Do they have the whole of the old cheetah enclosure ?
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They were just in the first enclosure by the house on my visit today but the new fencing surrounds the second enclosure aswell.
hari Jones
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Are they onshow anywhere
The turtle is apparently not held anywhere else in Europe, hopefully they will be put on show if they haven't already.
I doubt it at the moment. Puna ibis I expect will go into the flamingo aviary.
hari Jones
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If the turtles do go onshow I think they could either go in islands in the vivs near the sulawesi macaques or in dragons in danger
Are those three kept separately?
Yep
I must've missed it, but why are those three separated from the main group?
When there was any fights they would get to involved and then turned on
I have just noticed that Chester Zoo released a news piece on their website yesterday about the upcoming Heart of Africa zone, as well as mentioning the snow leopard enclosure, due to open in 2024.
I'm not sure if there's any new information there, but it does mention the animals that are currently off-display (Grevy's zebra, roan antelope, meerkat and rock hyrax) and that have moved to new enclosures (cheetahs and painted dogs).
The news article is included here:
Always Building - New developments and temporary closures at Chester Zoo | Chester Zoo
I'm not sure if there's any new information there, but it does mention the animals that are currently off-display (Grevy's zebra, roan antelope, meerkat and rock hyrax) and that have moved to new enclosures (cheetahs and painted dogs).
The news article is included here:
Always Building - New developments and temporary closures at Chester Zoo | Chester Zoo
Benmad1994
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Does anyone know if the sitatunga have been taken off show yet? And if they have where they will be moved to when the heart of Africa opens?
Alwaysevergreen
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I am at Chester today and will let you know later if they are on show or not.
yes I saw that and it is exicting about Heart of Africa and I would imagine there'll be building works on it soon
They have already broken through the perimeter fence into the Heart of Africa area off the roundabout to form a construction area. This will be the entrance to overnight stays eventually. Also, the last members talk was changed to an online version as the area around the lecture theatre has now been taken over by the construction site offices etc.
Alwaysevergreen
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Sitatunga offshow and exhibit empty.
no sign of warthog opposite but signs still up.
no sign of warthog opposite but signs still up.
There’s also anoa in the blesbok enclosure so they must be offshow
hari Jones
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The blesbok moved offshow back in September the anoa in that paddock is the male