2007 In Review - Uk

kiang

kiang

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I saw the thread started by glyn for Australian so thought i would start one for the uk, mammal highlights i can think of this year are -
Births
1.0 Malayan tapir - Edinburgh
1.1 Indian rhino - Whipsnade
0.1 Black rhino - Paignton
2.0 Siberian musk deer - Edinburgh
0.1 Mishmi takin - Marwell
0.2 Somali wild ass - Marwell
1.0 Persian onager - Whipsnade
1.0 Babirusa - South lakes
3.2 Cheetah - Africa Alive
1.0 Malayan tapir - Belfast
1.0 Pileated gibbon - Twycross
1.0 Giant anteater - Howletts
0.0.1 Hamlyns monkey - Edinburgh
1.0 Fossa - Newquay
1.0 Asian elephant - Chester
0.1 Asian elephant - Dublin
0.1 Asian elephant - Whipsnade
1.0 Gorilla - Bristol
0.1 Silvery gibbon - Belfast
3+2 Clouded leopard - Howletts and Sandwich
0.1 Rocky mountain goat - Colchester
0.1 Aardvark - Colchester
Pallas cat litters at Edinburgh, Colchester, Howletts and Paradise park
0.0.4 European souslik - Edinburgh
2.0+0.0.3 Amur leopard - Twycross and Cricket st thomas
NEW ARRIVALS
2.2+1.1 Negros island pig - Chester and Edinburgh
1.1 White lipped deer - Edinburgh
1.0 Indian rhino - Chester
0.5 Kiang - Highland wildlife park
4.1 Purple faced langur - Edinburgh
Have to nip out please add your own, and any bird or reptile highlights.
 
Chester zoo

4.4 Visayan tarictic hornbills arrived at Chester and 2.2 have moved to Avifauna. 1 has also been born in the old St lucia amazon aviary.
3.1 Lar gibbons in new orang house
1.1 Mangrove snake
0.1 Red BoP from Bronx
1.1 Fiji Banded iguana
1.0 Asian Lion born at Chester
1.0 Sumatran Tiger
1.1 black lion tamarin, but the female died.
1.1 pied tamarins have arrived at chester, and the old female went to a zoo in Europe.
0.0.2 fly's river turtle
0.0.8 timor sparrows
1.1 white crested turaco
2.2 Salvadori's pheasant. This may have happened late last year, but One of the females came early this year.

Isn't the sifaka new this year?

I know there are more, and I'll try to add them when I can remember.
 
No the Sifaka is not new this year as he`s been at Belfast for at least 3 years before moving to Cotswold
 
Hornbill 1.2 Salvadori's Pheasants arrived at Chester this year. They now hold 3.3, 2,1 having arrived in 2006.

Kiang no elephants have been born at Chester in 2007, I originally posted the birth of a male but I was confused and thought last year's male had been born this year. A huge mistake on my part.

Reptile highlights I would think include the first UK birth of Morelett's Crocodile at Cotswold, the first UK birth of Haitian Giant Galliwasp at Jersey and the arrival of 2 Caiman Lizards at Chester.

Surely someone who reads the forums likes fish so I propose to add a probable first UK breeding of Denison's Barb at Chester.

The arrival of Asian open-bill storks at Blackbrook also deserves a mention.

Yesterday the Kingsley Bird and Falconry Centre announced the probable UK first breeding of Dark-breasted Barn Owls.
 
We can add to it for quite a while... Our little database of Uk Developments.

Also those little black tailed marmosets at London zoo have bred.
Chester has now 1.1.3. Azara's agouti, one female was brought in, and they've bred.
 
On a sadder note, the UK's only fishing owl died in July.

Gorilla Kingdom and Realm of the Red Ape were opened at London and Chester respectively.
 
bongorob said:
On a sadder note, the UK's only fishing owl died in July.

Gorilla Kingdom and Realm of the Red Ape were opened at London and Chester respectively.
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Realm of the Red Ape opened.
Gorilla Kingdom opened.
Clore Pavillion was renovated.
Twycross's Bornean Longhouse was opened.
Work was started on Budongo.
Rainbow Landings was finished but not opened.
In With the Lemurs was opened at Whipsnade.
Cotswold's new lemurs arrived/ new exhibit built.
 
No not yet, I don't think.

Also new, later this year, or early next will be philippine crocodiles. Quite an exciting development.

The arrival of Tuan to Chester, and the mixing of Birma with the rest of Chester's elephant herd are also notable.
 
Tuan is a borneon orang utan male who came from Antwerp to Chester for breeding. The Antwerp zoo has stopped keeping orang utans because they have no space for them in the old (and terribly small) ape house. Female Astrid went to Osnabrück.
 
MARK said:
What about Whipsnades Indian rhino house, is that not open yet guys?
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No. When I saw it in September it was only about a third built. I think it is scheduled to be finished about March, but maybe earlier.... or perhaps later.;)

Regarding the new calf born on 5th November. On 3rd November I received information that the birth was due 'any day now' and that proved amazingly accurate. Originally they were predicting this birth for next year but something must have changed their minds in the interim.
 
I guess they are looking for a new adult male Indian rhino sooner than later, any news on that front?
 
MARK said:
I guess they are looking for a new adult male Indian rhino sooner than later, any news on that front?
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I would think its the other way round, later rather than sooner....;) With both females now with calves, there's no real hurry. I presume the new house- which has three compartments, will hold the two breeding females, plus their calves. Bongorob was told they intend to keep 2.2. adults in the future. In that case, perhaps the bulls would still live in the old sheds, as there are seperate paddocks, or maybe one will go in the new house nowadays. You commented that they could upgrade those older sheds-but I don't know that they will. Who knows?

I guess Jelle will find sooner or later find out when any 'fresh' Indian bull rhinos enter the European population. I'm sure Whipsnade will be one of the holders....

I don't know what the birth interval is in Indian rhino, but with the two calves this year, they might not need another bull for two years or more.
 
Yacare Caiman breeding at Bristol was also significant. Gelada arriving at Howletts, Iberian Wolves breeding at Howletts, New gibbon area opened at Marwell, sunbirds arriving at London Zoo.
 
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