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So are all three of the Malayan Tapirs now in the Casson pavillion -- the (Tapir) area by the giraffes - had no animals are housed here notices on display today.

However the main Casson Tapir outdoor area looked unused with no straw in shelter and pool drained. I believe I saw a Tapir in the adjoinging former anoa enclosure last week.
 
tennisfan said:
So are all three of the Malayan Tapirs now in the Casson pavillion -- the (Tapir) area by the giraffes - had no animals are housed here notices on display today.

However the main Casson Tapir outdoor area looked unused with no straw in shelter and pool drained. I believe I saw a Tapir in the adjoinging former anoa enclosure last week.
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Is it not a temperature related issue? ;)
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I wonder what will happen / where the now surplus animal species will go?
(Francois langur, Sulawesi crested macaque, serval, concolor (??) gibbon and spider monkeys)
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These Primates are all really remainders from the days when the Sobell Pavilions(what's left of them now form Gorilla Kingdom) exhibited a large/representative range of Monkeys. With the arrival of Gorilla Kingdom it became an 'African only' zone and the other non-African Monkeys were moved (shunted really) into the Lion terrace area where there were cages that could house them, so it stopped being a cats-only area, at the expense of losing smaller cats, and had these random groups of Monkeys instead. In that respect they are really a form of surplus at ZSL. I don't know if the Zoo intend to rebuild enclosures for them all to make more of them as exhibits in their own right, or intend to move them out entirely, as they seem to be going for more Zoogeographical arrangements nowadays and they may not fit in with these.
 
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I hadn't seen this piece of news posted from last year, if it has sorry for the repetition.

London's stork arrival.

For just short of ten years, ZSL London Zoo's Asian woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) has been on her own. However, towards the end of last year, a new male has been added to the collection which means the female isn't on her own anymore! Will this lead to the pitter-patter of tiny stork feet? Who knows. (Do storks bring baby storks?)

The woolly-necked stork, also known as the white-necked or bishop stork, is a mainly Asian species (There is an African subspecies too, known as C. e. microscellis) that is considered to be of "least concern" by the IUCN. Despite being a fairly common animal in the wild, it's population trend is decreasing. This is likely due to the usual suspects of climate change and habitat loss/destruction/fragmentation. London Zoo is only one of two public collections in the British Isles to house this species, the other being Blackbrook Zoological Park.
 
I believe the tapir youngster will in due course be transferred to an another zoo, part and parcel of the EEP breeding program. It was said at the time if I remember correctly that if the Mappins were vacated the youngster would leave soonish.

It is now more apparent that the Cottons will have an even more African flavor with the pygmy hippos due to use the former tapir area (when fully refurbished which could take a while). It would add to a Congo theme along that side of the Mappins.

Perhaps if and when the giraffe are no more bongos will be back and with okapis. The latter is just dreaming and goodness knows how important giraffe are for ZSL London Zoo …


The news about the pairing of woolly necked stork is great news! Will they be housed individually or in an aviary (perhaps next to the new lion terraces …)?
 
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zooboy28 said:
Do you mean the Cotton Terraces? Are the giraffes supposed to leave the zoo?
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I can imagine alternative uses of the Giraffe House, but any Bongo put in their paddock as it stands wouldn't stay there for long! The moat would work for Okapi and I would imagine Red River Hog but any other likely ungulate would require a fence.

It's all hypothetical anyway.
 
I don't think anyone's mentioned one of my favourite finds when I visited before Christmas; five species of caecilian are now on display (lab-style, in tanks & behind glass) in the window near the Mappins which has previously housed Pipa toads, anoles, relocated frogs, a trampoline, and mountain chickens on TV.

Sorry if I've missed the news elsewhere.
 
devilfish said:
I don't think anyone's mentioned one of my favourite finds when I visited before Christmas; five species of caecilian are now on display (lab-style, in tanks & behind glass) in the window near the Mappins
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Fantastic news :D Zootierliste has these five listed, would the list be correct?

Typhlonectes compressicauda
Herpele squalostoma
Geotrypetes seraphini
Typhlonectes natans
Potomotyphlus kaupii
 
pipaluk said:
This could possibly be a sign that good news is on its way, but it may just mean they're giving the pool a clean!
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With a comparatively short gestation period, another litter of cubs could be expected soon/now if they allowed the pair to breed again soon after the loss of the previous cub. But of course the pool might just be being cleaned also- the clue might be if it stays empty and isn't refilled.;)
 
Pertinax said:
I can't ever see Giraffe leaving while ZSL remain a Zoo. There would be no sense in them losing another of their iconic species.
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If London ever got the ten acres from the park, they ought to put on a show .Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy's Zebra, Lesser Kudu, Ostrich and Black Rhino would do very nicely...:cool:
 
kiang said:
With this major investment, do we think that ZSL will import animals in from the subcontinent?
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If you read all the way down to the bottom of this piece, a very literate comment is made by an anti, extolling the efforts of Indian in-situ conservation. Whilst I rather doubt that things are that good in Gujerat, the point still stands that London Zoo is not winning over the antis. Perhaps they should just stop bending over backwards to appease them.

And a cheaper solution for Lions at London might free up capital to buy land for Lions in India. If large carnivores have a future, it will be by there being well funded national parks, with human neighbours that have incentives to put up with the inconvenience of lethal animals on their doorstep.

As far as the rest of it is concerned; well, the easiest place to put Lions at London so that they had a view would be the Mappin Terraces IMHO....:rolleyes:
 
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