Highland Wildlife Park HWP 2012

kiang said:
"Arktos" has arrived.

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I believe the male Tiger has also arrived too, one of the females is or has gone to Lisbon Zoo. Leaving just a pair.

Regarding Arktos he is now on-show and enjoying his outdoor enclosure. If anyone was wondering or needed a bit of a background information then the following maybe of interest to you:

Arktos and his twin brother Nanuq was born on the 30th November 2007 at Vienna Zoo to Olinka and Eric. The pair moved to Hannover on the 17th May 2010. Before arriving on the 4th April 2012.
 
Hugh Roberts email this week said:

After the sad death of Sasha, our Amur tiger; we have now decided to bring a male into the park. Marty will arrive from the Czech Republic on the same day as Arktos though we will have to manage his introductions to the existing females there very carefully.
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I saw Arctos and his brother as cubs in Vienna in 2008. I may have posted photos in the gallery, if they are still there.
Nice to have another polar bear in the UK:D
 
A female Arctic fox has arrived at the park to pair with the lone male, the park also had it's 4th busiest day ever over the Easter holiday.

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Good news that - increases the UK count of Arctic Foxes by 100%!
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Good news that - increases the UK count of Arctic Foxes by 100%!
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There were a number of collections that housed Arctic foxes in the recent past - Welsh mountain, Wildwood, Norfolk Wildlife Park. Have all of these gone out of the species? There would certainly be some in the private animal trade. What about some of the small zoos that (relatively) few people visit?
 
tetrapod said:
There were a number of collections that housed Arctic foxes in the recent past - Welsh mountain, Wildwood, Norfolk Wildlife Park. Have all of these gone out of the species? There would certainly be some in the private animal trade. What about some of the small zoos that (relatively) few people visit?
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I don't know about private collections, but HWP is certainly the only UK public collection with the species now. Considering how far from the beaten track HWP is, many people based in the UK wanting to see the species would likely find it cheaper and easier to hop over the border to the RoI and visit Dublin, which holds the species.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
I don't know about private collections, but HWP is certainly the only UK public collection with the species now. Considering how far from the beaten track HWP is, many people based in the UK wanting to see the species would likely find it cheaper and easier to hop over the border to the RoI and visit Dublin, which holds the species.
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Or, indeed, Rotterdam - probably the most accessible Arctic Foxes for much of southern England!
 
Taken from the Edinburgh zoo facebook page:

Just back from the adoption day up there. Possible pregnancies for European Wolves, Arctic Foxes, and the Wildcat and Pallas cats have jjust given birth.
4 hours ago
 
kiang said:
Taken from the Edinburgh zoo facebook page:

Just back from the adoption day up there. Possible pregnancies for European Wolves, Arctic Foxes, and the Wildcat and Pallas cats have jjust given birth.
4 hours ago
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If true, that implies one of the following:
1) The new Arctic fox has been there longer than we thought
2) The new arctic fox was pregnant upon arrival
3) The new arctic fox proved very popular very fast!
 
The bull Bison 'Tomek' has had an impact on the herd as I believe he has fathered a calf a few days ago (30th April I believe) - the first for him after his arrival from Fota last year.
 
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