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The big news is a Channel 4 documentary starting this Sunday.

Big Bear Rescue, about the Polar Bears from the look of it

I just saw this too, I got super excited before I clicked on the video as it said big bear rescue so I thought they were rescuing some more bears from somewhere, but yeah it’s just the TV show. I believe I’ve already seen it as a perk of donating to their rescue fund was early access to the show about a year ago, but it will be nice to watch it again.

So I’m guessing the rare breeds enclosure is still for the Chessington tigers?
 
The park received a new zebra yesterday. Not sure of sex or where it came from, as it was mentioned during the capybara talk. One of the capybaras went in the opposite direction.

Saw two foxes today, one black and one white digging up it's enclosure. Path to the foxes is blocked off currently but you can see them from the new raccoon enclosure (which is decent!)
 
Is there currently an enclosure suitable for big cats in existence or any planning applications to create one ?

They are currently building a huge enclosure - photos from a recent visit showing signage and earth works. To the right of the sign (not in photo) were lots of telegraph poles for the fencing so defo looks like it’s for a carnivore.
 

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So, did anyone watch the C4 programme this evening? I thought it was very good indeed - sad in places of course, but ultimately very moving and inspiring. I'm looking forward to the second episode next week, which will apparently show the arrival of the wolves from South Lakes, as well as the 2 bears from Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
 
Four new Amur tigers have arrived at the zoo in preparation for the opening of the new Tiger Rock attraction.

The four tigers have come from Sweden and are named Olga, Tsar, Kalinka and Kyra. They're currently offshow until the opening of their exhibit on 5th of May.

This was copied & pasted from the Chessington thread back in 2018.

Only Kalinka & Kyra are still living
 
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but i thought one of the above died last week hence only one left at chessington
 
Will the last of Chessington's tigers still be heading to Jimmy's Farm? (After enough health checks of course).

If so, then they'll need to find her a partner once she's settled into her new home.
 
Will the last of Chessington's tigers still be heading to Jimmy's Farm? (After enough health checks of course).

If so, then they'll need to find her a partner once she's settled into her new home.

Depending on her age, introducing her to an unknown tiger would be a foolish and stupid idea(imo anyhow). Maybe let her live her last few years in peace at Jimmy's Farm
 
Depending on her age, introducing her to an unknown tiger would be a foolish and stupid idea(imo anyhow). Maybe let her live her last few years in peace at Jimmy's Farm
I would imagine this is the plan.
 
I went for a visit to Jimmy's Farm yesterday, and it seems quite a bit has moved around. First of all, I didn't see any emus at all, so I suspect they may have gone. Come to think of it, didn't see any wallabies either - are they still around?

The old camel paddock, which is now being turned into a South American enclosure, seems to have a potentially interesting addition being included - in the middle of one of the paddocks, a small house is being built, with a mound covered with small trees and will seemingly be surrounded by a fence separating it from the main paddock. I guess this could be an enclosure for a smaller species within the larger enclosure.

Guanaco were visible, near to the donkeys. The yaks were visible in the morning, in a paddock behind the housing for the zebras and eland.

The black-and-white ruffed lemurs have moved into the old raccoon enclosure. The old ruffed lemur indoor enclosure in the butterfly house has a board up saying that some 'snappy improvements' were being made. I don't know if it was a coincidence, but the Morelet's crocodile enclosure in the reptile house was almost completely drained of water.

Also in the butterfly house, the red-footed tortoises from the reptile house have replaced the Madagascar partridges in the aviary for red fodies (which I didn't manage to see).

The presumably tiger development near the rare breeds area on the hilltop is absolutely enormous. Several hills have been added, each with a shelter built into the side of it.

The coral reef tank at the entrance to the reptile house has a large number of species signed, of which I only saw four - a pair of common clownfish (one of the designer captive-bred breeds), a pair of regal tang, a yellow tang and a bristletooth tang. The other species, which I didn't see this time, are the black-bar chromis, royal gramma, bicolour angelfish and diamond watchman goby.
 
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I went for a visit to Jimmy's Farm yesterday, and it seems quite a bit has moved around. First of all, I didn't see any emus at all, so I suspect they may have gone. Come to think of it, didn't see any wallabies either - are they still around?

The old camel paddock, which is now being turned into a South American enclosure, seems to have a potentially interesting addition being included - in the middle of one of the paddocks, a small house is being built, with a mound covered with small trees and will seemingly be surrounded by a fence separating it from the main paddock. I guess this could be an enclosure for a smaller species within the larger enclosure.

Guanaco were visible, near to the donkeys. The yaks were visible in the morning, in a paddock behind the housing for the zebras and eland.

The black-and-white ruffed lemurs have moved into the old raccoon enclosure. The old ruffed lemur indoor enclosure in the butterfly house has a board up saying that some 'snappy improvements' were being made. I don't know if it was a coincidence, but the Morelet's crocodile enclosure in the reptile house was almost completely drained of water.

Also in the butterfly house, the red-footed tortoises from the reptile house have replaced the Madagascar partridges in the aviary for red fodies (which I didn't manage to see).

The presumably tiger development near the rare breeds area on the hilltop is absolutely enormous. Several hills have been added, each with a shelter built into the side of it.

The coral reef tank at the entrance to the reptile house has a large number of species signed, of which I only saw four - a pair of common clownfish (one of the designer captive-bred breeds), a pair of regal tang, a yellow tang and a bristletooth tang. The other species, which I didn't see this time, are the black-bar chromis, royal gramma, bicolour angelfish and diamond watchman goby.

Just to answer a couple of things, the Wallabies have not been on display for quite some time now. I would have thought they have left the collection but without any official word, I guess there's always a chance they're just being held off show.

Regarding the crocodile, Jimmy's did post on their social media about their Croc about a month or so ago stating that they are building a new enclosure for them so nice to see that's it going to be in the Butterfly house. Will be interesting to see what they do with their old enclosure in the Reptile House.
 
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