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[pipaluk]

Saw Delilah at Bristol zoo,can't remember exactly what year but I think it was in the early 1970s

Me too, around 1973, she is probably the only mammal I've seen in the next 50 years that was alive then and still is!

 

[Strathmorezoo]

Me too, around 1973, she is probably the only mammal I've seen in the next 50 years that was alive then and still is!

That's a really sobering thought, I don't know what you think but it certainly doesn't feel like 50 years to me!

 

[pipaluk]

That's a really sobering thought, I don't know what you think but it certainly doesn't feel like 50 years to me!

It is terrifying!

 

[Pertinax]

Me too, around 1973, she is probably the only mammal I've seen in the next 50 years that was alive then and still is!

I remember her as a baby with her partner Samson when she first arrived at Bristol in 1966. Then her growing up and her babies-largely unsuccessfull, etc. Never expected her back then to live this long, in her later years at Bristol she was often in very poor condition. the move to Belfast seemed beneficial. Currently world's 2nd oldest, she might even make it to No 1 spot...!

 

[Babyrousa]

The Rodrigues fruit bats are now back in the rainforest house. I guess they were off show after all.

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[Babyrousa]

The flamingo chick I saw back in August has been announced and given the name Phoenix.

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[Smaggledagle]

On December 10th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (1.0) eastern bongo named Pesaka to the Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire.

Say hello to Pesaka the Eastern... - Woburn Safari Park

 

[Embu]

3yr old Rothschild giraffe Ronan has moved to Noah's Ark zoo in Bristol.

 

[Babyrousa]

The red panda cub born in June has been named Flint.

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[Strathmorezoo]

Just read a very brief bit of news from the Belfast Telegraph....concerns over animal welfare that 84 animals have died in the last 3 years...and that's it, what does this mean?
Anybody know?

 

[Maguari]

Just read a very brief bit of news from the Belfast Telegraph....concerns over animal welfare that 84 animals have died in the last 3 years...and that's it, what does this mean?
Anybody know?

Traditionally these stories with 'scary' totals of dead animals turn out to include a lot of small animals whose lifespan might not even be as long as the arbitrary time period they've checked the number for, and someone has just seen a big number and not understood it.

Basically, a number like that without context is meaningless. If it's 84 large mammals, that might be a lot for a zoo of Belfast's size. If it's 84 stick insects in three years then that's almost certainly just animals living out their lives. Chances are that's a mix of everything and perfectly within expectations but without knowing which animals this relates to and with nothing to suggest they all died of something avoidable the number tells us nothing.

 

[Strathmorezoo]

Traditionally these stories with 'scary' totals of dead animals turn out to include a lot of small animals whose lifespan might not even be as long as the arbitrary time period they've checked the number for, and someone has just seen a big number and not understood it.

Basically, a number like that without context is meaningless. If it's 84 large mammals, that might be a lot for a zoo of Belfast's size. If it's 84 stick insects in three years then that's almost certainly just animals living out their lives. Chances are that's a mix of everything and perfectly within expectations but without knowing which animals this relates to and with nothing to suggest they all died of something avoidable the number tells us nothing.

You are so right, I was thinking along the same lines, a couple of fish tanks with neon tetras ,I mean the press have alot to answer for, can you imagine how the staff feel

 

[Babyrousa]

1.0 Grant's zebra named Aragon arrived from Flamingo Land.

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