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Visited tonight for members night, signs up advising a new western chimp has arrived, confirmation from a keeper that it is 10 year old male, Maadilli, from Copenhagen Zoo and he arrived last week.
 
Quincey said:
Visited tonight for members night, signs up advising a new western chimp has arrived, confirmation from a keeper that it is 10 year old male, Maadilli, from Copenhagen Zoo and he arrived last week.
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Interesting acquisition...I wonder why they have got him though, as integration will no doubt be rather complicated.
 
Dylan said:
Given they are in a walkthrough, rarely the ideal breeding set-up, I wonder if the lack of visitors allowed the parrots to breed unmolested
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A breeding workshop was organised by the EAZA/EEP in 2019 with assistance from local private breeder network!
 
Beat me to it. Yes, they are in the old Crowned lemur one at the exit.

Visited today just before my membership expires. Animals were out in force, saw the spotted deer, red river hog, nyala and banteng super close. The flamingoes were super showy as were the vulturine guineafowl. And got a clear view of the Mell's orange-headed ground thrush for the first time. Missed the swift parrot, think they were in the nest boxes. And I think the puffers (green-spotted?) in with the archerfish are gone/dead
 
FBBird said:
Plenty of them in the private sector
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OK, can you tell us in what kind of order and how many private breeders (and in which countries)?

Further, out of interest how much of the private sector is trying to rebuild in situ wild populations (which can be done quite effectively with captive-breeding component for release)?
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
OK, can you tell us in what kind of order and how many private breeders (and in which countries)?

Further, out of interest how much of the private sector is trying to rebuild in situ wild populations (which can be done quite effectively with captive-breeding component for release)?
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*is it my imagination, or is there some of a passive aggressive tone in the way you’ve worded this?
* I really don’t know. They are fairly frequently advertised for sale.
* As far as I know, the only contribution to conservation per se has been the involvement of private breeders in sourcing stock for conservation breeding by zoos
 
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A) It is surely your imagination
and B English is not my first - mother tongue - language.
C) my countrymens' tradition is rather direct. We like clear answers like it is. I am aware that this is not the case everywhere. Rest assured there are no bad intentions at all.

What is written by someone may not always be what it appears to you imply to you. Please understand we are not physically in a room to discuss and you nor I can see the other person's expressions or body language. Rest assured that most, if not at all times people are just interested, nothing more, nothing less.
 
In that case, I apologise. Some of us private animal keepers are paranoid about the prejudice some people hold against us. I am not personally involved with parrots, so could answer your questions only in general terms. I suspect Swift Parrakeets are common in continental Europe.
 
FBBird said:
In that case, I apologise. Some of us private animal keepers are paranoid about the prejudice some people hold against us. I am not personally involved with parrots, so could answer your questions only in general terms. I suspect Swift Parrakeets are common in continental Europe.
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I personally - and I am sure a good deal of others on the ZC forum - really do appreciate the rather important work done by the aviculture sector in husbandry, management and captive breeding of many birds species.

I am loath to deplore a trend in some conventional zoos where bird collections (as well as reptile, amphibians, fish ... et cetera) are on the decline and seem only interested in A-B-C and megafauna.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I personally - and I am sure a good deal of others on the ZC forum - really do appreciate the rather important work done by the aviculture sector in husbandry, management and captive breeding of many birds species.

I am loath to deplore a trend in some conventional zoos where bird collections (as well as reptile, amphibians, fish ... et cetera) are on the decline and seem only interested in A-B-C and megafauna.
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There is a tendency in some collections to treat any animal that isn’t ABC as ‘wallpaper’.
 
This September the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) will feature in an exclusive eight-part series made by Tern TV for BBC Scotland.

The new series, Inside the Zoo, will give viewers an opportunity to go behind the scenes with staff from the wildlife conservation charity at both Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park as they care for some of Scotland’s most loved animals, from new-born lion cubs and the UK’s youngest polar bear, to a particularly grumpy guineafowl.

David Field, RZSS CEO said, “We are so excited to have the hard work and passion of our amazing teams showcased in this new series. Our staff do incredible work caring for the animals at our parks, with all their different personalities and quirks, and protecting endangered species in the wild.

“Inside The Zoo gives people the chance to see just what it takes to give lion cubs their first health check, put on a giant lantern event, weigh a polar bear cub and so much more.”

Narrated by Edinburgh’s own Gail Porter, the series provides insight into a world where state-of-the-art-science, endangered species conservation and the completely and utterly unpredictable are a part of daily life.

Inside the Zoo will air on BBC Scotland each Monday at 8pm from 7 September:

New TV programme goes behind the scenes at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park | Edinburgh Zoo
 
The last Darwin's rhea left today for Lotherton Wildlife World and the last Meller's duck left for Bird Gardens Scotland today. The rhea is the last of her kind in the zoo following her mate's death a short while ago. Their enclosure will be converted for goats in the coming months
 
Dylan said:
The last Darwin's rhea left today for Lotherton Wildlife World and the last Meller's duck left for Bird Gardens Scotland today. The rhea is the last of her kind in the zoo following her mate's death a short while ago. Their enclosure will be converted for goats in the coming months
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I don't mean to be rude or offensive to Edinburgh Zoo, but seriously more goats?
 
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