Chester Zoo Chester Zoo Discussion and Questions 2022

hari Jones said:
Unless indali ends up like her mum sundara and ends up inbreeding with her dad just like sundara did with upali who was her dad and also sundara was still quite young when she gave birth to hari who was her first calf she was only around 8 years old when she gave birth to him
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Not going to happen.

I think you need to realise that initially Chester believed Sundara's father was Chang, and so they allowed her to breed with Upali. Later, they discovered Upali was her father, and that was one of the reasons why Upali was shipped off to Dublin soon after.
 
Rajang-GOAT said:
I think it has been mentioned that this is unlikely to happen as Chetser Zoo can monitor when Indali is cycling and that will not be for a few years. I believe it has also been covered that inbreeding is not as bad as some people may think, contrary to popular belief, although still not ideal.
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Indali could soon be cycling as she’s now five years old. Tukta at Taronga Zoo began cycling at the age of four and cows have given birth as young as six or seven.

Like you say, this can be monitored and inbreeding prevented. I imagine Chester will be keen to breed from Indali when she reaches adolescence to grow the herd, which currently contains her mother as the only reproductive cow.
 
Zoofan15 said:
Indali could soon be cycling as she’s now five years old. Tukta at Taronga Zoo began cycling at the age of four and cows have given birth as young as six or seven.

Like you say, this can be monitored and inbreeding prevented. I imagine Chester will be keen to breed from Indali when she reaches adolescence to grow the herd, which currently contains her mother as the only reproductive cow.
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We may very well be seeing Sundara breeding again soon. It's now been two years since Riva's birth, and Chester will definitely be looking to further grow the herd as soon as they can.

Sundara herself was bred for the first time at the age of six, and her mother, Sithami, at the same age too. If Indali is allowed to as well (which is likely considering the dwindling herd numbers) she could very well conceive next year.
 
Jambo said:
We may very well be seeing Sundara breeding again soon. It's now been two years since Riva's birth, and Chester will definitely be looking to further grow the herd as soon as they can.

Sundara herself was bred for the first time at the age of six, and her mother, Sithami, at the same age too. If Indali is allowed to as well (which is likely considering the dwindling herd numbers) she could very well conceive next year.
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Perhaps she may very be bred next year, though it would be through AI with the most likely donor being either Raja or Emmet both bulls siring calves through AI in the past.
 
Mr.Ivory said:
Perhaps she may very be bred next year, though it would be through AI with the most likely donor being either Raja or Emmet both bulls siring calves through AI in the past.
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I do think Chester may look to breed Sundara with Aung Bo, and then move him on to allow both Indali and Riva to breed naturally once they come of age, rather than AI.
 
Mr.Ivory said:
Perhaps she may very be bred next year, though it would be through AI with the most likely donor being either Raja or Emmet both bulls siring calves through AI in the past.
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Jambo said:
I do think Chester may look to breed Sundara with Aung Bo, and then move him on to allow both Indali and Riva to breed naturally once they come of age, rather than AI.
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They could time it well by bringing in a young bull that wouldn’t pose the risk a mature bull would of injuring Indali and Riva by mounting them, with the understanding he wouldn’t be capable of mounting the adult Sundara for another year or two. This could be timed with the birth of her next calf to Aung Bo, so she wasn’t unduly waiting around for the new bull to mature.

Long term, Chester might look at housing two breeding bulls, though retaining Aung Bo long term is to effectively maintain him within a 1.1 breeding pair, so he would be better utilised elsewhere imo.
 
Jambo said:
Not going to happen.

I think you need to realise that initially Chester believed Sundara's father was Chang, and so they allowed her to breed with Upali. Later, they discovered Upali was her father, and that was one of the reasons why Upali was shipped off to Dublin soon after.
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I see
 
I assume that was a chimp that scaled the pole to have a seagull dinner? Brutal as some may think,chimps in the wild do go on rather brutal hunts for live prey,as Sir David Attenborough can attest to.So,its only doing that comes natural and visceral in the wild.

Then again,given the size ratio,it could have been another primate?
 
Eric said:
I assume that was a chimp that scaled the pole to have a seagull dinner? Brutal as some may think,chimps in the wild do go on rather brutal hunts for live prey,as Sir David Attenborough can attest to.So,its only doing that comes natural and visceral in the wild.

Then again,given the size ratio,it could have been another primate?
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It was a buffy-headed capuchin.
 
Eric said:
I assume that was a chimp that scaled the pole to have a seagull dinner? Brutal as some may think,chimps in the wild do go on rather brutal hunts for live prey,as Sir David Attenborough can attest to.So,its only doing that comes natural and visceral in the wild.

Then again,given the size ratio,it could have been another primate?
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What seagull?
What pole?

This post seems to have come out of nowhere.

What have I missed?
 
Also on my last visit of 2021 which was late November the cheetahs were chasing a grey squirrel around the paddock and then I saw one of them pounce on where it came down from the tree
 
hari Jones said:
Also on my last visit of 2021 which was late November the cheetahs were chasing a grey squirrel around the paddock and then I saw one of them pounce on where it came down from the tree
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I’ve seen dead birds in that enclosure before…:D
 
Does anyone know what happened to the last remaining scimitar horned oryx did they die or did they get exported because I remember at the start of 2016 there was a small herd of 7 animals but when I went at the end of 2016 there was just 2
 
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