Chester Zoo Birthday Zoo

mazfc

mazfc

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I stumbled across this random showing of the 2001 series Birthday Zoo on animal planet this afternoon.

Unfortunately, they aired 10 episodes but I only caught the last 2 when I was channel hopping when I got in. The episodes featured an elephant calf called Po Chin turning 1 years old. (I think he was the one that died so I found it rather poignant - please correct me if I'm wrong), and a plethora of baby humbolt penguin chicks. Is it still common for all the chicks to be automatically handreared?

I'm a bit miffed that I missed the other as it was lovely seeing glimpse of the zoo from 10 years ago.
 
mazfc said:
I stumbled across this random showing of the 2001 series Birthday Zoo on animal planet this afternoon.

Unfortunately, they aired 10 episodes but I only caught the last 2 when I was channel hopping when I got in. The episodes featured an elephant calf called Po Chin turning 1 years old. (I think he was the one that died so I found it rather poignant - please correct me if I'm wrong), and a plethora of baby humbolt penguin chicks. Is it still common for all the chicks to be automatically handreared?

I'm a bit miffed that I missed the other as it was lovely seeing glimpse of the zoo from 10 years ago.
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Po Chin went to a zoo in Belgium.. Raman was the little male elephant that died.
 
Thanks for both pieces of info, I'll plus it for next week. I'd had a trawl through the sky + schedule but couldnt see anything
 
I kept a summary of the episodes. It was first shown in 2002.

08/01/02 and 13/01/02
baby Sulawesi Crested Macaque
Karen Davies hand-rearing Humboldt's Penguin Atomic
baby Giraffe

22/01/02 and 27/01/02
preperations for Po-Chin's first birthday
Karen Davies walking baby Humboldt's Penguins to nursery pool
Sara Cocks feeding Macleay's Spectre Stick Insects and Spiny Stick Insects
Alan Littlehailes and Don Plant with baby Asian Elephants

29/01/02 and 03/02/02
Po-Chin's first birthday
feeding Asian Lions
Twilight Zone

05/02/02 and 10/02/02
Bornean Orang Utan Martha's 35th birthday
CCTV of hornbill nests
Egyptian tortoises placed in outside enclosure

12/02/02 and 17/02/02
birth and tagging of 0.1 baby Ring-tailed Lemur Titch
introducing male Bongo
wooden dummy Flamingo eggs

19/02/02 and 24/02/02
hand-rearing European Spoonbills
hand-rearing Bennett's Wallaby

26/02/02 and 03/03/02
Spirit of the Jaguar
artifical insemination of cranes

05/03/02 and 10/03/02
arrival of Jaguar from Poznan
baby Blackbuck

19/03/02 and 24/03/02
Buying fruit and vegetables
Mandy the Chimpanzee gives birth
Sara Cocks releses Sand Lizards

26/03/02 and 31/03/02
Keeper for a Day reptiles/monkeys
Darren Langford with Blue-winged Kookaburras, Condors and Schalow's Turaco
 
Thanks rob. Im looking forward to seeing the spirit of the jaguar stuff.

Which baby was Mandy the chimp giving birth to?
 
Having saw the program this morning I was just wondering if any of the staff featured in the program's were still at the zoo?

Also is one of the two male lions featured a young Asoka?
 
LeeMac13 said:
Having saw the program this morning I was just wondering if any of the staff featured in the program's were still at the zoo?

Also is one of the two male lions featured a young Asoka?
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The three Asian lions were Chandani and her two sons Naseek and of course Ashoka. I believe Wayne McLeod is still there.
 
Jordan-Jaguar97 said:
I believe Wayne McLeod is still there.
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Not having seen the program but going on Rob's list and the above, Wayne McLeod is now Team Leader of Birds (and a thoroughly good bloke with ninja bird-catching capabilities) and Darren Langford is still on the Tropical Realm bird team.
 
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