Closure of Eden Ostrich World

This place had other species too didn't it? I'm pretty sure Flamingo Land's Collared Peccaries went there (I was very sorry to see them go).
 
A real shame, I have taken my class of kids here a few times and they have really enjoyed the experience. They did have other animals not just the ostriches. When we visited they had meerkats, racoons and a small barn with some reptiles and insects which where used in the handling sessions.
 
About ten years or so ago a zebra x Shetland pony hybrid was born at Eden Ostrich World. (I assume that the zebra was a plains zebra, but am uncertain.)

Does anybody know what happened to the zebra hybrid?
 
Eden Ostrich World is a working farm. They farmed the ostriches and have a flock of sheep which they keep for milking. If the business is still going to be running as a farm they may just decide to keep the exotics they currently have and just stop being open for the general public.
 
Wont be missed..it was not very uplifting [unless it became ten times better in the last three years]
 
Tim Brown said:
Wont be missed..it was not very uplifting [unless it became ten times better in the last three years]
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Maybe not by you but I know that it was very popular with local school groups. It didn't have a fantastic collection, what they had was not exhibited in amazing enclosures and was most definitely not a zoo (they never claimed to be). However ,considering there are no zoos in the area and only a few small animal attractions it will be missed.
 
As you can tell im no fan of directionless little animal collections, weve had scores of em in the UK over the years..in fact i worked at one.I dont think they teach school kids much at all,perhaps even give the wrong impression altogether.
 
This facility was primarily a working farm and gave a great insight into the day to day running of a farm. I agree that the exotics didn't really add much to the collection but they provided quite a valuable discussion back at school about how animals should be looked after (many of the children were not impressed with the enclosures). Even poor experiences can be turned into positive ones back in the classroom.
 
Mr T said:
the exotics ... provided quite a valuable discussion back at school about how animals should be looked after (many of the children were not impressed with the enclosures). Even poor experiences can be turned into positive ones back in the classroom.
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If the best that can be said about it is that it gave children an insight into how not to keep animals we are, perhaps, getting to the crux of the great "Will Eden Ostrich World (sic) Be Missed?" debate!
 
I have said clearly that the exotics section was not great (and that is what zoochatters are going to judge it on) but the initial concept of a working farm was brilliant, informative and fun. We went to find out about farms and how they worked, not to see the exotics. So in that instance it will be missed, probably not by zoochatters (but believe it or not there are other people out there you know).
 
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