Chester Zoo Chester Zoo Discussion, Speculation & Questions 2018

Thanks for the info I honestly can’t say I have the experience of u lot being 16 and all
 
gentle lemur said:
I think the house was closed to visitors about 20 years ago. There were originally 3 paddocks, but they were changed when the new restaurant was built (since renamed as Cafe Bembe) after the Small Mammal House and the Rainbow Cafe were demolished.
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There were originally three rhino paddocks leading off the one house (for people who aren't familiar, where the warthogs are now). Then these became five, as the zoo used the paddocks across the path, and then six as they spilled into what is now the paddock where the meerkats are. When the new Tsavo house was opened, there became a seventh (on-show). All this happened before the Bembe Cafe was built, and that wasn't quite as long ago as one would think, as from what I recall, the work to demolish the Oasis Cafe and lawn and remodel the paths began in spring 2006.
 
gentle lemur said:
I think the house was closed to visitors about 20 years ago. There were originally 3 paddocks, but they were changed when the new restaurant was built (since renamed as Cafe Bembe) after the Small Mammal House and the Rainbow Cafe were demolished. bongorob will correct me if I have got this wrong.
I think the Tsavo House can be open to the public because there is an off-show area behind the indoor exhibits: the old house does not have one.
Edit Maguari replied as I was writing this, I think we are both basically correct: the zoo made all these changes to hold a larger number of rhinos.
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So, it is. And closing off the other houses makes sense as the privacy and off-show have contributed to Chester's breeding success with black rhinos significantly.
 
So does this mean there are now 9/10 rhino paddocks including the off show large green house as u enter the zoo via car
 
JoeDK14 said:
So does this mean there are now 9/10 rhino paddocks including the off show large green house as u enter the zoo via car
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There are 7 black rhino paddocks. 3 linked to the off-show house by the car park. 2 linked to the Tsavo House. Only 1 now linked to the old rhino house. Plus 1 beside the monorail, which has its own small off-show house: it usually holds a bull. But of course there are gates which can be used to transfer animals between paddocks when the zoo is closed to visitors.
 
Does anyone know the spider species on show in The jaguar house now? I believe it may be Montserrat turantuala from seeing a video on Snapchat but I may be mistaken.
 
Does anyone know if theres any plans to fill the empty enclosures in the 'paddocks' section of the zoo? (Where the zebra, sitatunga, roan etc are). The lesser kudu enclosure was empty the last time I visited as well as the old bongo enclosure after they moved across where the scimitar horned oryx enclosure used to be.
Not sure if they'll be altered during the long term plans but I'll always be here for more ungulate species!
 
The plan is for the giraffe to eventually move over there as part of the master plan to for the start of grasslands along with vultures I believe.
 
So I'm visiting Chester for the first time (after being spited by the weather a few years ago)

There's a few lifers that I can see from the latest stocklist and I wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction for the following mammals (or if they are off-show or left the collection!)

Hedgehog tenrec
Elephant shrew
Cloud rat
Dusky wallaby
Bush dog
Burmese brown antlered deer

Thanks so much in advance... really looking forward to finally seeing the collection after waiting many years.
 
JamesB said:
So I'm visiting Chester for the first time (after being spited by the weather a few years ago)

There's a few lifers that I can see from the latest stocklist and I wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction for the following mammals (or if they are off-show or left the collection!)

Hedgehog tenrec
Elephant shrew
Cloud rat
Dusky wallaby
Bush dog
Burmese brown deer

Thanks so much in advance... really looking forward to finally seeing the collection after waiting many years.
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All still there all on show.

Tenrec- vivariums as you enter the bat caves
Elephant shrew: in the okapi house
Cloud rat: In the entrance exhibits in islands next to the Prevost squirrels
Dusky wallaby: in islands with the tree kangaroo just past the warty pigs
Bushdogs: up past the lions next to a magpie aviary, just across from the muntjac deer
Brown deer: share with the Indian rhino just south of the elephant enclosure, next to the monkey house.
 
Charlie Simmomds said:
All still there all on show.

Tenrec- vivariums as you enter the bat caves
Elephant shrew: in the okapi house
Cloud rat: In the entrance exhibits in islands next to the Prevost squirrels
Dusky wallaby: in islands with the tree kangaroo just past the warty pigs
Bushdogs: up past the lions next to a magpie aviary, just across from the muntjac deer
Brown deer: share with the Indian rhino just south of the elephant enclosure, next to the monkey house.
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Thanks so much, that's really helpful!
 
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