Formosan sika deer and prairie dogs at Banham Zoo, 14 September 2010

Pertinax said:

Its quite a nice enclosure really, as there is(or was) a concrete footpath leading through one end of it so its almost like a walkthrough area.

Surprised to hear of Prairie Dogs getting as far as Diss though- maybe they had some artificial help?

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Yep, there still is a path way through it.

As for a Marmot reaching Diss... Although Banham is classed as being near Diss, it's still about seven miles by road. So surely it couldn't have gotten there by natural means?

Pertinax said:

Surprised to hear of Prairie Dogs getting as far as Diss though- maybe they had some artificial help?

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We were all a bit shocked too. Maybe someone had half-inched it? Someone tried to nick a penguin once.

I used to love it when we had the odd escapee.....was a bit of excitement
Chased down some cranes once, and had a problem when a vulture disappeared for a few days!

mrcriss said:

I used to love it when we had the odd escapee.....was a bit of excitement
Chased down some cranes once, and had a problem when a vulture disappeared for a few days!

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Would the Vulture be 'Foster' by any chance? Banham still loves telling that story.

CiaranDUK said:

Would the Vulture be 'Foster' by any chance? Banham still loves telling that story.

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The very same.

As chance would have it, my mate's bald eagle also escaped a few weeks ago too!
Was easier to catch though as it seemed to favour my parent's roof as a resting place.