Yeah, they were all in this exhibit. The far end of the exhibit (in shadow) had a small area fenced off with some cyclone fencing topped with (I think it was three strands) electric wire. The mandrills were kept in this area, and there were holes in the back wall leading to holding cages.
the jackals were in the main part of the exhibit, with some boltholes they could escape into when they wanted to get away from the chimps.
Now that I think more about it, the mandrills may never have been on display with the chimps in the yard. I've a feeling the mandrills were on display for a few hours in the morning, then locked away while the chimps were out.
Yeah, they were all in this exhibit. The far end of the exhibit (in shadow) had a small area fenced off with some cyclone fencing topped with (I think it was three strands) electric wire. The mandrills were kept in this area, and there were holes in the back wall leading to holding cages.
the jackals were in the main part of the exhibit, with some boltholes they could escape into when they wanted to get away from the chimps.
Now that I think more about it, the mandrills may never have been on display with the chimps in the yard. I've a feeling the mandrills were on display for a few hours in the morning, then locked away while the chimps were out.
How terrifying for the jackals, to be forced to live with such vicious and cunning neighbors! Yes, chimps are unquestionably fascinating and can be very intelligent/gentle etc., but there's no denying how strong, dangerous and downright mean they can be too.
Well, the keepers at the time told me they removed them. And if you think about it, if the chimps killed one, do you really think the zoo would have left the other in there?
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Well there where only three and they were cornered and it was a massacre
While many zoos have housed their gorillas and orangutans with other animals (usually colobus monkeys, langurs and such, but at least one with goats) I had never before heard of chimpanzees being housed with other animals. Mandrils and Baboons can fight back so keeping the former with the Chimps may have been all right (although Hix seems to recollect that the two were never together) but I must say that housing something as small as Jackals would have been a death sentence for them; no matter how quick they are to run, the chimps are remarkably quick too, strong, and the group dynamics work for them too.
