The Child-Beale Trust has been in existence a long time. I remember visiting here in the 1950's when there was just the Mausoleum, the waterfowl lakes and a pheasantry. In recent decades its become developed more as a traditional wildlife park and seems to be increasing the quota of exotic species kept.
Beale Park Beale Wildlife Park 2022
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Busy couple of weeks:
Consolidating the majority of chacoan mara in the UK...we now have 2.2 and they'll be moving in together this week by the tapir.
1.3 banded mongoose came in from Folly Farm to join our female. Introductions went swimmingly and they look great as a group of 5....another animal not often seen these days.
The dwarf mongoose family that have been held off-show for a few months are now back on display with a litter of incredibly cute (but very fast) babies!
New lynx enclosure build in full swing and is looking impressive!
'Nother new species coming in tomorrow but will be off show for a little while until we get to that development.
Consolidating the majority of chacoan mara in the UK...we now have 2.2 and they'll be moving in together this week by the tapir.
1.3 banded mongoose came in from Folly Farm to join our female. Introductions went swimmingly and they look great as a group of 5....another animal not often seen these days.
The dwarf mongoose family that have been held off-show for a few months are now back on display with a litter of incredibly cute (but very fast) babies!
New lynx enclosure build in full swing and is looking impressive!
'Nother new species coming in tomorrow but will be off show for a little while until we get to that development.
New arrival this afternoon. 0.1 Tomistoma moved into the reptile house.....very cool, and adds to the growing list of species at Beale that you have very few chances of seeing in the UK!
I don't remember the reptile house being particularly large, has my memory failed me? has the reptile house been enlarged recently? or are there plans to enlarge the reptile house?
ZooAtHome
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It's a youngster on loan that we're childminding for a few years until it begins to outgrow the enclosure. In the meantime, we get to have a really cool unusual species on display
I assume from Crocs of the world?
Yep.
It's a great new partnership that hopefully more small/medium zoos will be able to jump on board with to protect species that are more in need.
Thursday brought in a proven breeding male guanaco, making Beale Wildlife Park the only UK zoo trying to bring this species back to the the British Isles! As we're focusing on 3 similarly vanishing species this year that are disappearing from the UK, I'll keep you posted.
Great news! How many females do you have currently, if that's okay to ask?Thursday brought in a proven breeding male guanaco, making Beale Wildlife Park the only UK zoo trying to bring this species back to the the British Isles! As we're focusing on 3 similarly vanishing species this year that are disappearing from the UK, I'll keep you posted.
Thanks - I was thrown off by the castrated maleYeah no worries....we have 4 females, 1 castrated male and 1 entire male.
New lynx enclosure finished! It’s a massive upgrade on their previous home…about 6 times the size! We’re really pleased with it.
Moved in successfully yesterday, though they are a little phased by the new space, so expect them to be a little shyer than normal for a short while. And if you can’t see them on the ground, it’s worth looking up into the trees as we know that Lox (the female) was a real climber at her former zoo.
Moved in successfully yesterday, though they are a little phased by the new space, so expect them to be a little shyer than normal for a short while. And if you can’t see them on the ground, it’s worth looking up into the trees as we know that Lox (the female) was a real climber at her former zoo.
Hard to get the scale of the enclosure into one pic, but what’s really nice is that they’re able to hide in plain sight and you really need to look for them here!
Finn and Lox are becoming more relaxed, and really starting to explore. It’s not like Lox to sit out in the open like this, so to see her laying in the sand there is very cool to see.
The lynx have already made dens in between the boulders, but there’ll be even more coverage once the shrubs mature.
Finn and Lox are becoming more relaxed, and really starting to explore. It’s not like Lox to sit out in the open like this, so to see her laying in the sand there is very cool to see.
The lynx have already made dens in between the boulders, but there’ll be even more coverage once the shrubs mature.
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Wow!
Reminds me of some exhibits I saw at Berlin Tierpark not too long ago...
Reminds me of some exhibits I saw at Berlin Tierpark not too long ago...
That classic green fencing
That classic green fencing
Sometimes the classics just work!
As a charity we don't always have a ton of cash to buy lots of new materials for developments, but as keepers we enjoy being able to be creative using things we find lying around...that's the charm of not working in a huge collection where everything gets done for you. Though it is pretty cool for us to have something shiny and new sometimes!
