Is Celbrating the bith of another greater horned rhino a male calf born to Beluki on the 5th of november , this came months after whipsnade first greater horned rhino calf asha . Whipsnade is also improving its rhino housing with a new housing planned for Feburay 2008 see website for details !
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Looking at the photos of the old Tecton elephant house at Whipsnade, what use could be made of it now, how about with its proximity to the lemur area, what about an indoor Madagascar exhibit, in the three large areas, 1 for fossa, 1 for an indoor aviary of Madagascan birds and the third converted into a nocturnal exhibit for Londons pair of aye-aye, any other ideas or does anyone actually know what they are going to do with it?
If the bull 'Jaffna' went home to Basel a few weeks back, then the new rhino house at Whipsnade could accomodate all the current rhinos i.e. the two mothers and their calves, and also the old female 'Roopa'. Maybe they will upgrade the old building now? When the two calves get larger, the new house may be too small to hold five rhino- and a new bull will have to be catered for in the future too.
I just saw these- its ironic only one of the 10 photos shows the actual interior of the house- the most interesting part to me... all the others show the outside, solar panels etc. Anyway, one of the outdoor shots shows that they've added a large sand area which leads onto one of the two existing paddocks. I must go and have a look sometime...
Can we speculate on the acquisition sources of the cheetah to be reintroduced?
The South African subspecies will probably come from within the continental cheetah breeders in an open range environment (Dvur, Fota, Hilvarenbeek). The North African subspecies is more restricted and the Whipsnade stock will come from both Sharjah and Maktoum, Dubai in the Emirates. Only these 2 collections hold sufficient individuals of this subspecies to allow sending off surplus stock to the UK. I guess the very same importation route will bring the North African cheetah to Chester Zoo as well.
The South African subspecies will probably come from within the continental cheetah breeders in an open range environment (Dvur, Fota, Hilvarenbeek). The North African subspecies is more restricted and the Whipsnade stock will come from both Sharjah and Maktoum, Dubai in the Emirates. Only these 2 collections hold sufficient individuals of this subspecies to allow sending off surplus stock to the UK. I guess the very same importation route will bring the North African cheetah to Chester Zoo as well.
In that case, only the South African subspecies will be on display.
The comment by ZSL on that video said the 6 animals of the rarer subspecies (North African) would stay in the off-show area for the time being. That means the 4 south africans will be in the main exhibit.
The comment by ZSL on that video said the 6 animals of the rarer subspecies (North African) would stay in the off-show area for the time being. That means the 4 south africans will be in the main exhibit.
MARK
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It looks like we will have to wait untill one of our forum members visits to get a good few shots of the inside the rhino house
Writhedhornbill
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Awwwwww
Baby Indian rhinos are cute than other species
Baby Indian rhinos are cute than other species
Hello, just to share the baby rhinophoto taken at the end of january.
That's a good picture. He's already well grown at nearly three months old(born 5th November) I'm always surprised how quickly rhino calves grow. They have a very long gestation but once born, they grow rapidly after the early weeks. When I saw the older Whipsnade calf last autumn,(about eight months old) she was already no longer really a 'cute' baby.
Similarly, the Sumatran rhino photos show how fast the young grow- at least this factor helps in a critically endangered species where they are trying to produce calves at the fastest rate.
Just browsing through flickr and apparently there was a CAPS demonstration outside Whipsnade on Easter monday...
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