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Old Ape House - 26/07/2012

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Old ape house and southerly island at Chester Zoo, currently housing the Bornean orang-utan.
Can you now see this without the barriers in place? I remember when 'Sibu' was held on this enclosure, it's a shame Tuan can't be on this island anymore. :(
 
Can you now see this without the barriers in place?
Unfortunately not. It's a shame the area couldn't be opened up and used for smaller primates (such as the black howlers, who have spent months confined to a cage no larger than a modest aviary). Phase two of RotRA doesn't ever appear to be happening.
 
Unfortunately not. It's a shame the area couldn't be opened up and used for smaller primates (such as the black howlers, who have spent months confined to a cage no larger than a modest aviary). Phase two of RotRA doesn't ever appear to be happening.

Black howlers? Surely you mean the red titis. The howlers have both of the old ruffed lemur enclosures, two shelters and an island.
 
Black howlers? Surely you mean the red titis. The howlers have both of the old ruffed lemur enclosures, two shelters and an island.

The howlers have more space than this island could provide [unless they haven't been released onto the island yet, but they will be]

Even the red titis will have plenty of space when they are mixed [if they haven't been already] as them miniature monkeys enclosures aren't small.
 
this space could be used to house a Lirpa Loof.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwDwRsfUj6Y]Lirpa Loof[/ame]
 
Lirpa Loofs (Balatroaprilis saxicola) do not feature in Chester's collection plan. I think it's a pity the zoo do not want a Himalaya area.
 
As I said in the current Chester thread, the next inhabitants could perhaps possibly be Blackpool's orangs while their house is renovated.
In the longer term, I still think this island would make a lovely aviary ;)

Alan
 
If the howlers now have access to the lemur islands then it's only a recent development, to the best of my knowledge they've been confirmed to those cages for months. Has anyone actually seen them on an island? If so, I wonder how they're coping with the waterbus traffic.

Of course, Rob is right about the red titi too (currently), along with a number of other small primates held off-show.
 
If the howlers now have access to the lemur islands then it's only a recent development, to the best of my knowledge they've been confirmed to those cages for months. Has anyone actually seen them on an island? If so, I wonder how they're coping with the waterbus traffic.

Of course, Rob is right about the red titi too (currently), along with a number of other small primates held off-show.

Even if not the island, the howlers have both the two former ruffed lemur cages - that must represent two or three times the space they had at Twycross. Those are not small enclosures.
 

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