Dama wallaby 1973

Notamacropus eugenii, adult female, Chester, 5th June 1983. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.
My slide label says 'Wallaby Pit', which I think means the circular enclosure by the current staff entrance, which originally held sun bears. If I'm wrong, bongorob will correct me.

gentle lemur said:

My slide label says 'Wallaby Pit', which I think means the circular enclosure by the current staff entrance, which originally held sun bears. If I'm wrong, bongorob will correct me.

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That's correct. Wallaby in the circular side, kangaroos in the other.

Sorry I'm not bongorob.

SMR said:

That's correct. Wallaby in the circular side, kangaroos in the other.

Sorry I'm not bongorob.

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Thank you. It's nice to have my vague memory confirmed. I have been trying to scan an old photo of one of the sun bears in that enclosure, but I haven't managed to control the contrast. I also have more recent photos in the Gallery of yellow mongoose and giant anteater there, but I don't think I ever got a decent one of the bush dogs when they were there.

In an ideal world, every zoo in ZooChat would have its own bongorob: but until that day dawns Chester does not need two. So there's no need to apologise

Alan

I also remember Agile Wallabies in there, a keeper told me that they certainly lived up to their name.

In the 1970s bear cubs were sometime shoused in the round pit. I never took much notice and it was a big mistake, they were Kamchatka x Syrian bear cubs.