Chester Zoo Chester Zoo News 2023

[hari Jones]

Where are the grass rats

 

[Fallax]

My first guess would be in the Okapi house.

 

[bongorob]

Don't think they are on show yet. They are on ZTL. They were previously kept in the Okapi House.

 

[hjkr]

Confirmed by Big Cat Sanctuary on Facebook that jaguar Inka will be moving to Chester next week. The post says to view the link in the comments for more information but I can't find the link - does anyone have it?

 

[Josh218]

Confirmed by Big Cat Sanctuary on Facebook that jaguar Inka will be moving to Chester next week. The post says to view the link in the comments for more information but I can't find the link - does anyone have it?

Can't see it either
In the lost they list her as a new companion for napo, she is considered non breeding I'm guessing a new male isn't on the cards yet as I don't think Napo has done very well with reproduction. But in nature anything can certainly happen maybe we will be surprised

 

[Fallax]

My guess would be that she is just there to give Napo a companion. Is the savanna side of SotJ fully freed up now? I know Bernie has left (or is due to)... Unsure about the bush dogs, however. Would be great to see a breeding pair in there.

 

[DesertRhino150]

This might be the link - it certainly suggests that Inka will move simply to provide a companion for Napo, with no mention of breeding at all.

Inka the black jaguar moves to Chester Zoo - The Big Cat Sanctuary

 

[bongorob]

My guess would be that she is just there to give Napo a companion. Is the savanna side of SotJ fully freed up now? I know Bernie has left (or is due to)... Unsure about the bush dogs, however. Would be great to see a breeding pair in there.

Bush Dogs are still there.

 

[Fallax]

Bush Dogs are still there.

Do you know if they have access to the outdoor enclosure?

 

[bongorob]

I don't know Fallax, I think they don't.

 

[James Barber]

I don't know Fallax, I think they don't.

I think in the past Rob, we have seen the male Andean Bear outside and the Bush Dogs inside. I guess the Bear had an off-show indoor area.

 

[bongorob]

That was how they used to do it.

 

[Benobo88]

Do you know if they have access to the outdoor enclosure?

Visited this morning & saw a spectacled bear in the outside habitat, with the bush dogs on-show indoors.

 

[Fallax]

Visited this morning & saw a spectacled bear in the outside habitat, with the bush dogs on-show indoors.

Thanks, I thought someone said upthread Bernie had left but I guess not.

 

[Embu#2]

Can't see it either
In the lost they list her as a new companion for napo, she is considered non breeding I'm guessing a new male isn't on the cards yet as I don't think Napo has done very well with reproduction. But in nature anything can certainly happen maybe we will be surprised

I may be wrong here but I was in the understanding that Napo couldn't breed due to an operation which affected his fertility(or had a fertility issue beforehand)

 

[Sean14235]

I may be wrong here but I was in the understanding that Napo couldn't breed due to an operation which affected his fertility(or had a fertility issue beforehand)

You are correct, she is joining him as a companion and will not breed

 

[Rajang-GOAT]

You are correct, she is joining him as a companion and will not breed

Not breed with Napo or ruled out from breeding at Chester Zoo in general do you know?

 

[Sean14235]

Not breed with Napo or ruled out from breeding at Chester Zoo in general do you know?

I am not 100% sure, but I would assume once Napo has passed away, she will go on to breed in the future.

 

[derek]

The zoo have introduced a new scheme. "Book your tickets without weather worries thanks to our new RAINY DAY GUARANTEE. If it rains continuously for over an hour then you can come back and visit us for free on another day."

 

[Cat-Man]

They do know they’re in the north west, correct?