Yorkshire Wildlife Park Detailed new plans

Little Lion Man said:
Brilliant that YWP has decide to make two enclosures for tigers. Possibly a reason why YWP is being given breeding stock straight away. This will be a great help to the Amur Tiger studbook holder as well.
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I get the feeling YWP are once again approaching this very cleverly. As with the lions (albeit under very different circumstances) they're showing they're willing to put in a big effort with a bigger number of cats. Will get them a) bonus points with the EEP for creating extra places for the tigers and b) a bigger attraction for visitors, builking up the park very nicely. Win-win.


It also encourages me as it suggests they're reasonably stable financially, as well.
 
If YWP are looking to source within the UK then Howletts still have all 2:1 cubs from their 2008 litter. There's also the two female cubs (born May 2009) at HWP. There's another pure female at Whipsnade that it appeared Blackpool were having but that seems to of fallen through.
 
The 2 female Cubs at HWP are staying there with there mother Sasha and they're brother Vladimir(i think) is moving to Knowsley in March.
Whipsnade's female Anastasia was to come to Blackpool to complete their breeding pair but the deal went through.
The article that Maguari mentioned also states that the park is now home to its first group of Flamingo anybody know the subspecies?
 
Someone on another thread said American. They came from Cricket if that's any help. There are pics in the gallery.
 
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On the sign it says they are 'lovely' flamingos :) (NB not flamingo's)

This any help Jordan? They're only in a small holding area at the mo so I couldn't get a big pic without the fence very easily.
 
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Nisha said:
Look's like we can rule Banham's elderly male tiger out. YWP have got approval from the EEP and studbook to house at least one (if not two! the article isn't paticually clear on how many they will be getting) breeding pair/s of Amur Tiger. They are exptected to arrive in the spring
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One of the rangers said today a non-breeding pair this year and a breeding pair some time later which would make perfect sense.

A possiblity of 6 bachelor giraffes was also mentioned but these things are always subject to change. I take a WYSIWYG view of the new animals.

The lions were very vocal and it's quite something to stand on the bridge with 7 or 8 lions roaring all around.

Lechweoryx - first lechwe count of the year - 18! I can only see one adult male but this number includes at least 1 very young animal.

I could only see 3 addax, one could have been staying inside but one of the females was very elderly. They are now next to the hunting dogs and the addax at one point were running up and down by the fence near the dogs and this had the dogs running up and down too however it all settled down and the addax were then wandering around ignoring one of the dogs right next to them.
 
The flock at Cricket St. Thomas was a non-breeding, established group of adult American (Carribbean) flamingo.
 
The new sign for the flamingo says they're actually hybrids, a beautiful addition to the park whatever they are, should make for some good photos in the summer when they're out of their pen.

Going back to the tigers i was also told by one of the rangers last week that a non breeding pair were on the cards first, hopefully to be followed by a breeding pair later on. The stories in the local papers this week were therefore a little surprising but hopefully they'll turn out to be true. Given the reputation that the park is developing along with the type and size of enclosures they build i think they'd be a good addition to the breeding programme. Either way it's had a positive effect as the place was very busy today. Exciting times ahead whatever's on the way.
 
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I did wonder if that Flamingo was a hybrid Caribbean x Chilean. Plumage looks more Caribbean, legs look more Chilean; admittedly you can't see the knees. Lovely looking bird anyway, and there aren't enough Flamingos about for us to be sniffy about hybrids.
 
OrangePerson said:
One of the rangers said today a non-breeding pair this year and a breeding pair some time later which would make perfect sense.

A possiblity of 6 bachelor giraffes was also mentioned but these things are always subject to change. I take a WYSIWYG view of the new animals.

The lions were very vocal and it's quite something to stand on the bridge with 7 or 8 lions roaring all around.

Lechweoryx - first lechwe count of the year - 18! I can only see one adult male but this number includes at least 1 very young animal.

I could only see 3 addax, one could have been staying inside but one of the females was very elderly. They are now next to the hunting dogs and the addax at one point were running up and down by the fence near the dogs and this had the dogs running up and down too however it all settled down and the addax were then wandering around ignoring one of the dogs right next to them.
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Thanks for the lechwe update. Were the sitatunga visable and do we have and we know yet where they came from?

Thanks.
 
Today I saw the male & 2 females (I think).

The sitatunga were still shut in (they were last time I went even though someone had seen them out the same week. There's a small baby and about 3 others I think. They were running round in the shed, not sure if it was in response to the lions who were roaring at the time, the roaring stopped & they stopped around the same time but it could have been coincidental.
 
tw2310 said:
Going back to the tigers i was also told by one of the rangers last week that a non breeding pair were on the cards first, hopefully to be followed by a breeding pair later on. The stories in the local papers this week were therefore a little surprising but hopefully they'll turn out to be true.
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I'm pretty sure the non-breeding starter pair is true. I guess it's too complex a concept for the average journalist to get their head around.
 
OrangePerson said:
I'm pretty sure the non-breeding starter pair is true. I guess it's too complex a concept for the average journalist to get their head around.
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Lol, anyone familiar with the press here in Donny will know how true that is.

As for the Sitatunga i've only ever seen them out once, between Christmas & New Year just after they arrived. They seemed happy and confident enough as they spread out across the field. Sure they have their reasons for keeping them in the shed / stable though. They're a very handsome bunch and can't wait to get some more photos of them.
 
I'm expecting a bumper crop of baby lechwe now the male can get on with the business instead of spending at least half his time being chased round by the addax.
 
I'm pretty sure the male is vasectomised and they hoped to get animals for breeding in the future. Maybe now they have their own enclosure that is more likely.
 
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