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Anybody know which species ?

Someone (a zoochatter I suspect) asked this question on the facebook page, and the reply was "black and white ones". Well if they are Damara then they are more brown and cream actually. Typing this makes me feel like a right zoo nerd.
 
Someone (a zoochatter I suspect) asked this question on the facebook page, and the reply was "black and white ones".

Maybe that's why I don't use Facebook..;)

If they are Damara its an interesting choice as it will be only the 3rd group in UK (others being Colchester and Tenby).
 
Maybe that's why I don't use Facebook..;)

If they are Damara its an interesting choice as it will be only the 3rd group in UK (others being Colchester and Tenby).
If you have a look at the zootierlisy link provide below you will see there are a few more

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I know for sure that Black Isle`s listing is correct,I`m not so sure about Drayton Manor or Knowsley.
 
Racking my brains, but can't remember them -I now see the point of making notes:D.

Can anyone out there say for sure and confirm the state of my memory?

I'm with you here - I don't ever remember seeing zebras at Drayton Manor.

I think the Knowsley listing is a mistake and should be under former holders - the notes refer to the Earl of Derby's 19th century menagerie (not really sure why the two collections are combined on zootierliste - there was 120 years between the sale of the menagerie and the opening of the safari park!)
 
I'm with you here - I don't ever remember seeing zebras at Drayton Manor.

I think the Knowsley listing is a mistake and should be under former holders - the notes refer to the Earl of Derby's 19th century menagerie (not really sure why the two collections are combined on zootierliste - there was 120 years between the sale of the menagerie and the opening of the safari park!)
Thanks for that you have confirmed what I thought that it was a couple of Glitches on Zootierlist,I do remember seeing Zebra at Drayton Manor but that would be back in the early 1980`s.
 
I know for sure that Black Isle`s listing is correct,I`m not so sure about Drayton Manor or Knowsley.

I didn't know about theirs- they don't seem to have a completed website. Are they genuine Damaras? Did they come from the Blackpool group when they moved?

Knowsley say they don't have Zebras anymore. Maybe the Damaras were in the old Lord Derby's collection.
 
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I didn't know about theirs- they don't seem to have a completed website. Are they genuine Damaras? Did they come from the Blackpool group when they moved?

Knowsley say they don't have Zebras anymore. Maybe the Damaras were in the old Lord Derby's collection.
Black Isle are from Blackpools stock at the last count they had the breeding pair and 3 young which were 2.1 so in total they had 3.2.
 
Black Isle are from Blackpools stock at the last count they had the breeding pair and 3 young which were 2.1 so in total they had 3.2.

I counted six there last year. I think there's a photo in the gallery I took.
They were split into two groups of three.
 
Wish drayton mannors chilean flamingos could be sent to blackbrook,being shut in at night not a chance in hell of nesting.
 
hmm hillside breed lesser flamingos and there shut in at night, also would be no point sending them to blackbrook we no longer keep chilean flamingos
 
I counted six there last year. I think there's a photo in the gallery I took.
They were split into two groups of three.
Must have had another youngster since i last visited,come to think about the owner did say that she was due in the next few weeks when i last visited.So 6 would be the correct number with another birth any idea on the sex Paradoxurus?
 
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Flamingos; shutting them in at night may stop them breeding, but at least one American Zoo has bred [I think it was] Greaters, indoors in winter quarters.
 
I think nearly all UK collections shut their flamingos in at night during the colder months of the year .
 
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