In case nobody has seen this, the list for the first and early breeding records for mammals in the UK and Eire is available on the Bartlett society website, fascinating read.
Biggest surprise for me so far is that Glasgow zoo was the first to breed Amur tigers in the UK.
First and early...
The el Centro de Estudios de Rapaces Ibéricas JCCM. Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha. Información Ambiental. in Toledo, Spain has announced the first captive breeding of the endangered Spanish Imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti)
She is a female called Maria.
La esperanza para el águila imperial...
Media reports are claiming that an Atlantic puffin, hatched and hand reared at the zoo is the first of its species to be raised in a European zoo.
(Can this be right?)
Das Berner Papageitaucher-Küken - Bern - derbund.ch
The pair of Ussuri brown bears "Mischa" and "Mascha", donated to the zoo...
Paradise park at Hayle is currently hand rearing a great blue turaco.
Keeper Becky Waite said: "We are delighted to finally have bred our first Great Blue Turaco chick.
"I hand-reared the chick because the female has not reared any of her chicks so far.
"She laid her eggs when the weather was...
The national zoo of South Africa in Pretoria, is claiming a first zoo birth of an elephant on the whole continent of Africa.
The zoo welcomed the birth of an African savannah elephant, on the 21 March. The female baby elephant was conceived by mother, Pumbi, at the zoo two years ago.
When the...
Did the calf born in November at Night Safari survive? It was a male I believe, but it was never posted on the elephant database.
Also are the young females at the singapore zoo ever going to be bred?
-Gambir
-Aprila
-Jati (?)
wasn't Chayang recomended for breedings?
Is...
Hi I am a new member from Cyprus and would like to ask a question :)
I have read that neutering and spraying of big cats is not reversable and I guess it takes away their sexual desires.
I heard that zoos use a contraceptive pill which is reversable, but my question is, during the time a...
Hi there!
I have been trying to locate details of a studbook for Ocelot, so far unsuccessfully!..EAZA's list does not include Ocelot and the only studbook I can find details of is the North American Studbook..I am just wondering if anybody knows any details about this? is there a studbook?..If...
I need advice and ideas to start the construction of 5 macaw sized aviaries. Each cage needs to be big enough to house a pair of macaws and provide them with an enclosure for nesting. Any ideas about plans,materials,size will be greatly appreciated.
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as part of a college asignment i need to state how chester zoo mimics or contributes to the natural breeding environment of their Asiatic Lion and Asian Elephants and how they encourage natural feeding behaviour
i was wondering if anyone had some knowledge of this!
i wouldn't normally ask...
Quite an interesting, balanced article on this subject, I thought:
"We were able to analyse auroch DNA from preserved bone material and create a rough map of its genome that should allow us to breed animals nearly identical to aurochs," said team leader Donato Matassino, head of the...
Since a number of rumours have been circulating regarding the tasmanian devils in Copenhagen Zoo, I thought it was time to give you the full story...
The 2.2 tasmanian devils arrived in Copenhagen Zoo in early April 2006. They were a birthday gift to the new Prince Christian of Denmark born...
No more Breeding Exotics ... No more taking in orphane or injured wildlife ... no more allowing of handling of almost all animals of any age ... this is so good.
please read for full details and their sob story.
http://www.guzooforever.com/cutebabyanimals.html
Here's to praying this...
Hi all, we're after a breeding pair of spinifex hopping mice in New South Wales. We're in The Blue Mountains but could travel within a few hundred km to pick them up. Cheers, Steve and Tanya
Here is a link to the possilbilty of plans the zoo has for 500 acres of nearby land...a small cat breeding facility.
The Enquirer - Zoo ponders land use