Chester Zoo Chester 2011 #3

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I have been to the zoo today but no sign of any lionessess.the poor Male looked like he was really missing Asha.
 
trixie said:
I have been to the zoo today but no sign of any lionessess.the poor Male looked like he was really missing Asha.
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While I appreciate the stud book recommendations are to be adhered to for the benefit of the species, especially for an animal as rare as the Asiatic lion, I must admit I am not completely comfortable in animals which have lived together for years and bonded together suddenly being split up, they must be completely bewildered wondering what has happened, I would therefore think that this is causing stress to the animals concerned, necessary or unnecessary which ever way you want to look at it, so therefore is animal welfare being compromised in this case?
 
TARZAN said:
While I appreciate the stud book recommendations are to be adhered to for the benefit of the species, especially for an animal as rare as the Asiatic lion, I must admit I am not completely comfortable in animals which have lived together for years and bonded together suddenly being split up, they must be completely bewildered wondering what has happened, I would therefore think that this is causing stress to the animals concerned, necessary or unnecessary which ever way you want to look at it, so therefore is animal welfare being compromised in this case?
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I appreciate the sentiment but Asha & Iblis had actually only been together about a year as he moved in when Asoka moved to Rome. Also in the wild Male lions would roam and find new prides as they mature so that 'natural' instinct is to be considered too I suppose.
 
karoocheetah said:
I appreciate the sentiment but Asha & Iblis had actually only been together about a year as he moved in when Asoka moved to Rome. Also in the wild Male lions would roam and find new prides as they mature so that 'natural' instinct is to be considered too I suppose.
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Yes Asha seemed to take pretty well to her new toyboy, hope she likes her new man and he lets her get plenty of food ;)
 
Does anyone know why they have but a barrier up in the Speckled bear/Coati enclosure?
I hope they are not having problems with the Bears again.
 
The lionesses were indeed out in the enclosure on Friday. They were a little wary of the monorail however, and spent a fair amount of time eyeing it up from the doorway to the dens. One is slightly larger than the other but both have the appearance of much younger lions compared to Asha.

Elsewhere in the zoo, there's now only one Indian rhino and he too was out on the paddock. It was funny watching all the blackbuck running around nervously and pronking as they clearly don't recognise him.

The turaco in the upper aviary in the Tropical Realm is sitting on two eggs, and if you're visiting the zoo, look out for the hand-reared Caribbean flamingo chick who is now with the flock but hasn't yet integrated.
 
SMR said:
A big "thank you" to everyone from the forum who took part. Together we raised almost a third of Chester Zoo's donation.
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Excellent result and great to see something very positive been done,to help a zoo that has given this site so much over the last few years,free of charge!
 
SMR said:
A big "thank you" to everyone from the forum who took part. Together we raised almost a third of Chester Zoo's donation.
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Great news, really enjoyed the event. Big thanks to all the zoo staff involved and to SMR for organising.
 
SMR said:
A big "thank you" to everyone from the forum who took part. Together we raised almost a third of Chester Zoo's donation.
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Thank you to SMR and everyone at Chester for organising such great access. Fund raising has never been such fun. :)
 
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