Edinburgh Zoo Another day, another primate escape

guinea baboons

In regards the the Guinea Baboons i was speking to a primate keeper at the zoo sunday and asked if they baboons would be going back the reply i got was that they would be staying at the zoo but the zoo where they came from would still control what happens within the group hope this makes sense.

I am glad they are staying can stand all day and watch them dont know wot will happen when they complete the 6 months quarantine whether they will stay where they are or another enclosure be built for them i am hoping the move into a enclosure like the ones the Geladas are in :)
 
Mr Gelada said:
I am glad they are staying can stand all day and watch them dont know wot will happen when they complete the 6 months quarantine whether they will stay where they are or another enclosure be built for them i am hoping the move into a enclosure like the ones the Geladas are in :)
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I say re fence the African plains exhibit and stick them in there;)
 
Hi Kiang

That would be great to have them in an African type enclosure kind of like what they have done with the Bongo and red river hogs ( which a pair has departed leaving the bottom paddock empty) there they will have the grasslands you see them on in the wild.:):)
 
The reason there wasn't as big a fuss as the last macaque escape is that the last escapee was in rabies quarantine, hence why it was shot dead, whereas these guys were just lured and caught.
 
A question- when the escaped barbary macaques are now in the monkey house where the Aye-Aye was, where is the Aye-aye (or do they have more then one?) now?
Thanks!
 
I believe the aye-aye is now being keppt in one section of the monkey house, where before it had two sections. It is now in the one on the extreme right as you enter the monkey house, and the macaques are in the section next door, in the far away right hand corner. If it (i believe there is only one) is not there, the chances are it is being kept in one of the many off-show enclosures.
 
Does anyone know if the macaques got out again?

I was looking at pics on flickr and theres a picture of an escaped macaque, and the details say it was taken on 29th October 2009

I thought the rock had been made-escape-proof
 
A couple of females were being pursued by a male and given the choice of unwanted advances from the male or the electric fence, they chose the fence!
 
foz said:
I wouldn't say this is particularly 'bad' publicity, quite the opposite the minor incident may drum up some positive interest in the zoo
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All publicity is good publicity, very well, just when exactly did Edinburgh zoo have good publicity, sorry got to go now the red river hog has just bitten Max Clifford who has come to try and sort things out:)
 
foz said:
I wouldn't say this is particularly 'bad' publicity, quite the opposite the minor incident may drum up some positive interest in the zoo
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Possibly, I suppose it depends how it's reported/spun in the media, it's just that recently a lot of the local media seem to have enjoyed putting the boot in.
 
@TARZAN I did mean only this case of the gelada escaping, clearly 'Hog-gate' is quite clearly negative for the zoo. Whereas here noone was hurt and it was brought quickly under control, thee idea of a recently escaped animal will enthrall and even entice visitors in.
 
foz said:
@TARZAN I did mean only this case of the gelada escaping, clearly 'Hog-gate' is quite clearly negative for the zoo. Whereas here noone was hurt and it was brought quickly under control, thee idea of a recently escaped animal will enthrall and even entice visitors in.
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"HOG GATE", I like that, yes as long as nobody was hurt and the animal was returned to its enclosure, it's a case of all well that ends well, hopefully this will bring a few visitors into the zoo, Edinburgh could certainly do with a change of fortune.
 
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