It would be very useful for the EEP to import some of the Thai born cloudies . The protocal that seems to work at Howletts is to let the parents rear the cubs but then make up pairs and move them on to new homes when still quite young - certainly well under one year old . They are able to do this as several pairs breed annually .
Talking to the staff at Howletts in the past , there was frustration at a total lack of co-operation in terms of a willingness to make exchanges with SSP collections . They did manage to import a female from Japan which has bred .
