De Brazzas- do you know what happened to them or where they went to?
Africa Alive! East Anglia Zoos Update
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De Brazzas- do you know what happened to them or where they went to?
Yes it was. (African) Lions were on the western(or Northern?)side, Tigers on the other(nearer the entrance).
I've only ever seen the Asian lions in the enclosure near the Ape House and don't know whether they ever lived in the tecton enclosure. The site of the Asian lion enclosure was formerly a small paddock containing Chital.
re the Chimpanzees- yes, they are scheduled to move into one of those tecton enclosures though I don't know which one. The hillside terrain would be far more interesting for them than the current 'football' field, and I hope they can design something worthwhile for them. At least a couple of tall climbing frames to bring them up to eyelevel. I also sincerely hope they add some males(plural) to the group as I feel its ridiculous to keep an all-female group as they have done since their old male 'Pepe' died. Ideally I'd like to see two,three or even four males to balance the sexes better. They can still prevent them breeding if its not desirable.
No, sadly not.......anyone else....????
Thanks for your answer - I'm pleased about the small cats as that's one of my favourite parts of Banham Zoo. Hopefully the screening-off of those old rubbish cages at Suffolk backs up what was said earlier, and they'll be meeting with the demolition man soon!
The reason I ask is I'm always interested to know if any valuable survivors from a small primate group like this have joined another UK group or been sent abroad.
Hopefully a great big fossa enclosure - to rival Marwell's.......
Yes, Marwell's Fossa enclosure is very good- a good example of how they are catering far better for the smaller species than they used too...
... but has anyone noticed that Fossas pace in even the most elaborate enclosures - including Marwell's.
I would imagine that indicates they are longdistance travellers at night in the wild- so imitate this behaviour by pacing behaviour in confined conditions.
Look at Golden Hamsters at night in their tiny cages, they are frenetically active and undoubtedly majorly stressed by confinement as again they are long distance travellers at night.
Fossas at Marwell
Have to say I have never seen any pacing of Fossas in the large enclosure at Marwell. Originally the male was kept mostly in the smaller enclosure at the end (now housing the male otters) and he seemed to continuosly pace, which I assumed was because he wanted to get to the female.
Have to say I have never seen any pacing of Fossas in the large enclosure at Marwell. Originally the male was kept mostly in the smaller enclosure at the end (now housing the male otters) and he seemed to continuosly pace, which I assumed was because he wanted to get to the female.
I have watched 'Forsell' the male fossa at Colchester quite closely (attempting to photograph him). At first glance, he appears to pace around his enclosure; but his movements are not stereotyped because each time he 'starts a new lap' the track he follows is slightly different, he pauses in different places and branches off from his typical route quite frequently. Which makes him very hard to photograph 
Their female (imaginatively called 'Fossa') just curls herself into a ball and sleeps.
Alan
Their female (imaginatively called 'Fossa') just curls herself into a ball and sleeps.
Alan
