  • Has the ibis gone from the Fur, Feathers and Scales walkthrough aviary. I didn't see them and there was no sign for them. It also looked like a sign has been recently removed.
    • In this aviary the hamerkops seemed to be posing a lot today.
  • Something I hadn't noticed before in the wallaby walkthrough. There does appear to be a gap in the fence leading into what used to be the tamarin walkthrough behind Cold Blooded Corner. Maybe this used as an area for the wallabies if they want to get away from visitors. It would explain why the number of wallabies in the walkthrough can vary from visit to visit.
  • There were giant millipedes in the invertebrate exhibit near Cold Blooded Corner, although there are no signs for them.
  • I did see the Przewalkski's horse foals but not the baby blesbok.
  • In Wild Explorers I did see a couple of scimitar horned oryx in the rhino yard area. Obviously that area is open to the paddock, but I can't recall ever seeing anything but rhinos in that yard.
  • My sequence of clouded leopard sightings extends to 4 consecutive visits.
  • I wonder when the snow leopard extension will open. The link between the original enclosure appeared to be open on old side but still shut on the side of the extension.
 
Upsettingly low numbers in the girrafes paddock !

Just glad Sitatunga, Bongo, Scimitar and Prezwalskis are growing to knowles-esque size groups.
 
NMM said:
Are they going to to out of roan antelope or will they get some more?
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I would hope not, twenty years ago they had around thirty, but those days have long gone, nearly two years ago the two male Besia Oryx arrived from YWP, would be nice to see some females, as with other species Lesser Kudu and Arabian Oryx animals need to come in from Europe or the species will be gone from Marwell and the UK.
 
HelloCrossy67 said:
Upsettingly low numbers in the girrafes paddock !

Just glad Sitatunga, Bongo, Scimitar and Prezwalskis are growing to knowles-esque size groups.
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I believe they're trying to rebuild the giraffe herd as they have a 5yr old Rothschild bull, it's just awaiting confirmation for the transfers of females. 1 female had been sourced from another UK collection(unsure if this has fallen through or just paperwork issues), other females may well be getting sourced from abroad
 
okapis said:
I would hope not, twenty years ago they had around thirty, but those days have long gone, nearly two years ago the two male Besia Oryx arrived from YWP, would be nice to see some females, as with other species Lesser Kudu and Arabian Oryx animals need to come in from Europe or the species will be gone from Marwell and the UK.
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I feel those species have been in that situation for long enough for something to have been done about it. I am therefore skeptical if anything will be, unless it has got onto the new CEO's radar.
 
NMM said:
I feel those species have been in that situation for long enough for something to have been done about it. I am therefore skeptical if anything will be, unless it has got onto the new CEO's radar.
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Two male Beisa, three female Arabian don't bode well for building herds. As you said they've had plenty of time to rectify these groups without doing anything so far.
 
Moving slightly away from the larger hoofstock herds - Personally am worried for some of the lesser known species. The Anoa, Dorcas Gazelle. Ostriches and even the meerkats seem to be struggling at low numbers. A lack of Otter sightings makes me fear for the worst...
 
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