Chester Zoo Big news at Chester zoo 2007 #1

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I love guessing games! If we rule out Javan rhinos, we'd better not think about Sumatran rhinos or kouprey or Vu Quang oxen either.
But there's still plenty of stuff that would be very interesting. Gerenuk or dibatag would be high on my list, but how about pygmy hogs or giant forest hogs or klipspringer or chiru or Hunter's hatebeeste or one of the other species of babirusa or four-horned antelope or . . .
But of course there's the only ones in Europe clue, I think gerenuk would still fit, but it could be pronghorn or Dall sheep. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree completely, this could be a real googly - how about tree hyrax? :D

Alan
 
Quite right to rule out the stuff from Vietnam,but i do believe the Rare Breeds place at Sandwich is bringing in a pair of Sun Bears from a rescue centre in Vietnam!!
 
A species that i`ve heard mentioned as going to Chester but never by any staff from Chester is Owstons Palm Civets this has been mentioned to me on couple of occasions by people from other places with links to the O.P.C project in Vietnam.
 
gentle lemur said:
Gerenuk or dibatag would be high on my list, ere's the only ones in Europe clue, I think gerenuk would still fit
Alan
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There are some antelope which are so inherently nervous or physically delicate they are prone to stress or accidental deaths caused by nervous 'flighty' behaviour. I believe Gerenuk and Diditag both fit into this category and I wouldn't much like to see Chester take either on species without a good deal of research into their requirements. Gerenuk have certainly been held successfully in captivity before. e.g. at Frankfurt(and even Belle Vue, Manchester) but I believe ultimately they died without living a full lifespan. Impala are another very timid species which are do not make a good zoo exhibit as a consequence.
 
I'd love for Chester to get Thompsons Gazelle or Gaur but since both are kept in Europe already. Gerenuk would be quite good. i'd love to see some Civets like zoogiraffe mentioned.
 
grantsmb said:
I wouldn't much like to see Chester take either on species without a good deal of research into their requirements. Gerenuk have certainly been held successfully in captivity before. e.g. at Frankfurt(and even Belle Vue, Manchester) but I believe ultimately they died without living a full lifespan. Impala are another very timid species which are do not make a good zoo exhibit as a consequence.
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I think the same could be said of several other species on my list (which was not entirely serious ;)). I certainly wouldn't want to see any species which wouldn't stand a good chance of thriving at Chester - and the same would apply to any other new species at any other zoo.
On the other hand, I think tree hyrax are probably tough little b***ers.

Alan
 
zoogiraffe said:
No i don`t work at the zoo but no alot of people who do including most of the top management as a result do tend to find out quite alot of stuff,as for the hoofstock yes i do know what it is will post it as soon as i`m told i can,when it comes in they will be the only ones in europe thats as far as i will go for now.
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The clues are there guys, hoofstock so that rules out hyrax or owstons palm civet, only ones in europe that rules out gaur, thomsons gazelle or klipspringer, so i'll stick with gerenuk or giant eland
 
zoogiraffe said:
They would if it came from a internationaly recognized rescue centre for animals or a game park that needs to move animals on due to space concerns.
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By mentioning the rescue centre, the pygmy hog centre in Assam in India is at bursting point with hog at the moment, and they would be ideal candidates for an international breeding programme.
 
Pygmy Hogs might get the zoo-enthusiasts excited, but they are no sort of exhibit for the general public ...:(

I've seen the breeding centre in Assam- even in these enclosures(which are very good) the tiny Hogs are very difficult to see as they rush from one patch of cover to the next- being a grassland species. I don't think they would show well like the larger pig species do at Chester.
 
Giant Eland- now there's a species which would make a GOOD exhibit, is probably tranquil in captivity if anything like its smaller relative, AND would please the zoo buffs too. Ticks all the right boxes...:)
 
Didnt the zoo get rid of the normal Eland a few years bak because they coudnt house them?? Why would they want the Giant Eland unless they're building a new paddock for them
 
Some news from zoodays ( I managed to watch it tonight, I've been in Liverpool all week):

The new male babirusa was called sasauge, but the keepers changed his name to Sosu, to fit in with his sulawesi heritage. There is a picture of him on the South lakes website. He has been paired with the female majine, which I fed on keeper for a day (along with Elliot (who has died)).

The baby pandas are called ming ming ( male ) and du-du.

The bush dog female andes move to port lympne.
 
A selection of fruit and veg from a bucket. The babirusa have very specially forumulated diets, there are specific amounts of specfic foods. The writhed hornbills ahd rats!! The keepers showed us how to remoed the stomach when hand rearing young birds. They cannot eat the stomach beacuse of the high acid levels.

I wanted to be a zoo nutritionist at one point.
 
Writhedhornbill said:
Some news from zoodays ( I managed to watch it tonight, I've been in Liverpool all week):.
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Okay hornbill, here's what you missed.

October 22
Asian lion cubs, arrival of male Komodo dragon from Rotterdam

October 23
chimp food placed in cups so that the chimps can poke willow sticks into the holes and feed as if they were eating termites, death of Rafters the giraffe apparently allergic to himself, handrearing lion cub, handrearing Chilean
Flamingo chicks

October 24
treating male ring-tailed lemur Larry, moving baby penguins from nursery pool to main pool, feeding Sulawesi Macaques from the roof of the enclosure, handrearing lion cub

October 25
treating ring-tailed lemur Larry and subsequent recovery , incubating crowned crane eggs and babtam rearing 3 chicks, twilight zone feeding and catching baby Rodrigues flying fox for micro-chipping, handrearing lion cub
 
I think it's a very nice series. I haven't seen any of the more unusual species though....

I was told that the Camera crew went off show in the aquarium to film the baby golden coin box turtle.
 
The female indian rhino is due in the 12th of november, chester have spoken to DEFRA and they have said it should be no problem to bring her in. The work has started on the second bridge over the public footpath and the cheetahs should be there spring next year!
 
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