Chester Zoo Chester Zoo News 2022

Zoofan15 said:
Fantastic news! This would be the first chimpanzee birth in over two years since Mandy gave birth 21/08/2020.

Chester usually delay announcing the birth until 2-3 weeks later, so hopefully then more details will be shared by the zoo including who the mother is. ZeeZee last gave birth in June 2018, which combined with her age (28 years) makes her a likely candidate imo.
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Someone has said it’s zee zee
 
The current herd conists of

Meru= breeding bull born in leizpig in April 2010

Dagmar = herd matriarch born in 2007 in knuthenbourg
Given birth 4 times


Orla = main breeding female born in 2008
Sorry I don't know where she was born
Given birth a total of 6 times since she's been at Chester


Tula = breeding female born in 2010 at Chester , she has bred twice at Chester she had a stillbirth in 2015 and a male calf born in 2016 who left in early 2020

Kanzi= daughter of dagmar/breeding female, born in 2012 at Chester however she has never bred

Millie= born in 2013 at Chester = daughter of orla and also a breeding female however has never bred

Mojo/ karamoja = born in 2019 at Chester she is the daughter of orla

Albert = born in 2021 at Chester, son of orla

Stanley = born in August 2022 at Chester, also the son of orla
 
Thank you for the information bongorob and also does anyone know when the construction for grasslands will start presumably people will have to go through the exit for islands, correct?.
 
Swampy said:
yes, that is correct.
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hari Jones said:
Thank you for the information bongorob and also does anyone know when the construction for grasslands will start presumably people will have to go through the exit for islands, correct?.
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The entrance to Islands is to be moved in the next few months and will transverse the enclosure which previously held bongos and then warthogs. When completed you will have to enter the present 'exit' and then branch to the right to get to the Prevost squirrels. An enclosure will be formed between this path and the back of Manado Street Kitchen and this could possibly house the Philippine Spotted Deer.
 
Chester have posted an Instagram post highlighting significant births from this year;

Chester Zoo on Instagram: "What a year! We've celebrated lots of important births in 2022 – including the zoo's first ever aardvark calf & fossa pups. Our experts were also the first in the UK to breed Parson's chameleons! Protecting endangered species isn't easy... but it's totally worth it ( swipe for a full gallery! ) #chesterzoo #endangeredspecies #preventingextinction #naturelovers #babyanimals #conservation #wildlifephotography"

Included in this (although not named) is a picture of a zoo-bred juvenile giant magnolia snail, Bertia cambojiensis, a species I don't think has been highlighted previously- a small group have recently gone on display in Tripa field station within monsoon forest.
 
Swampy said:
Chester have posted an Instagram post highlighting significant births from this year;

Chester Zoo on Instagram: "What a year! We've celebrated lots of important births in 2022 – including the zoo's first ever aardvark calf & fossa pups. Our experts were also the first in the UK to breed Parson's chameleons! Protecting endangered species isn't easy... but it's totally worth it ( swipe for a full gallery! ) #chesterzoo #endangeredspecies #preventingextinction #naturelovers #babyanimals #conservation #wildlifephotography"

Included in this (although not named) is a picture of a zoo-bred juvenile giant magnolia snail, Bertia cambojiensis, a species I don't think has been highlighted previously- a small group have recently gone on display in Tripa field station within monsoon forest.
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Great to see the inverts getting some appreciation, especially a species like this which I have never heard of!
 
derek said:
The entrance to Islands is to be moved in the next few months and will transverse the enclosure which previously held bongos and then warthogs. When completed you will have to enter the present 'exit' and then branch to the right to get to the Prevost squirrels. An enclosure will be formed between this path and the back of Manado Street Kitchen and this could possibly house the Philippine Spotted Deer.
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I have a visit to Chester Zoo arranged for the middle of May, if this redevelopment is still being done by then it would be a shame if Islands is closed off as a result, because it was one of the areas I missed on my last visit.
 
Jambi said:
I have a visit to Chester Zoo arranged for the middle of May, if this redevelopment is still being done by then it would be a shame if Islands is closed off as a result, because it was one of the areas I missed on my last visit.
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Islands isn't due to be closed at any point due to the works, I don't think. Should be able to use the current entrance path until the new one is ready.

The striped grass mice went on show early in December (prior to the 11th), I forgot they hadn't been mentioned here.
 
hari Jones said:
Quick update I'm here now and the first change I've noticed is that barbery striped grass mouse are onshow in fruit bat forest
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Nice to see these come back! Are the spiny mice still in there too? That was what was present on my last visit in September.
 
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