Chester Zoo Chester Zoo 2007
- Thread starter bongorob
- Start date
The 2008 collection plan file is far too large to post so here are the anticipated changes (Some have already taken place)
proposed imports
0.1 Black Lion Tamarin
1.0 Colombian Black Spider Monkey (exchange of dominant males)
1.0 Sulawesi Crested Macaque (new breeding male)
more male Livingstone's Fruit Bats
0.1 Sumatran Tiger
more female Californian Sealions
0.1 Indian Rhinoceros
more female Rothschild's Giraffes
more female Dalmatian Pelicans
form breeding colony of Black-cheeked Lovebirds and place on exhibit
0.2 Blue-headed Macaws
Sumatran Laughing Thrush
Mexican Tiger Ratsnakes
Banded Mangrove Snakes
Caiman Lizards
Shingleback Skink
0.1 Emerald Tree Monitor
0.1 Crocodile Monitor
0.1 Lace Monitor
new group of Pygmy Spiny-tailed Monitors
Egyptian Tortoises (of Libyan origin)
1.0 Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (exchange for 0.1)
Zhou's Box turtle
Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle
proposed exports
subgroup of female Chimpanzees
hybrid Giraffes
surplus young Jamaican Boas
unsexed Reticulated Python
0.1 Komodo Dragon
form breeding pair
Green Tree Python
re-commence breeding
Red-tailed Racer
review management
Gila Monster
Beaded Lizard
Tuatara
Spiny Hill Turtle
Beale's Etyed Turtle
Four-eyed Turtle
phase out
Tufted Duck
Speckled Pigeon
Blue Crowned Pigeon
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-cheeked Corndon-Bleu
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
White-crested Laughing Thrush
False Water Cobra
Pancake Tortoise
Lake Victoria Cichlid Yssichromis argens
Lake Victoria Cichlid Yssichromis pyrrocephalus
integrate 1.0 Bornean Orang Utan with 0.3 already in the collection
form new group of Bush Dogs
Yellow Mongoose to share Red River Hog enclosure
proposed imports
0.1 Black Lion Tamarin
1.0 Colombian Black Spider Monkey (exchange of dominant males)
1.0 Sulawesi Crested Macaque (new breeding male)
more male Livingstone's Fruit Bats
0.1 Sumatran Tiger
more female Californian Sealions
0.1 Indian Rhinoceros
more female Rothschild's Giraffes
more female Dalmatian Pelicans
form breeding colony of Black-cheeked Lovebirds and place on exhibit
0.2 Blue-headed Macaws
Sumatran Laughing Thrush
Mexican Tiger Ratsnakes
Banded Mangrove Snakes
Caiman Lizards
Shingleback Skink
0.1 Emerald Tree Monitor
0.1 Crocodile Monitor
0.1 Lace Monitor
new group of Pygmy Spiny-tailed Monitors
Egyptian Tortoises (of Libyan origin)
1.0 Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (exchange for 0.1)
Zhou's Box turtle
Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle
proposed exports
subgroup of female Chimpanzees
hybrid Giraffes
surplus young Jamaican Boas
unsexed Reticulated Python
0.1 Komodo Dragon
form breeding pair
Green Tree Python
re-commence breeding
Red-tailed Racer
review management
Gila Monster
Beaded Lizard
Tuatara
Spiny Hill Turtle
Beale's Etyed Turtle
Four-eyed Turtle
phase out
Tufted Duck
Speckled Pigeon
Blue Crowned Pigeon
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-cheeked Corndon-Bleu
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
White-crested Laughing Thrush
False Water Cobra
Pancake Tortoise
Lake Victoria Cichlid Yssichromis argens
Lake Victoria Cichlid Yssichromis pyrrocephalus
integrate 1.0 Bornean Orang Utan with 0.3 already in the collection
form new group of Bush Dogs
Yellow Mongoose to share Red River Hog enclosure
Writhedhornbill
Well-Known Member
Is the zoo phasing out the Sacilia turtles? I hope that they don't.
Same question for the Tuatara.
What does 'Management under review' mean?
Same question for the Tuatara.
What does 'Management under review' mean?
Hornbill, I think it would mean that the management of the species will be changed in an attempt to get them to breed. I doubt that they will go out of Sacalia turtles or tuatara.
Sacalia are listed as category 1b which is – Taxa that are in imminent danger of extinction (locally or globally) and are being managed in captivity as part of the recommended* conservation action.
Tuatara are listed as a species for research
as follows,
• A species undergoing clearly defined pure or applied research that increases knowledge of natural history, population
biology, taxonomy, husbandry, disease, health management etc.
and are classed as category 1e - Conservation (Education) – Taxa that encourages understanding of conservation issues and people’s individual roles in them, and where possible makes direct links with in situ work, preferably the Zoo’s own.
Zoomania, Chester are looking for a male Gemsbok.
Sacalia are listed as category 1b which is – Taxa that are in imminent danger of extinction (locally or globally) and are being managed in captivity as part of the recommended* conservation action.
Tuatara are listed as a species for research
as follows,
• A species undergoing clearly defined pure or applied research that increases knowledge of natural history, population
biology, taxonomy, husbandry, disease, health management etc.
and are classed as category 1e - Conservation (Education) – Taxa that encourages understanding of conservation issues and people’s individual roles in them, and where possible makes direct links with in situ work, preferably the Zoo’s own.
Zoomania, Chester are looking for a male Gemsbok.
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tuatara
If Chester zoo is not interested in tuatara , they should put it under the export section and give them to another zoo that would want them . Theres not a huge abundance of them in Great Britain/Europe , is there ?
They are still considered rare enough in NZ that most people have only seen them in zoos
If Chester zoo is not interested in tuatara , they should put it under the export section and give them to another zoo that would want them . Theres not a huge abundance of them in Great Britain/Europe , is there ?
They are still considered rare enough in NZ that most people have only seen them in zoos
thanks for putting them online, bongorob!
a couple of things:
- I hadn't realised the ring-tail lemur numbers had gotten so low (I know some went to Russia, but not that many)
- good to notice the Sitatunga numbers are so healthy (I also never noticed the number of blackbuck and brow-antlered deer before)
- I wonder why the possible import list does not mention the new Onagers and camels.
- I wonder if the chimp subgroup could be heading to Edinburgh?
a couple of things:
- I hadn't realised the ring-tail lemur numbers had gotten so low (I know some went to Russia, but not that many)
- good to notice the Sitatunga numbers are so healthy (I also never noticed the number of blackbuck and brow-antlered deer before)
- I wonder why the possible import list does not mention the new Onagers and camels.
- I wonder if the chimp subgroup could be heading to Edinburgh?
zoogiraffe
Well-Known Member
The Onagers and Camels info came out after the annual report had gone to the printers for printing,soa s you can see even the info printed in the annual report can be out of date by the time it arrives threw a members letterbox.
I'm sure they intend to keep the tuatara, after making a huge effort to obtain them.
Writhedhornbill
Well-Known Member
The Hybrid Tarictics at Chester moved to Birdworld.
There is an error in the data for the lemues
at the start of the year 19.12
bred 2007 4.2.1 = 23.14.1
DNS 1 = 23.14
died 1.0 = 22.14
disposed 22 = 14
stock end of year 14
This should read 22.14, but this leaves a mystery as to how many were sent to Russia, which they obviously were as it was filmed for Zoo Days.
What seems to be 14.0.1 is in effect 22.14.0 and the 1 is actually a Roman numeral I indicating a CITES I listing.
These refer to the genders of the species kept.
For example:
1.1 equates to 1 male and 1 female
1.2.1 equals 1 male, 2 females and 1 unknown
the first number is male, the second female and the third is unknown sex. So 1.1 means one male, one female; 0.1 means no males and one female; 0.0.1 means one animal of unknown sex. Using numbers reduces the teadiousness of writing out "one male and one female and three of unknown sex" or whatever the ratios are. Its just for the sake of simplicity (and saves space on forms)
