Chester Zoo bengal tigers still at the zoo

Cannot answer any of your questions as i have posted all i know,but have to admit Kiangs suggestion of Kepala going to Edinburgh sounds reasonable.
 
kiang said:
I have a theory, perhaps when Edinburgh move their Amur tigers upto the HWP at the end of the year they will have room for a Sumatran tiger, which i know they are looking to get.
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I thought the tiger area was earmarked for the giant pandas?
 
Pygathrix said:
I thought the tiger area was earmarked for the giant pandas?
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Isn't the Lion area earmarked for Pandas, however the Lions will be moving into the tiger enclosure when they move out, or thats how I understand it. :confused:
 
The Siberian musk deer and Chinese goral enclosure on the area known as Whitsun woods is the preferred location for the pandas
 
We were told by a keeper that Khali & Rani (Bengal Tigers) left the zoo about 3 weeks ago to go back to West Midlands Safari Park. :( Hopefully they won't try to spray paint them white! :rolleyes: The new female Sumatran has arrived but is still in quarantine. Unfortunatly she can't breed with Kepala because he has so many siblings his blood line is "over-represented". The new male will arrive next year and until then Kepala and the female will share the enclosure on rotation.
 
Just a quick question who says that you are not allowed to breed bengal tigers? I remember seeing a documentry on Dartmoor and they got done for illegal tiger breeding? anybody clarify?
 
I've never heard of that Vulpes. I can't see it neing true that there is a law prohibiting the breeding of Bengal tigers. It's more likely to be a studbook recommendation.
 
Dartmoors tigers are amur. I can't remember why it was illegal but it was something to do with a license i think, possibly they were told they were not allowed any more tigers with the set up they had (under the old owner). Something like that rings a bell but i could be wrong. Completely different situation to the bengals
 
Chester cheetah said:
I think the biggest problem is find homes for the bengal tigers, because you are not allowed to breed these anymore and tiger cubs are a real crowd puller so most zoo are stocking the amur or Sumatran tigers.
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it was mentioned in the above post ?

I would have ignored it but I had the question in the back of my mind after ellis daw as done for illegal breeding of tigers! Thought it sounded strange alright!
 
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