I've no idea if this is the right animal, but there was a bull named Jumbo (or Jumbo II) at London in 1935. He was moved to Whipsnade in April 1939, but was put to sleep a few months later when he became dangerous.
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I've no idea if this is the right animal, but there was a bull named Jumbo (or Jumbo II) at London in 1935. He was moved to Whipsnade in April 1939, but was put to sleep a few months later when he became dangerous.
The forest elephant was Jumbo III (at London Zoo 08.12.1972 to 23.08.1973).
Jumbo II (06.07.1934 to 29.04.1939) was presented by the Governor General of Sudan.
Just to confuse matters, there was also an Asian bull named Jumbo at the zoo (01.04.1914 to 20.03.1915): one of the famous (at the time) Daily Mirror elephants,
I wasn't referring to the picture caption just the nonsense on the home page:'The pictures also showcase some of London Zoo's most famous inmates, from 'Jumbo' the elephant (the largest known at the time) in 1935, having his morning brushdown'
As for correcting robmv about elephants in the UK – I'd wouldn't dare!
As for correcting robmv about elephants in the UK – I'd wouldn't dare!
Kumbuka the gorilla silverback escaped his enclosure today.
EDIT: He has since been darted and will be returned to the enclosure.
EDIT: He has since been darted and will be returned to the enclosure.
Press Release from London Zoo:
A male gorilla got out of his den at ZSL London Zoo and into a non-public keeper area at 5:13pm on Thursday, 13 October 2016. The gorilla remained contained within the exhibit’s off show area.
Staff responded immediately and the 18-year-old gorilla - named Kumbuka - was tranquilized by vets and returned to his den, where we can confirm he is awake and well.
It is not yet confirmed how the incident occurred and a full investigation will be carried out to determine what happened.
The exhibit is secure and we are grateful to all of our staff and visitors for their cooperation, enabling us to resolve the situation quickly and efficiently.
ZSL London Zoo will be open tomorrow (Friday 14 October).
A male gorilla got out of his den at ZSL London Zoo and into a non-public keeper area at 5:13pm on Thursday, 13 October 2016. The gorilla remained contained within the exhibit’s off show area.
Staff responded immediately and the 18-year-old gorilla - named Kumbuka - was tranquilized by vets and returned to his den, where we can confirm he is awake and well.
It is not yet confirmed how the incident occurred and a full investigation will be carried out to determine what happened.
The exhibit is secure and we are grateful to all of our staff and visitors for their cooperation, enabling us to resolve the situation quickly and efficiently.
ZSL London Zoo will be open tomorrow (Friday 14 October).
Someone really needs to look hard at the construction of this exhibit. Kumbuka can be a livewire and easily provoked but, regardless, this shouldn't really be allowed to happen.
God knows how the zoo would have moved forward with its gorilla breeding if he'd been shot!
God knows how the zoo would have moved forward with its gorilla breeding if he'd been shot!
Thankfully he wasn't and now ZSL will carry out a thorough enquiry into what happened
I don't think this was necessarily the result of him getting wound up by the public. It was a quiet time of day and more likely human error perhaps, as he only got out into one of the offshow areas. I agree though that the exhibit design does seem to put him under quite a bit of stress, perhaps exacerbated now he has a family to protect.
After all their past failures this could indeed have been a disaster if it had turned into another 'Harambe' incident.
The Snowdon aviary has been added to "at risk" list formed by English heritage
Shipwreck and London Zoo's aviary added to heritage at-risk list - BBC News
Shipwreck and London Zoo's aviary added to heritage at-risk list - BBC News
Is this declaration a good or bad thing for any reno of the Snowdon?
Adding it to the 'at-risk' list is basically English Heritage putting pressure on the owner to take action. As ZSL already planned action and appear to already have it funded, it may boil down to them saying they're going to be watching exactly what is done to it. I don't think it will make any difference at this stage.
Baby aye-aye has been officially announced, it is a male and has been named Malcolm. Mum is Salem and dad is Tany.
Excellent to get confirmation 
just need Chester to breed the species now for every collection in Europe keeping the taxon to have bred them!
just need Chester to breed the species now for every collection in Europe keeping the taxon to have bred them!
Excellent to get confirmation
Indeed!
this also now means there are 11.10 in Europe, with 3.2 at Frankfurt, 1.3 at Bristol, 1.1 at Chester, 2.1 at London and 4.3 at Jersey
Excellent to get confirmation
Don't hold your breath, Chester's female is very old. I very much doubt if she is capable of breeding.
So do I 
but I very much doubt she will be the last female they have.
but I very much doubt she will be the last female they have.
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Would it's name - unusual for a Malagasy primate - be a homage to the late Malcolm Whitehead?
Looks like a new gibbon enclosure by the tigers, will it be the old guys returning from Whipsnade or a new breeding pair?
16/07589/FULL | Demolition of a semi redundant existing animal enclosure adjacent to Tiger enclosure at south western boundary of the zoo site and erection of a timbered structure to form Gibbon enclosure, with associated alterations to existing Tiger enclosure viewing structure. | London Zoo Outer Circle Regents Park London NW1 4RY
16/07589/FULL | Demolition of a semi redundant existing animal enclosure adjacent to Tiger enclosure at south western boundary of the zoo site and erection of a timbered structure to form Gibbon enclosure, with associated alterations to existing Tiger enclosure viewing structure. | London Zoo Outer Circle Regents Park London NW1 4RY