Guinea Baboon paddock at Port Lympne 27/11/09

The paddock extends over a large area (think I\'m right in saying it\'s an old rhino paddock?).

Taken from the truck ride as it\'s the only way to get a decent angle.

Maguari said:

The paddock extends over a large area (think I\'m right in saying it\'s an old rhino paddock?).

Taken from the truck ride as it\'s the only way to get a decent angle.

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I may have misinterpreted your post, but I thought the plan was to mix the baboon with the rhino, is this not the case?

Not when I was there, certainly. The two were very much separate and I couldn't see any obvious way of mixing them.

There was a news article I saw recentley with a video showing the two mixing.

Indeed, that was the plan and they were mixed for a while.

Ash said:

Indeed, that was the plan and they were mixed for a while.

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but what happened to the plan? why was it postponed?

Maguari said:

Not when I was there, certainly. The two were very much separate and I couldn't see any obvious way of mixing them.

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It is definately one of the Rhino paddocks and the idea was to mix the two species. There is a rhino house and yards at the top end of the enclosure nearest the Mansion. I guess the two species would just be given access to the paddock at the same time.

I didn't know they had already mixed them. I wonder if it has been stopped or just that they weren't out together on that day for some reason?

I think there was a news article that focussed on the mixing of the two species, and they claimed it had been very successful at first. I really don't know why they stopped it.