Chester Zoo Chester Zoo 2017

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13th June 1964, which was the 30th Anniversary of the founding of the North of England Zoological society.
 
Species living in the house on opening day included, (in no particular order)

African python
Indian python
American alligator
Pygmy rattlesnake,
rattlesnake (species not listed)
Black-necked spitting cobra
Black and White cobra
African beauty snake
African Egg-eating snake
Herald snake
Nile monitorr
Chameleons
Alligator lizard
Green anaconda
Rhinoceros iguana
Aldabra giant tortoise

Pygmy hippopotamus
Eastern lowland gorilla
Western lowland gorilla

California quail
Taccazi sunbird
Scarlet-chested sunbird
Yellow-winged sunbird
Purple-banded sunbird
Red-legged honeycreeper
Green honeycreeper
Indian pitta
Silver-throated tanager
Fairy bluebird
Hummingbirds
Fruit pigeons
Plantain-eaters
turacos
Waxbills
Silverbill finch
Mannikins
Scarlet cock of the Rock
Whydahs
Mynahs
Indian White-eyes
African starlings
 
I think Chester could do with a couple more new additions to it's reptile collection particularly venomous snakes as to my knowledge only the Gaboon viper,White lipped tree viper,tentacled snake and eyelash vipers which are off show.I think they could get king cobras in Monsoon forest,black or green mambas in either the tropical realm or secret world of the okapi and maybe Russell's or saw scaled vipers in dragons in danger.
 
Komodo99 said:
I think Chester could do with a couple more new additions to it's reptile collection particularly venomous snakes as to my knowledge only the Gaboon viper,White lipped tree viper,tentacled snake and eyelash vipers which are off show.I think they could get king cobras in Monsoon forest,black or green mambas in either the tropical realm or secret world of the okapi and maybe Russell's or saw scaled vipers in dragons in danger.
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I think they have more offshow....
 
zoogiraffe said:
Not the only one on that,hopefully I am wrong but I get the feeling that I might not be!
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I also think there should be more variety with the crocodilians as well.Black caiman would be an interesting attraction as there is only one place in the UK that holds them
 
Komodo99 said:
I also think there should be more variety with the crocodilians as well.Black caiman would be an interesting attraction as there is only one place in the UK that holds them
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Well we have a very good collection of Turtles,Tortoises and small Lizards!!Just that most of them are off show!!
 
Komodo99 said:
One thing that is annoying about Chester,too many species are off show which is both a good and bad thing.
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Holding some specimens off-show is quite understandable in many circumstances. Holding species off-show is inevitable in the short term, but it should only happen in the long term for very particular reasons (eg risk of disease, need for specialised housing etc). I think that in general zoos should not acquire animals if there is no prospect of putting the species on display eventually.
 
For those interested, my printed copy of the annual report arrived today (without CD-ROMs or a stock-list). It doesn't appear to be on-line yet, or at least I couldn't find it.

The AGM is 27th June.
 
SMR said:
For those interested, my printed copy of the annual report arrived today (without CD-ROMs or a stock-list). It doesn't appear to be on-line yet, or at least I couldn't find it.

The AGM is 27th June.
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So they just make the 28 days notice, unlike last year.
 
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