Cassowary species past and present questions

[pipaluk]

Dudley certainly had cassowary in 1978. I'm fairly sure that the species was at Dudley after this date but I don't have any later photographs of them.

According to ZTL, they held them to 2009, which is probably right.

I saw them at Twycross on my first visit around 2009, but they were gone by my next one a couple of years later.

Bristol had them until Wild Place opened then sent them there, only for them to return briefly, but they were gone by February 2015.

 

[pipaluk]

Hamerton do only have the 1 at present they should have at least a pair before the end of this year. If things go to plan with building work.

This is great news, I am glad they intend to continue keeping them, as all other cassowary are 3 hours plus drive from me!

 

[Adrian k]

According to ZTL, they held them to 2009, which is probably right.

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I have a photo of the single bird dated 05/01/2009 but I can't find anymore after this date.

Would love Dudley to introduce the species but this may never happen.

If I remember correctly I did put it in the gallery only to have it removed last year or the year before.

 

[bongorob]

I can now add Twycross to the list of UK collections that have bred common cassowary

 

[crested seriema]

Poole Park Zoo definitely had a single Cassowary in about 1967 but cannot remember which species, it was exhibited near the Cranes they had.

 

[DesertRhino150]

In the Story of Colchester Zoo book, there is a map from the 1970s that lists Colchester as having cassowaries. They seemed to have shared a house with the zoo's elephants. Cannot find any indication as to what species it was.

 

[bongorob]

as reported to the International Zoo Yearbook the following UK collections have bred common cassowary.

Chessington
1975 1
1976 1

Edinburgh
1966 (1.0 dns)
1967 2
1968 2
1969 3 (2 dns)
1972 2
1976 3
1977 1.1.1
1978 1
1982 1
1984 0.3.1
1986 0.2.2(2 dns)
1987 4(2 dns)

Farnham
1994 0.1
1995 1

Twycross
1981 1
1982 0.1
1983 3(2 dns)

Whipsnade
1978 2
1979 1
1981 1.0
1988 1

 

[Tim May]

as reported to the International Zoo Yearbook the following UK collections have bred common cassowary.


Whipsnade
1978 2

Incidentally the male cassowary, father of the chicks hatched at Whipsnade, was on breeding loan from Marwell Zoo.

 

[Tim May]

Anybody interested in cassowaries should visit the Tring Zoological Museum.

The founder, Lord Walter Rothschild was obsessed by cassowaries and he acquired more than sixty mounted specimens for his museum. (He also kept live cassowaries in Tring Park.) Unfortunately not all of Rothschild’s sixty plus cassowaries are currently on exhibit in the museum but there is still a fine display of cassowaries on show there.

Anyone interested in Walter Rothschild's cassowaries, should read the following (which I've only just found on-line):

https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/full/10.1484/J.CNT.5.132104

 

[TriUK]

Anyone interested in Walter Rothschild's cassowaries, should read the following (which I've only just found on-line):

https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/full/10.1484/J.CNT.5.132104

Good read, thank you. Amazing that they were kept to improve his knowledge of how to preserve them best through taxidermy them when they died!

 

[Trachycarpus1]

Doesn’t Cotswold Wildlife Park have a single male cassowary in the lake area? It is imprinted with humans because it was hand reared and unlikely to breed?