Chester Zoo Cheetah Cubs
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Polar bears were kept at Chester in about half of what is currently the Europe on the Edge aviary (the other half was waterfowl). The polar bears were kept until something like 1992/1993?
1992; the brown bears (which were kept where Condor Cliffs is now) went the same year.
There are some shots of the Polar Bear exhibit in the gallery:
http://www.zoochat.com/42/polar-bear-chester-circa-1987-a-187182/
http://www.zoochat.com/42/polar-bear-chester-zoo-126567/
http://www.zoochat.com/42/polar-bear-enclosure-chester-zoo-14-a-67482/
When it was built it would probably have been the best in the country.
The polar bear encolsure can be seen on this 1950s photo.
http://www.historyofuptonbychester.org.uk/zooaerialfull.html
We're drifting ever further from the topic but that's a fantastic photo - thanks for calling our attention to it.
The Cattle House (Zebra/Cattle/Cattle and Antelope House!) paddocks as the far limit of the zoo is an odd sight.
What else is still there? The waterfall on the sea lion (now Giant Otter) pool, Lemur Island, the Polar Bear exhibit walls incorporated into EotE, the Oakfield and stables (of course)... and what appears to be the footprint of the Aquarium, presumably only just started.
In case anyone's struggling to get their bearings, I've uploaded a version of this photo with a key which appeared in a 1950s booklet of photos of the zoo:
1950s aerial map with key
zoogiraffe
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A few of us knew about the birth's but were asked to keep quite by the zoo,which we did until the zoo broke the news themselves!!
Jordan-Jaguar97
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Hevden has reported that Adaze has mated and is now off-show so maybe more Cheetah cubs!
An appeal:
If you're a regular zoo visitor, please don't hog the windows in the cheetah yurt and let those people who might be paying their one and only visit take a look at the cubs.
On Saturday when the zoo was particularly busy, a large number of people gathered in the yurt when KT and the cubs moved in front of the windows. It was disappointing to then see a number of regulars - the type of people who post endless photographs on Facebook - camp out in the front and not allow anyone else a turn.
Of note was a large, rather manly middle-aged woman in a blue jumper who decided to sit on the floor right across the middle window and rudely refused to move despite being politely asked (twice) to allow room for other visitors by zoo staff.
If you're a regular zoo visitor, please don't hog the windows in the cheetah yurt and let those people who might be paying their one and only visit take a look at the cubs.
On Saturday when the zoo was particularly busy, a large number of people gathered in the yurt when KT and the cubs moved in front of the windows. It was disappointing to then see a number of regulars - the type of people who post endless photographs on Facebook - camp out in the front and not allow anyone else a turn.
Of note was a large, rather manly middle-aged woman in a blue jumper who decided to sit on the floor right across the middle window and rudely refused to move despite being politely asked (twice) to allow room for other visitors by zoo staff.