P P Pertinax 13 May 2014 Do you know where they came from originally? 'Formosan' is less common in zoos than the usual 'Japanese'.
Do you know where they came from originally? 'Formosan' is less common in zoos than the usual 'Japanese'.
H H hantslad 13 May 2014 Pertinax said: Do you know where they came from originally? 'Formosan' is less common in zoos than the usual 'Japanese'. Click to expand... We had theses at Marwell along with Fallow Deer back in 70,s and early 80,s..
Pertinax said: Do you know where they came from originally? 'Formosan' is less common in zoos than the usual 'Japanese'. Click to expand... We had theses at Marwell along with Fallow Deer back in 70,s and early 80,s..
P P Pertinax 13 May 2014 hantslad said: We had theses at Marwell along with Fallow Deer back in 70,s and early 80,s.. Click to expand... Marwell's Sika and Fallow both came from Whipsnade's herds.
hantslad said: We had theses at Marwell along with Fallow Deer back in 70,s and early 80,s.. Click to expand... Marwell's Sika and Fallow both came from Whipsnade's herds.
Parrotsandrew 13 May 2014 I'm afraid I don't know - Sewerby's is a very longstanding herd (I have a slide taken in 1963 by my father that shows a stag).
I'm afraid I don't know - Sewerby's is a very longstanding herd (I have a slide taken in 1963 by my father that shows a stag).
P P Pertinax 14 May 2014 Perhaps they derived from Whipsnade also, though it seems strange for a small place in the North to go to such trouble. Are they genuine 'Formosan' I wonder or does it just happen to be what they are known as there.
Perhaps they derived from Whipsnade also, though it seems strange for a small place in the North to go to such trouble. Are they genuine 'Formosan' I wonder or does it just happen to be what they are known as there.
Parrotsandrew 14 May 2014 Well, they have always looked genuine Formosan to me. Lowther, further north, used to have them!
