Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens Cotswold Wildlife Park news 2007-2008

The Sifaka has an enclosure that adjoins the main walk-through (Ring-tails, Black and White Ruffs and Blacks plus Madagascan Teal, Purple Gallinule, Night Heron). Its a light weight enclosure and well furnished.

2 Greater Bamboo Lemurs are due to arrive in the Walled Garden.

11 White-lipped Peccaries

Of 39 eggs laid by one female Morelets (16/6/07) and 28 laid by the second (6/8/07), 12 babies hatched after 78 days. A UK first breeding.

A first for me in the invertebrate house is a Solifugid (or camel spider). I'd never seen one before and had long wanted to. This one is an African Solifugid (Galeodes granti) and looks like a scorpion but with massive jaws instead of pedipalps.
 

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The Broad-nosed gentle lemur can also be seen at Lymne but are still very rare zoo-held species. ISIS lists only Cologne and two collections in France as holders.
 
Thanks so much for the info and the photos - that exhibit looks lovely! And Greater Bamboo Lemurs... WOW!!!! :eek: Is that a UK first then?? I never had Cotswold down as a major player with lemurs, but that has changed completely now. Good luck to them, this should be a big attraction next summer and I'm sure zoo enthusiasts will flock to the place.

Alan, I think I may have to book myself a ticket as well! :D
 
So greater bamboo lemurs and Broad nosed gentle lemurs are the same thing?

I think that I'll have to go down to Cotswold too. I Only like gentle lemurs really, but I can't miss the red ruffeds at Chester. They are amazing!

What are the breeding rates with Broad nosed gentle lemurs like? They're not as good as the Aloatrans are they?
 
Pertinax said:
Is this an increase through breeding? I believe they started with a trio and the first birth was a singleton. Good news if they've now increased to eleven in the group since then.
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Yep this is very much an increase through breeding at the moment soon they will be the new Red Panda of the U.K Zoo world.
 
Peccaries- They seem to have increased amazingly rapidly in just a couple of years. Do they have large litters normally?
 
Does anyone know what happened to the black leopard that was born at Cotswold a few years ago?? Have there been any new cubs since i think a female cub was born about 3 years ago?
 
Bobby_21 said:
Does anyone know what happened to the black leopard that was born at Cotswold a few years ago??
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If you're talking about the black Amur leopard, it is( or was) at Thrigby Hall, Gt Yarmouth. Its apparently the first time a black cub has been recorded in this race of leopard.
 
Has anyone seen on the webiste where they announce Chandra's arrival, where they are hoping he will breed with the female in the future? Don't you think it's giving false hope even though he's already been diagnosed with a low sperm count, and probably won't father any more cubs? The female must be too old anyway, the same for Moti at Bristol, at 14 years old, she must be too old to rear cubs don't you think? The UK Must be so low on cubs to replace old stock that they must be practically forcing the old lionesses to breed again
 
Paulkarli08 said:
Don't you think it's giving false hope even though he's already been diagnosed with a low sperm count, and probably won't father any more cubs? The UK Must be so low on cubs to replace old stock that they must be practically forcing the old lionesses to breed again
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I agree its unlikely he'll be anymore successful at Cotswold, but sometimes a change of location and partner can make a difference-stimulating renewed vigour and possible conception thought the chances seem rather low in this case as the female is old too..

I guess there are younger lions available but these older animals at Bristol(including the new male from Twycross) and Cotswold are currently filling the enclosures already.
 
For breeding purposes it would be better for all mentioned locations to set up new young pairs for future breeding.
 
I only just read that the spider monkeys have all left to be replaced by purple-faced leaf monkeys, it only seems very recently they heightened their cage, nevertheless it sounds like there is some real momentum building with this collection now.
 
johnstoni said:
I only just read that the spider monkeys have all left to be replaced by purple-faced leaf monkeys, it only seems very recently they heightened their cage, nevertheless it sounds like there is some real momentum building with this collection now.
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I really like Cotswold as a setting but have always wished the collection was a little more extensive species-wise. For many years it stayed almost exactly the same,without any growth, but just recently a number of new species and developments have been, or are soon being, added.

I would like to see some more medium sized monkeys here too. They have successful groups of Gibbons and Siamangs, marmosets and Lemurs but only only one large monkey species- formerly the Spiders, now(or soon) Langurs. This tranquil setting would be ideal for other groups of monkeys too. A long time ago they had a breeding pair of De Brazza with young, but this little group disappeared. They're the type of thing I'd like to see return here.
 
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