2011

Here are the results for the BIAZA awards for 2011, the ceremony being held at Twycross zoo this year. http://www.biaza.org.uk/resources/library/images/awards%2011%20abstracts.pdf

A really enjoyable visit today in muggy, damp conditions a few births, a lot of construction work and most satisfying, just about everything on show. The Pallas cat have had 3 kittens, not yet on show, but both parents were out and about. The musk oxen should be here within around 5 weeks...

So what's been going on? Haven't gotten up recently due to awful weather....perhaps on Monday. Damn if only I could drive.

BIAZA (the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) has released on their website a guide to their member collections for 2011. GTO Supplements - Biaza Zoos digital edition

Again a new thread for a new year. Starting of with the hatching of a kiwi chick. Rare Kiwi Bird Hatched At Columbus Zoo | WBNS-10TV, Central Ohio News

Have the Tierpark received a Baird's tapir from Wuppertal, saw something on their website and my German aint up2 scratch, and if so will they or Wuppertal be importing anymore into Europe. Also i thought it was time one of the greatest zoos in the world had a thread of its own!

Lifted from Herald de Paris. We have been working, these past few days, to bring you information on the fate of the numerous zoos and aquariums in Japan, affected by the recent earthquake and the resulting tsunami. With the great assistance of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums...

James Flamingo hatched and a healthy chick is around, bringing the group up to 7 individuals. The Press report states that besides a very old animal at Wuppertal, it's the only group in any Zoo. I guess the WWT in slimbridge ain't a zoo and they only have 3.0 (that right?) so they are more...

i have some questions about this woundefull zoo ; 1 - long ago form longleat 5 elephants were sent to the zoo in hope of breeding - many years have passed i am woundering are any of them pregnat ? 2 - what are the names and ages of the orangutans there ? 3 - are they still the only...