Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Jersey Zoo/Durrell 2025

GaryA said:
You should never have all your Fruit Bats in one Roost, as the old saying almost says.

But yes, separating them out must surely have been a good move, overall.
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I think it would help greatly in species management if more zoos in Europe would invest in some of the rare and threatened fruit bat species like the Rodrigues and Livingstone's. I do think the solution would be in having more Continental and UK zoos also have either or both as Ambassador species and perhaps even commit to a breeding group.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I think it would help greatly in species management if more zoos in Europe would invest in some of the rare and threatened fruit bat species like the Rodrigues and Livingstone's. I do think the solution would be in having more Continental and UK zoos also have either or both as Ambassador species and perhaps even commit to a breeding group.
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Czechia zoos seem to have a commitment to small mammals, perhaps it is from them we'll see more species coming? Although to be fair they do likely have their hands full with other projects: maybe if they accredited smaller facilities into their regional zoo association (UCSZOO) and collaborated with them into increasing their standards these projects would be much more efficient?

They have at least 2 non-EAZA accredited zoos in there, I'm sure they could be more.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I think it would help greatly in species management if more zoos in Europe would invest in some of the rare and threatened fruit bat species like the Rodrigues and Livingstone's. I do think the solution would be in having more Continental and UK zoos also have either or both as Ambassador species and perhaps even commit to a breeding group.
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Why did Marwell go out of bats? They had 2 buildings with them at one point. Maybe they could take some more.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Would it not be time to get bats back in? What about the Tropical Building now???

What are the medium term plans of Marwell Zoo after the new Entrance Complex?
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I won't go into too much detail so not to go of topic (happy to continue in Marwell thread), but this year is a focous on preserving and increasing current species numbers and after that as far as I know nothing has been revealed. There are definitely places where bats could go in the Zoo.
 
Strathmorezoo said:
The zoo was closed briefly this morning, due to an escaped capybara, named Tango. He was noticed missing at 8am by keepers. He was quickly located and the zoo was opened by 11-30am.
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Just mentioning that Tango is a new arrival according to Jersey, arriving from Drusillas Park in East Sussex.

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On July 21st, the zoo announced they bred and released 57 lesser night gecko eggs into the wilds of Ilot Vacoas, Mauritius.

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On July 20th, the zoo announced that 9 red-breasted geese hatched, the first for Jersey since 2020.

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* Worth mentioning that the zoo transferred a (1.0) golden lion tamarin named Tree Trunk to Colchester Zoo in Essex in early December 2024.
 
Smaggledagle said:
Just mentioning that Tango is a new arrival according to Jersey, arriving from Drusillas Park in East Sussex.

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On July 21st, the zoo announced they bred and released 57 lesser night gecko eggs into the wilds of Ilot Vacoas, Mauritius.

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On July 20th, the zoo announced that 9 red-breasted geese hatched, the first for Jersey since 2020.

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* Worth mentioning that the zoo transferred a (1.0) golden lion tamarin named Tree Trunk to Colchester Zoo in Essex in early December 2024.
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Re those geese; I suspect they just haven’t let them hatch in the intervening years….
 
Funny you mentioned that. I saw that post on Instagram and assumed it would be a pair of Wolverines (they are the heaviest and strongest of the mustelid family, plus they too love water).
 
Jersey Zoo have successfully released fifty-seven endangered lesser night geckos into the wild on Mauritius, five years after a population were rescued following an oil spill.

In captivity on Jersey, all thirty rescued geckos survived and they have bred well. DNA analysis on the wild geckos on the offshore island of Ilot Vacoas suggest that the oil spill has altered the genetic structure of their population, while the captive geckos at Jersey have retained the pre-spill genetic diversity.
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Jersey Zoo have successfully released fifty-seven endangered lesser night geckos into the wild on Mauritius, five years after a population were rescued following an oil spill.

In captivity on Jersey, all thirty rescued geckos survived and they have bred well. DNA analysis on the wild geckos on the offshore island of Ilot Vacoas suggest that the oil spill has altered the genetic structure of their population, while the captive geckos at Jersey have retained the pre-spill genetic diversity.
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57 lesser night gecko eggs into the wild, of which 88% (50 eggs) successfully hatched. Also I reported this in my post
 
jtrbmvcq said:
Jersey Zoo have shared a teaser for a new species on social media. “Largest of their group, up to 30kg, and excellent swimmers”. Giant otters? Would be a nice addition. Haven’t been in years so can’t work out where in the park the picture is. Log in to Facebook
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I believe the First Impression Area (aka the old bear enclosures) which houses the anteater and if they still have them howler monkeys, an possibility coati (but they have likely passed away), and a bush dog (unless it’s been moved on since the passing of its partner). I presume they aren’t mixing the anteater with the otters so they will have one enclosure each either side of the first impressions building which is where the sloths are housed.
 
SealionLDN said:
I believe the First Impression Area (aka the old bear enclosures) which houses the anteater and if they still have them howler monkeys, an possibility coati (but they have likely passed away), and a bush dog (unless it’s been moved on since the passing of its partner). I presume they aren’t mixing the anteater with the otters so they will have one enclosure each either side of the first impressions building which is where the sloths are housed.
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Thanks. Probably a more appropriate replacement for the bears!
 
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