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Blue duiker birth: From socials: On 21st December, our female Blue Duiker, Jasmine, welcomed her eighth offspring who has since been confirmed as male and aptly named Jingle by our Animal Care Team! The young Duiker is continuing to grow and is developing new skills from his older siblings.

Chimpanzee siblings Tumba and at Talia grooming and chilling on a Friday afternoon at Colchester zoo

This thread will mention many relevant historic dates to Colchester zoo close to their anniversaries. E.g some upcoming will be Zolas arrival (last Tuesday and the anniversary of the birth of our first elephant calf (6th December). People can remind me of some dates because as much as I study...

What if... Colchester zoo acquired African elephants from the breeding program to join Tanya and Zola when Elephant Kingdom opened instead of saving the Chipperfield elephants? What if Rosa didn't have reproductive issues after giving birth to Jambo? What if Zolas calves and Opals calf all...

All seems fairly stable at the zoo currently and there hasn’t been many developments (compared to their rapid development programme in the past), additions or departures to shout about really in the past couple of years at the zoo. As I have just came back from a visits to Chester & YWP which...

Hi, I wondered if anyone else was aware that Colchester Zoo are purposely keeping Tembo & Zola off show to the public? I received an adoption of Tembo from my girlfriend, but had to switch it to Tanya after finding out that Tembo's paddock wouldn't be put on show to the public again. This is...

Hi there. Me being a relatively user of this zoo's forums (15) i cannot remember much from the 80's 90's periods at the zoo. What does everyone remember or know from back then I was also wondering whether anyone could e-mail me any pics of the zoo at these times? If you could please...

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Colchester Zoo's brand new Amur Leopard Enclosure will be completed by Christmas. It will be home to Dende and Milena until Sayan completes his six month quarintine. The new exhibit includes a public training area, lots of height, fantastic climbing structures and a stream. Any suggestions as...