Edinburgh Zoo Edinburgh Zoo News 2023

[Quincey]

First visit of the year today and a few points to note:

• There are actually two Koala joeys, both Inala and Kalari (female Koala's) have given birth, one of the joeys is a female, the other hasn't been sexed yet.
• There is a Lowland Nyala calf.
• It appears the 3 male lions haven't been mixed yet with dad Jay still separated from his two sons.
• Amara (young Pygmy Hippo female) is being crate trained in preparation for a move to a new collection soon.
• 2.0 Saki Monkeys that were in the Monkey Walkthrough have been moved to another collection, which means there are currently no Saki Monkeys in Edinburgh. The indoor enclosure which previously housed the Saki's is currently being used to house Azara's Agouti for the winter, the outside is empty.
• There are now only 2.0 Banteng, Tino and his son Struan, I'm not sure what has happened to other male.

 

[Fallax]

First visit of the year today and a few points to note:

• There are actually two Koala joeys, both Inala and Kalari (female Koala's) have given birth, one of the joeys is a female, the other hasn't been sexed yet.
• There is a Lowland Nyala calf.
• It appears the 3 male lions haven't been mixed yet with dad Jay still separated from his two sons.
• Amara (young Pygmy Hippo female) is being crate trained in preparation for a move to a new collection soon.
• 2.0 Saki Monkeys that were in the Monkey Walkthrough have been moved to another collection, which means there are currently no Saki Monkeys in Edinburgh. The indoor enclosure which previously housed the Saki's is currently being used to house Azara's Agouti for the winter, the outside is empty.
• There are now only 2.0 Banteng, Tino and his son Struan, I'm not sure what has happened to other male.

Two koala joeys is a nice surprise, wonder if the hippo is moving to one of the ZSL collections?

 

[Kalaw]

Two koala joeys is a nice surprise, wonder if the hippo is moving to one of the ZSL collections?

Well, given that London's female hippo passed away last September, and her enclosure currently remains empty (the hippos always used to be separated), that would be a very welcome move indeed.

 

[hari Jones]

Yes I think amara will most likely go to London or whipsnade because they both have a make living on their own

 

[felis silvestris]

Where’d the sakis go to?

 

[Quincey]

Where’d the sakis go to?

Both males went to Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna.

 

[Quincey]

Three private organisations, including Edinburgh Zoo, are among groups understood to have expressed an interest in taking over Gorgie Farm:

Edinburgh Zoo understood to be among potential new Gorgie Farm operators

 

[felis silvestris]

Three private organisations, including Edinburgh Zoo, are among groups understood to have expressed an interest in taking over Gorgie Farm:

Edinburgh Zoo understood to be among potential new Gorgie Farm operators

Very promising! Wonder what will end up happening. I’m thinking it will probably be east links the most though since FS is a bit of a distance away and I’m not sure if Edinburgh would want to do it.

 

[felis silvestris]

News for yesterday’s visit:

• Saw a drill from the back of the temporary red panda exhibit

• According to my mum there are some Bagot goats in the old holding area which was for the zebra and nyala. They are only seen from Corstorphine hill.

• There are still some goats in the normal enclosure.

 

[Martii]

News for yesterday’s visit:

• Saw a drill from the back of the temporary red panda exhibit

• According to my mum there are some Bagot goats in the old holding area which was for the zebra and nyala. They are only seen from Corstorphine hill.

• There are still some goats in the normal enclosure.

Oh the Drills are still there

 

[felis silvestris]

Oh the Drills are still there

Yes but offshow

 

[Quincey]

First visit of the year today and a few points to note:

• There is a Lowland Nyala calf.

Official confirmation of above:

Lowland nyala calf born at Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo

 

[Quincey]

HRH The Princess Royal visited Edinburgh Zoo last week to celebrate over ten years of ground-breaking research at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s WildGenes laboratory and the extension of a vital partnership to protect giraffes in the wild:

HRH The Princess Royal visits Edinburgh Zoo to celebrate RZSS WildGenes and giraffe conservation | Edinburgh Zoo

 

[Rupert89]

Oh the Drills are still there

I did say this in the 2022 news thread but it took a bit to convince people but I am glad someone has now seen them

 

[Quincey]

As part of plans to give Yang Guang and Tian Tian a giant farewell from Edinburgh Zoo later this year, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is launching a series of prize draws for an exclusive opportunity to feed one of the giant pandas:

Win the chance to feed a giant panda | Edinburgh Zoo

 

[Zoofan15]

Koala joeys sexed as two females:

Double trouble as zoo reveals two baby koalas for the first time

The youngsters were born last year, are said to be doing well and will be named soon.

The zoo is home to the UK’s only Queensland koalas, and this is the first time that the zoo has had two joeys at once.

 

[zoofanbelgium]

One of the mothers has mated with her father.

 

[felis silvestris]

One of the mothers has mated with her father.

Oh. So it was an accident then, possibly?

 

[MennoPebesma]

One of the mothers has mated with her father.

No, neither did. Edinburgh Zoo has said the following on their facebook page (in the comments): "Tanami is the father of Kalari's joey and Dameeli, who moved to Pairi Daiza in Belgium, is the father of Inala's joey".

 

[TigerStripe]

No, neither did. Edinburgh Zoo has said the following on their facebook page (in the comments): "Tanami is the father of Kalari's joey and Dameeli, who moved to Pairi Daiza in Belgium, is the father of Inala's joey".

Isn’t the baby still inbred, being that the sires of Inala and Dameeli share Tanami as their father?