Drill male baby born in mid July to mother lewa.other female banni also expected to give birth later in the year.
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Fantastic news, especially as it’s been six years since the first drills arrived, and now we have the first drill born in Ireland!
Link to the article:
Announcing the first endangered baby drill monkey born at Fota Wildlife Park
cornu aspersum
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0.2 lion-tailed macaques have gone to Colchester Zoo, as reported by @DesertRhino150 on that zoo's news thread:
cornu aspersum
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It turned out to be Dao, instead:
This is interesting, since Dao arrived to Fota relatively recently, and has been here for less time than Batak, I think.
Hhmmm; given that the two tigers at Paignton are seemingly incompatible for breeding, did FOTA send the wrong male tiger? Sounds ridiculous, but I don’t understand why it’s been done this way - there must be a logistics rationale…., anyways, I hope it all works out for everyone.
It wouldn't quite be unprecedented (see Plzen zoo news [ZOO Plzeň] - Page 7 - ZooChat) but more likely there's a plan underlying it.
Doogletiger
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My apologies for posting the wrong info, I was told the wrong tiger.
It seems such a strange move. Batak is there 10years this year and is not to be bred from.
Dao is only there since December and was supposed to be bred with Jambi. The pair had been getting along fine originally but I hadn't seen them together in a few months, maybe things have changed? Either way it's confusing.
Fingers crossed for a new breeding male in Fota soon.
Two Red panda cubs born June 7th. Not visible to public yet.
Haliaeetus
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Fota Wildlife Park has rescued 4 Dunlin chicks, that will be released when fledged.
Breeding Waders EIP on Instagram: "Dunlin Headstarting 2025 – Part 2: Post hatch care See how these small waders progress quickly throughout their 14 days spent in Fota Wildlife Park under the care of their expert animal care team. Though too small for GPS tracking, each Dunlin was ringed for identification before returning to the Breeding Waders EIP and LIFE on Machair teams for further care and phased release back into the wild. ️This is a retrospective look at a groundbreaking conservation effort. Stay tuned daily to watch their story unfold. @fotawildlife @deptagrifoodmarine @noticenatureireland @henharrierproject @dublinzoo_official @@ucdagfood @ucdnature @atu_ie"
Breeding Waders EIP on Instagram: "Dunlin Headstarting 2025 – Part 2: Post hatch care See how these small waders progress quickly throughout their 14 days spent in Fota Wildlife Park under the care of their expert animal care team. Though too small for GPS tracking, each Dunlin was ringed for identification before returning to the Breeding Waders EIP and LIFE on Machair teams for further care and phased release back into the wild. ️This is a retrospective look at a groundbreaking conservation effort. Stay tuned daily to watch their story unfold. @fotawildlife @deptagrifoodmarine @noticenatureireland @henharrierproject @dublinzoo_official @@ucdagfood @ucdnature @atu_ie"
cornu aspersum
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The animal list at the website mentions red-ruffed lemurs living in the islands at the Madagascan Village: Red ruffed lemur
If this is correct, this is a species returning to the collection.
If this is correct, this is a species returning to the collection.
The website is outdated. There is no red ruffed lemurs in thr park.
cornu aspersum
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This website is new so that's why I thought that it might be right. You're probably correct, since the information for some of the other species is also outdated.
They have red bellied lemurs, but these have been off view for years.
cornu aspersum
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Do you know why that's the case? It would be nice to see them be displayed.
The redbellies arrived when Madagascar opened. They were housed next to the ringtail but were taken off show to allow more space for the ringtails due to aggression within the group. Blue eyed black lemurs were also due to arrive at this time but I'm sure this did,nt happen.
Obviously this plan was derailed somewhat by Covid.
The cubs are male and female, and have been named Momo (male) and Koshi (female).
Endangered Red Panda Cubs are Named
The 2024 annual report for the Zoological Society of Ireland has been published:
https://www.dublinzoo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Dublin-Zoo-Annual-Report-2024_digital.pdf
https://www.dublinzoo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Dublin-Zoo-Annual-Report-2024_digital.pdf
cornu aspersum
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Looking at the report, it looks like the import of Dao (tiger) was so that he would be bred from, and while it doesn't specify that it would happen in Fota, it seems reasonable to assume that's why he was brought in.