Callitrichid Off-Show Breeding Facility - 14/01/2011

It might not look like much yet, but the purple and white building (partially hidden by the mound of earth) will soon be the off-show breeding facility for callitrichids that Tim Rowlands discussed during the second ZooChat event last year.

It's located on the old main entrance car-park, roughly behind the waterfall side of Spirit of the Jaguar. This view is from the ramp up to Realm of the Red Ape.

Will more rare species be brought in or will some of the ones from miniture monkeys be moved in?

In the short-medium term at least, it's for the Pied and Black Lion Tamarins that have already been taken off-show.

There are also plans for additional, as yet unnamed species, so expanding the existing facilities will certainly assist in that area too.

In the Primate event will we see the inside or just the outside?

jordan-12 said:

In the Primate event will we see the inside or just the outside?

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"A visit to the zoo’s new off-show callitrichid breeding facility (outside only)"

From: http://www.zoochat.com/38/eaza-ape-campaign-special-event-saturday-201991/

SMR said:

"A visit to the zoo’s new off-show callitrichid breeding facility (outside only)"

From: http://www.zoochat.com/38/eaza-ape-campaign-special-event-saturday-201991/

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This is going to sound like a daft question, but do you know if both species can be seen from outside quite easily (for example, do they have an outdoor enclosure or is there a window directly into an enclosure? I think both would be new species for me, and if this is one of the areas photography isn't prohibited I wouldn't mind getting some snaps for my records

http://www.flickr.com/photos/christopherjholland/ - my lifelists started on here, but I've nearly hit my limit so I'll be using printouts now

I honestly don't know having not been around there yet. I can't remember Tim showing us actual plans either, so it'll have to be a surprise for the 19th.

Outside enclosures were mentioned but they don't seem to be there on the photo.

SMR said:

I honestly don't know having not been around there yet. I can't remember Tim showing us actual plans either, so it'll have to be a surprise for the 19th.

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Ahhh, thanks SMR - looking forward to the day