Clouded Leopards in the UK

johnstoni

johnstoni

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Is anyone able to contradict or add to the information below?

Have only Howletts and Belfast been successful with this species in recent years? I'm aware Belfast no longer keep them.

Howletts:
6.5 (including 4 cubs born in last 12 months)

Port Lympne:
1.2 (including 1 cub born in the last 12 months)

Wildlife Heritage Foundation:
1.1

RSCC:
1.0

Thrigby:
1.0

Linton:
1.1

Cotswold?
Santago?

I know that Santago sent 1.1 to the RSCC where, according to ISIS, they appeared to produce 2 cubs within a year of being moved there. However, I'm not sure what happened to these as ISIS has now listed 1.0 for a while now, I'm assuming the one that alternates its outdoor cage with the pumas. I'm not even sure if the Santago collection exists anymore?

The 1 birth at Port Lympne I would say is either an ISIS error or possibly a cub from Howletts was hand-raised at Port Lympne. I was under the impression the 2 females there were rather old.

It's interesting that Linton now hold this species, and that Cotswold have plans for them too.
 
paradise wildlife park now hold a clouded leopard from santago, an old male named harry, he arrived a few months ago and seems to have settled in well.
hope this helps
stu
 
There are a lot more Cloudies listed on ISIS for Howletts/Port Lympne , split between 2 listings . Scroll down from the first list and you will find the rest under a sub-species .
 
Right, thanks I forgot about that...so in reality Howletts have 22 animals, plus 3 at Port Lympne, and would appear to have produced at least 2 separate litters last year.

That means we have at least 32 clouded leopards in the UK currently.
 
Cotswolds now hold the species. I believe the male of pair at RSCC killed the female? i maybe wrong here though?
 
Do you know how many Cotswold hold? Where are they housed?

does anyone know what happened to the cubs born at RSCC?
 
Linton are keeping the two Clouded Leopards temporarily.
Linton simply had a deacent Leopard enclosure free and are just holding them until this process of sending them somewhere long-term can be completed.
As far as I know no one has been able to see the Leopards they wont come out of their own boxes during the day or much in the night time. Even the keepers havent seen them very much at all.
Its still a great species to have kept at the Zoo temporarily.
Hope this helps.
 
Riziki said:
As far as I know no one has been able to see the Leopards they wont come out of their own boxes during the day or much in the night time. Even the keepers havent seen them very much at all.
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This is typical of many Clouded Leopards in zoos. I think its a pity Cotswold are replacing their Leopards with this species- I think many visitors will just see an empty enclosure.
 
Pertinax said:
This is typical of many Clouded Leopards in zoos. I think its a pity Cotswold are replacing their Leopards with this species- I think many visitors will just see an empty enclosure.
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Even if they are out in the enclosure they are very unlikely to be moving and so will probably be as good as invisible . Until a keeper pointed them out to me , I had not spotted a whole family lying on branches high up in one of the Howletts enclosures .

The Clouded Leopard is one of my favourite mammals but I admit they do not make very good exhibits for the general public .
 
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