I'm surprised they couldn't run to more than two Wild Boar to start with, to fill the exhibit a bit more, but I suppose times are tight- and presumably they'll breed in due course (if 1.1).
Indeed - the only thing I don't know is whether the two females are related. If they are, though, it only takes one exchange at a later date to set up a breeding situation.
Its a pity they couldn't have sited their enclosure in Woodland-like the unused area in the background- to provide more of a 'natural' feel for them- however I'm sure the reason is cost- that their area had to be located near an existing public pathway and in relation to the other European exhibits.
This is a summer exhibit, the boar have not over-wintered at the zoo. The enclosure is allowed to recover from the intensive rooting and digging that occurs with the sows and piglets. As a species they are not endangered but fit well with the Wild Britain theme.
This is a summer exhibit, the boar have not over-wintered at the zoo. The enclosure is allowed to recover from the intensive rooting and digging that occurs with the sows and piglets. As a species they are not endangered but fit well with the Wild Britain theme.
Do you mean they don't stay onshow(or at the Zoo) in winter?
I wasn't criticising the state of the Paddock as all pig species plough up their paddocks- it was just that I'd prefer to see them in a more natural woodland setting. Whipsnade has quite a lot of woodland dotted around the estate but few exhibits are actually sited within the treed areas- even the Wolf area is largely open ground.
