Blackpool Zoo Blackpool Zoo News 2012

Jordan-Jaguar97 said:
Update from my visit today:

As has been mentioned giant anteaters are arriving this year, the enclosure is being modified, with new sheltering and the slightly off-show area being modified.

Ivy the pileated gibbon nearly died from her illness but she's beginning to get better in the vet clinic.

Vicugna, Capybara and Cranes have been moved to the former gazelle enclosure. (There's only two female Arabian gazelles left).:D
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Earlier posted that giant anteater, vicugna, capybara and mara are to be mixed. Missing something here?

How is the outlook with the pileated gibbon pair now? Are they together again?
 
There not being mixed, I don't know about Mara and Anteater mixing, It could be a possibility as the Mara wern't removed from the exhibit with the others. The Gibbons, I don't have a clue, I'll check on Sunday hopefully Ivy will be back on-show.
 
News from today's visit:

Ivy the Pileated Gibbon is now back on-show, although she still doesn't look to well.:(

A female Tiger should be arriving this year.

King Colobus babies look really well, the two were playing with each other.:)

Two De Brazza monkeys have been separated from the main group, there is only now 0.2 plus the baby in the normal group.

Giant Anteater indoor area looks brilliant compared to what it used to.

Work has begun on the Wolf enclosure (See 'Wolves are coming to Blackpool Zoo' thread).

Danny the Donkey was trying to mate with Eliza. (Who I think is one of his daughters)

The Tortoises are being given access outdoors again after the Winter.

For the first time, I saw the pair of L'Hoest's Monkeys outdoors.:D

Think that just about covers it- any questions?:)
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
What are the plans for the main group of DeBrazza's?
A new male perhaps?
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AFAIK the females are all related to each other, but a new(unrelated) male was obtained from Port Lympne in place of their father, not long ago. So not sure why they have been split up.
 
Pertinax said:
AFAIK the females are all related to each other, but a new(unrelated) male was obtained from Port Lympne in place of their father, not long ago. So not sure why they have been split up.
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I believe there was some fighting going on, it's been like that since January, plus Blackpool only have two females and one female baby, the rest are an adult male plus two younger males.
 
Jordan-Jaguar97 said:
I believe there was some fighting going on, it's been like that since January, plus Blackpool only have two females and one female baby, the rest are an adult male plus two younger males.
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I've got muddled here, I thought all the offspring of the original pair were female, but not so. Even ISIS lists 3.3.

So they will need to move the younger males away probably?
 
News from today...

Ivy the Pileated Gibbon taken off-show again! She's currently in the quarantine area again, the keeper I spoke to said she's still not so good.

The Aardvarks have temporarily moved to one of the indoor Gazelle sheds whilst work is being carried out in there indoor area.

Helene one of the female Hartmann's Mountain Zebras has lost some of her hair on her back. She was defending her foal Tebogo, although this didn't cause the loss of hair.

0.0.4 Ring tailed Lemurs born on 17th February in the Small Primate house. Every species apart from the Grey Mouse Lemurs has bred there in the last few years.

Raman and Summer the Bornean Orangutans were grooming each other, and even older female Vicky has suddenly taken an interest into him.

Any questions I'll try to answer :)
 
Is the work on the elephant indoor area due to a licensing requirement or is it an indicator they intend to remain keeping elephants for some time? I had hoped, with the paddock now off-limits (the grass paddock and woods, not the sand yard they still use) due to protected contact, that they might consider relocating them, seems not to be the case though?
 
johnstoni. said:
Is the work on the elephant indoor area due to a licensing requirement or is it an indicator they intend to remain keeping elephants for some time? I had hoped, with the paddock now off-limits (the grass paddock and woods, not the sand yard they still use) due to protected contact, that they might consider relocating them, seems not to be the case though?
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I don't know about the licensing requirement but the zoo do want to make the Elephant indoor area more comfortable for the 'retiring' females. No, they will not be relocating them, they should be there until they die.
 
A female Giant Anteater named Andina will arrive shortly at the Zoo from Madrid Zoo, she was born there in December 2010. A male should arrive to from Sweden.
 
A few quick bits from visiting today,work on the new Iberian Wolf exhibit has started and is proceding well,it will open a part of the zoo never before used to house any animals,also it will whe finished mean's that the Hartmann's Mountain Zebra aren't hidden away on a dead end footpath.Work is more or less complete on converting what many years ago used to be the Red Kangaroo enclosure into the new enclosure for Giant Anteaters,and the zoo's group of Red-fronted Lemur are being housed temporily in the Black Howler House along with the Black Howlers

Also a recent arrival at the collection is a very nice pair of Cape Shovellers which is a species that isn't very common at all in the UK
 
zoogiraffe said:
A few quick bits from visiting today,work on the new Iberian Wolf exhibit has started and is proceding well,it will open a part of the zoo never before used to house any animals,also it will whe finished mean's that the Hartmann's Mountain Zebra aren't hidden away on a dead end footpath.Work is more or less complete on converting what many years ago used to be the Red Kangaroo enclosure into the new enclosure for Giant Anteaters,and the zoo's group of Red-fronted Lemur are being housed temporily in the Black Howler House along with the Black Howlers

Also a recent arrival at the collection is a very nice pair of Cape Shovellers which is a species that isn't very common at all in the UK
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As well as the Red Fronted lemurs, there is a single Ring tailed lemur as well as the group of Squirrel Monkeys which were housed in the small primate house.

Can I ask where the Cape Shovellers are to be housed? Didn't see them today.

Few bits from today:

- There is a single Ostrich egg. [Don't know if it's fertile or the keepers have incubated the egg and swapped it with a fake one]

- Andina the female Giant anteater looks very relaxed in her new home, I believe the male will be arriving in the next few weeks too.

- Green Anaconda is off-show and the pair of Nile monitor's which used to be in the Anaconda's enclosure have now returned.

- There was some courtship display within the Hartmann's Zebras today. Bette and Fernando were at one point mating. I and a few others watched this, one I did think was a Zoochatter.

- For the first time in a bit too, I saw the Gorillas on there island towards the end of the day.
 
bongorob said:
The Cape Shovellers are already on show in the ibis aviary.
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Thanks Rob, didn't see them must pay closer attention! Also speaking of the Ibis/Wader aviary, the East African Crowned cranes that were originally housed with the Llamas and Rhea down by the Giraffes have now moved to the Wader aviary.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Also a recent arrival at the collection is a very nice pair of Cape Shovellers which is a species that isn't very common at all in the UK
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A very nice species - rare indeed in UK zoos but actually more common in the UK than elsewhere in Europe; besides Blackpool the only other three collections listed for Anas smithii on Zootierliste are waterfowl mainstays Blackbrook and Slimbridge and this somewhat obscure Czech pheasant/waterfowl collection: http://www.ptaci-raj.cz
 
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