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Any idea where they went I know Twycross has space for one possibly two males currently
 
zoogiraffe said:
They have left and are not been hidden in the off show zoo. Which despite having paddocks in it has none suitable for housing giraffe.
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Ah OK, thanks for the answer. You never quite know what to believe on a site like this as sometimes an animal not being immediately visible can equate to it having departed.
 
SMR said:
Surprised you didn't notice there weren't any flamingos.
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Alas, the perils of only arriving at 2pm - closing time was rapidly approaching by the time I was out of RotRA. Good to hear that work on the Latin American walkthrough aviary is (presumably) imminent, though...
 
FBBird said:
I understood the Caribbean flamingo flock were staying, while the Chileans might be leaving?
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Isn't it more a matter of people assuming that because they personally didn't see something, that the zoo has got rid of them? This does seem to happen on here, as well as commonly by the general public. We always joke that the easiest way not to see something is to not look for it, and then tell everyone that it wasn't there at all... That might be why Lego animals are increasingly popular.
 
Andrew Swales said:
Isn't it more a matter of people assuming that because they personally didn't see something, that the zoo has got rid of them? This does seem to happen on here, as well as commonly by the general public. We always joke that the easiest way not to see something is to not look for it, and then tell everyone that it wasn't there at all... That might be why Lego animals are increasingly popular.
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Not with me they're not. I'm not keen on artificial animals in zoos, especially Lego ones. My particular issues with Lego are twofold:
1/ Legoland replaced a perfectly good safari park
2/ When the kids were small, I was forever stepping on bits of Lego when I got out of bed. Uncomfortable
 
When I visited on 14th January they had both species of Flamingo the Chilean flock was slightly smaller than usual but that was all
 
AdrianW1963 said:
When I visited on 14th January they had both species of Flamingo the Chilean flock was slightly smaller than usual but that was all
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The Chileans left last year for a number of different collections (Holland, Jersey and Birdworld), the small flock you would've seen were actually juvenile Caribbeans.

The current flock of Caribbeans are now in the off-show holding facility to enable work to start on the redesigned aviary. Work dismantling the monorail (which has stalled for weeks) will restart over at the Jubilee Square station, so hopefully that section will be complete before the flamingos return.
 
So thats makes Sundara (15 year old), Indali (3 year old) and the new female Calf (full Sister to Indali). The new safeguard to the future of the Asian Elephant Herd @ Chester Zoo. Just a Shame we still dont have another Mature Breeding Female.
 
Does anybody know when the 2019 annual report and inventory is due to be published?
 
North Entrance said:
Sadly yes, demolition is planned for the iconic Fountain Restaurant, another bit of Chester Zoo history to bite the dust. Built 1959 into 1960, this remains a fabulous example of British 1950s Post-war end of austerity modern architecture. As you'd expect for Chester Zoo at this time, it was made from whatever Mr Mottershead could lay his hands on. It was designed and built to accommodate a large number of armour plate windows acquired for free from Nearby Pilkington Glass due to a measuring error on their part, they formed part of a cancelled order. So the Fountain restaurant was built around the window sizes rather than as is normal, the other way round. This really is a very sturdy building, the balcony for example is made from war-time concrete road setts, from the same batch as used for the Polar Bear walkway.
When it opened, downstairs was a cafeteria, whilst upstairs was a fully licensed restaurant, complete with outdoor balcony overlooking the gardens. This building closed to the public in 1982 when the Gazelle > Jubilee > Junes Pavilion opened. At that time the upstairs became the staff canteen, smoking in the room nearest the bird house > Islands in danger. Non smoking nearest to the tigers. Downstairs lay empty and semi-derelict until converted into a souvenir shop in 1984. Plans are for this building to be demolished and replaced with a new build catering facility in a pseudo Madagascan-style.
The stable block is to be renovated to it's former glory, to include classroom and conference facilities and, I understand a mini-museum celebrating the history of the zoo. All the mature trees are to be retained, if you look closely you'll see that they're actually planted in two parallel lines and once formed a tree lined avenue between Oakfield and it's stable block. This will be reinstated as the approach to the new conference centre.
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Has there been any planning application for the stable block? - Or is it all just talk at the moment? (I am constantly amazed at how people find these things out!) I am interested in knowing more about the mini-museum celebrating the history of the zoo - if you know anything else about it :)
 
grussell said:
Has there been any planning application for the stable block? - Or is it all just talk at the moment? (I am constantly amazed at how people find these things out!) I am interested in knowing more about the mini-museum celebrating the history of the zoo - if you know anything else about it :)
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Not sure if any planning application has been put in yet. But just check Cheshire West and Chester planning site to find out. Yes what has been said here about it is all very true. The history bit will happen but as for when is another question, as it will not bring any money in for corporate.
 
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