The new map can be seen here:
https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/media/9854/ez-map_spring-2023-online.pdf
https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/media/9854/ez-map_spring-2023-online.pdf
Edinburgh Zoo Edinburgh Zoo News 2023
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GeeZee
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Thanks for this , is there a way to see any of the older maps by the way?
Not that I know of, unless some of the old maps have been uploaded to the gallery on here?
Zoos dans le monde is a good resource for old maps.
Other 2023 News:
On April 5th, the zoo announced that a (1.0) lowland nyala was born which is now on exhibit.
Edinburgh Zoo
On April 27th, the zoo announced that over (0.0.1,000+) Partula snails (of 8 different species and sub-species) bred at the facility, with 4,000 more bred in the United States and the United Kingdom, were released onto two French Polynesia islands called Moorea and Tahiti.
Edinburgh Zoo
‘Extinct’ snails return to the wild | ZSL
On March 7th, the zoo announced that a (0.1) Bagot goat was born which is now on exhibit.
Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo
On April 5th, the zoo announced that a (1.0) lowland nyala was born which is now on exhibit.
Edinburgh Zoo
On April 27th, the zoo announced that over (0.0.1,000+) Partula snails (of 8 different species and sub-species) bred at the facility, with 4,000 more bred in the United States and the United Kingdom, were released onto two French Polynesia islands called Moorea and Tahiti.
Edinburgh Zoo
‘Extinct’ snails return to the wild | ZSL
Great news all around.
On May 2nd, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1) Kirk's dik-dik named Petal was born which is now on exhibit in the African Aviary.
Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo
A Northern Rockhopper Penguin has hatched at Edinburgh Zoo - the first for the breeding season: Endangered penguin chick hatches at Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo
Amazing news, hope there is more to come!
The 2022 Animal Inventory can be found here:
https://www.rzss.org.uk/media/9881/animal-inventory-2022-edinburgh-zoo.pdf
https://www.rzss.org.uk/media/9881/animal-inventory-2022-edinburgh-zoo.pdf
There are some anomalies here: '
Marsupialia' comprises several orders
Tenrecs were removed from the Insrctivora years ago
Ibises and flamingos are no longer in the Ciconiiformes
Vultures and kites are no longer in the Falconiformes
Hornbills are no longer in the Coraciformes
Mantellas and tree frogs don't belong to the Dendrobatidae
The weirdest one is axolotls being classified in the Caeciliidae
Jambi
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So going by this, they do still have the archerfish that were once displayed in the entrance for Brilliant Birds? I do hope they go back on-show one day if that's the case. I know the rainbow lorikeets have been off-show for a while, that's another species I hope to see at Edinburgh again soon, I do miss the walkthrough they used to have.
So the species decline goes on, not a single species gained and multiple lost and loads of species not in breeding position of what is already quite a small collection for what should be a major zoo. Also absurd that apart from penguins not a single bird species bred....
And this was a zoo I found myself very fond of when I went in 2016 ..
I'm not sure if I'd be that elated if I visited today!
Cobi
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It’s worth pointing out for those who don’t know that Edinburgh holds only young males which move on when they reach maturity.
felis silvestris
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It could be in one of the two houses. Did you check them both?
The website has been updated to confirm that it is only Qabid (Indian Rhino) still at the zoo:
Greater one-horned rhinoceros | Edinburgh Zoo
Greater one-horned rhinoceros | Edinburgh Zoo
felis silvestris
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Where did Sanjay go?
Piece of 2023 News Not Mentioned:
On January 7th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (1.0) Asian small-clawed otter (later named Clyde) to the Hamerton Zoo in Huntingdon in December 2022.
Hamerton Zoo
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On May 11th, the zoo announced that (0.0.4) gentoo penguins hatched at the facility, with more expected to hatch in the coming weeks.
Edinburgh Zoo
Gentoo penguin chicks hatch at Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo
On January 7th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (1.0) Asian small-clawed otter (later named Clyde) to the Hamerton Zoo in Huntingdon in December 2022.
Hamerton Zoo
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On May 11th, the zoo announced that (0.0.4) gentoo penguins hatched at the facility, with more expected to hatch in the coming weeks.
Edinburgh Zoo
Gentoo penguin chicks hatch at Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo