West Midland Safari and Leisure Park Founder Animals.

[Cat-Man]

yer, i suppose. i have a guide book from the late 70s/early80s with them in, marwell may have been intrested???, do paris still have some???

 

[hantslad]

Blackbuck

Yes, I think Cotswold may have sent theirs(about a dozen) as they don't have them anymore. Colchester used to have a tiny group(about 3) so could have sent them to West Midlands too.(will look on ISIS)

West Mids have a good big Blackbuck herd- forty or fifty of them..

Colchesters blackbuck came from Marwell in around 1983

 

[Pertinax]

Colchesters blackbuck came from Marwell in around 1983

Interesting, as Marwell's original Blackbuck came from Colchester! However these were a handraised pair of ZSL origin, whereas most of those bred at Marwell were from imported stock.

 

[robmv]

I believe some of Howletts original Asian deer/antelope came from a private collection near Maidstone owned by Sir Gerrard Twirrhyt(?)-Drake.

Sir Garrard Tyrrwhitt-Drake was the owner of Maidstone Zoo which closed in 1962 - this was also around the time that John Aspinall was building up his private collection at Howletts.

 

[Pertinax]

I'm sure I read somewhere that is where the founders of some of his Asian deer/antelopes came from.