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Short term and with some adaptation, the aye aye could be housed in the south American house, while a new house/exhibit was being built. It's possible that a new Madagascan house will be built for the aye aye and other species. There is plenty of available space in the African plains area for new exhibits and there is a pressing need for more covered areas. ( to encourage winter visiting.)
It is great to see new species come into Dublin, with the dhole and red howlers, and now the aye aye and others expected.
 
I doubt they will bring in new hippo for now, as the plan is to rework or renovate the hippo house first.
The current housing looks grim and unappealing but is probably quite functional, so they could decide to give it a basic revamp and try get a new hippo. This would allow them to concentrate on other simpler projects.
 
dublinlion said:
Short term and with some adaptation, the aye aye could be housed in the south American house, while a new house/exhibit was being built. It's possible that a new Madagascan house will be built for the aye aye and other species. There is plenty of available space in the African plains area for new exhibits and there is a pressing need for more covered areas. ( to encourage winter visiting.)
It is great to see new species come into Dublin, with the dhole and red howlers, and now the aye aye and others expected.
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A Malagasy house is planned? Didi they published a masterplan?
 
There is no new master plan and I only suggested that it would make sense to consider building a Madagascan house or centre to showcase the new lemur species.
The news re the aye aye, came from Bristol zoo and Dublin zoo has not yet made any mention of any new arrivals. Dublin zoo only ever make announcements when animals go on display, so that's when they will probably say what their plans are. Until then we can only guess as plans and priorities can and do often change.
 
Was at Dublin zoo a few days ago and bought the new guide book, and at just 3 euros it is very impressive. It has 50 pages and map and includes pictures and lists almost all held species, and gives great details of origin/age of the actual specimens. The foreword admits the bird collection is weak and the plan is to improve on this situation.
It is probably the best guide I've owned and it is bang up to date and includes details on the recently acquired dhole and howlers.
The visit itself was fine despite bad weather and there was quite a bit of construction going on in the African plains area, new housing buildings are being erected at Bongos, Painted dogs and Okapi, and the nearby Tiger enclosure was completely blocked off and the Lion enclosure seemed empty. I gather the planned switching of these species was happening.
I believe all birds at the zoo have now been vaccinated against bird flu, so hopefully no more closures, although the Cockatoos and Hornbills seemed to be off show. I guess the dearth of birds at the zoo in recent years has been driven by the fear of Bird flu and Avian Malaria.
I hope the available vaccine has the desired effect and gives immunity to Captive birds. Does anyone know much about this?
 
When at the zoo last week, the hippo enclosure was partly fenced off and a notice read that a survey was taking place.
The hippo enclosure covers a big lakeside area and has a large house and could easily be adapted for pygmy hippos and antelope eg. Sitatunga. The new management has definite plans to increase species numbers and they could also add some water birds in this area. The above is partially wishful thinking but also based on comments I've heard over the years.
 
dublinlion said:
The new management has definite plans to increase species numbers and they could also add some water birds in this area.
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That's great! When I visited in 2015 I really felt a lackluster in number of species, there's much space that could be used, and fast forwarding to 2022 not much has changed or been added, so I hope at least they'll go in the right direction
 
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dublinlion said:
When at the zoo last week, the hippo enclosure was partly fenced off and a notice read that a survey was taking place.
The hippo enclosure covers a big lakeside area and has a large house and could easily be adapted for pygmy hippos and antelope eg. Sitatunga. The new management has definite plans to increase species numbers and they could also add some water birds in this area. The above is partially wishful thinking but also based on comments I've heard over the years.
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What was the topic of the survey?
 
Does anyone know the status on male tapir Marmaduke? I did'nt see him on my recent visit and he's very old almost 40 iirc
 
sara said:
Does anyone know the status on male tapir Marmaduke? I did'nt see him on my recent visit and he's very old almost 40 iirc
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I believe he's 37 and has sired an incredible amount of calves to date (around 20 I believe). The zoo hasn't publicly announced anything, so i'm not really sure but he is/was quite an old male.
 
Dublin Zoo launches new Conservation Master Plan

Protecting Ireland’s Wildlife at the heart of new conservation plan from Dublin Zoo

New plan will position Dublin Zoo as a global conservation leader

Today, Dublin Zoo is pleased to announce the launch of its Conservation Master Plan which, once complete, will position the organisation as a global conservation leader. The Plan, which sits under the overall ‘Dublin Zoo 200: Vision 2021-2031’, identifies 42 actions across 7 strategic areas necessary to achieve the Zoo’s ambition of becoming a zoo-based conservation organisation of national and global significance over the next decade.

Dublin Zoo launches new Conservation Master Plan - Dublin Zoo
 
The 2021 Annual Report for the Zoological Society of Ireland is now on Dublin Zoo's website:

https://www.dublinzoo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Dublin-Zoo-Annual-Report-2021_web.pdf
  • The report reveals that the white-cheeked pintails went to a private collection and will not be replaced.
  • Probably the biggest news from the report, and what blew me away most, is that the zoo is planning to move part of their elephant herd (2 adult females + 2 young males) to Cincinnati Zoo in 2023, meaning they will be part of Cincinnati's Elephant Trek. This was done through a joint recommendation from the EEP and SSP for Asian elephants.
 
Regarding my post above, I’ve only just read about Dublin’s elephants going to Cincinnati from the North American Asian elephant population and Asian elephants in Europe threads. So apparently it’s specifically Yasmin and Anak who are going, along with Kabir and Sanjay.
 
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