ZSL Whipsnade Zoo animals past and present

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anidude

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this a list of some the animals whipsnade used to have

  • black rhino
  • dolphin
  • wild boar
  • kodiak and polar bears
  • moose
  • cape hunting dogs
  • mouflon
  • porcupines
  • alpine marmots
  • woodchucks
  • armadillos
  • duikers
  • artic foxes
  • black necked swans
  • raccoon like dogs
  • ravens
  • pumas
  • black fallow deer
  • small cats
  • brush turkeys
  • pheasants
  • quaker parakeets
  • african buffalo
  • brindled gnu
  • fallow deer
  • fennec foxes
  • agoutis
  • manchurian cranes
  • husky dogs
  • virginian deer
  • chillingham cattle
  • whooper swans
  • roe deer
  • white red deer
  • chartlety cattle
  • pandas
  • parrots
  • beavers
  • warthogs
  • llamas
  • demoiselle and crowned crane
  • spur winged geese
  • white tailed gnu
  • tapir
  • rhea
  • capybara
  • sarus crane
  • sambar
  • leopards
  • lynx
 
G.Durrell has mentioned in one of his books wombat and lowland anoa too.
 
Any chance you could tell us which species of Armadillo and Duikers seeing as there are so many different species and sub-species of these animals?I`m also assuming when you say Panda you actually mean Giant Panda!
 
im not 100% sure which species they were as the map they were on was a basic map but i will try and find out i presume they were species that were quite hardy nd could live outside as i doubt in those days they had a lot of knowledge about housing styles
 
Interesting that Chillingham Cattle are on the list. These are reputedly so wild I have no idea how they would have transported them from Northumberland, or then kept them in closer confinement. I know they had the Chartley Cattle but those are more domesticated. Are you sure about Chillinghams?
 
yes i am sure about chillinghams and they also had australian dingos with the species of armadillos and duikers unknown
 
Today, there are six "wild" cattle herds in Britain; the Chillingham, Vaynol, Dyneros, Woburn, Whipsnade and Cadzow herds, but not all of them are wild or pure-breed anymore since most of them are domesticated to some extent. The Chillingham herd is by most people considered to be truly wild as they have been isolated in the Chillingham park for 750 years with little human interference. This will be discussed further below.
 
just looked in a couple of my old guide books to see if it says what speceis but just says duikers and armadillos
 
I remember reading an old book that mention (and showed) Canadian Eskimo Dogs at Whipsnade. I believe Nyala were another species.
 
Pertinax said:
Interesting that Chillingham Cattle are on the list. These are reputedly so wild I have no idea how they would have transported them from Northumberland, or then kept them in closer confinement. I know they had the Chartley Cattle but those are more domesticated. Are you sure about Chillinghams?
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The 1938 Whipsnade guidebook states that a pair of Chillingham cattle are exhibited in Home Paddock.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Any chance you could tell us which species of Armadillo and Duikers seeing as there are so many different species and sub-species of these animals?
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The 1938 Whipsnade guidebook lists bay duikers in the ‘Duiker Pit’; apparently the armadillos (species not given) shared the same enclosure.

(I’ll try to look through my other old Whipsnade guides for further information in the near future.)
 
anidude said:
Today, there are six "wild" cattle herds in Britain; the Chillingham, Vaynol, Dyneros, Woburn, Whipsnade and Cadzow herds,
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There used to be five accepted herds; Chillingham, Chartley, Cadzow, Vaynol & Dynevor. Cattle at Whipsnade(?) & Woburn(?) if still there, would be direct descendants of one or more of these, probably the Chartley.

I think that these herds have now been disbanded with the important exception of the Chillingham. Some cattle from these herds are now under other ownership e.g. Leeds City Council for one.
 
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zoogiraffe said:
Any chance you could tell us which species of Armadillo and Duikers seeing as there are so many different species and sub-species of these animals?
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Tim May said:
The 1938 Whipsnade guidebook lists bay duikers in the ‘Duiker Pit’; apparently the armadillos (species not given) shared the same enclosure.

(I’ll try to look through my other old Whipsnade guides for further information in the near future.)
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Further to my earlier post, I’ve now had time to check my other early Whipsnade guides, so can give a more complete answer.

The guide for 1936 lists crowned duiker, which (during the summer) share their enclosure with giant tortoises.

As previously mentioned, the guide for 1938 lists bay duiker, which share their enclosure with armadillos (species not given).

The guides for 1939 & 1940 again list bay duiker sharing their enclosure with armadillos; this time the armadillos are called hairy armadillos.
 
cheers tim is there way u cud send me sme of these old guide books if that is at all possible thanks anidude
 
anidude said:
cheers tim is there way u cud send me sme of these old guide books if that is at all possible thanks anidude
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I actually do have a duplicate copy of the Whipsnade guidebook for 1932.

Send me a Personal Message giving me your details and I’ll post it to you.
 
Continuing with the species formerly kept at Whipsnade theme, a few other notable ex-Whipsnade species are mentioned below.

• the ZSL Annual Report for 1935 lists harnessed antelope (i.e. bushbuck) at Whipsnade.

• warthog were bred at Whipsnade in 1957

• snow leopard were bred at Whipsnade in 1960

• pronghorn were bred at Whipsnade in 1964

• spotted, striped and brown hyenas were all kept at Whipsnade during the 1960s.
 
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