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Went to the Zoo today and they now have a group of 9 Gelada Baboon's.
Rainbow Landings was closed unsure why.
Both Budongo (which is due to open March 4th) and Living links are progressing well.
 
Hey Bongo, have the kulan or the Patagonian sea lion arrived yet?
 
The serow unfortunately died of an infection leaving an original male an unrelated female that was born at the zoo.

The last three stump-tailed were euthanised after suffering from cancer as far as i know!

Re: lion tailed macaque, belfast got the last animal a male called mahatma about 1 1/2yr ago! he has since sired 5 young here though 3 dns.

The kulan i think are going to go to the wildlife park but cant be 100%
 
Al, the kulan are definately going to Edinburgh, HWP have a group of kiang, that they have recently enlarged to 9 animals (3.6).
 
Al, Gaur coming to Edinburgh, where did u hear that from? and do u know where they are coming from?
 
a friend who works there! im not sure where from or where they are going! at one point their addax where to be replaced by banteng, so mayb there!
 
Al said:
Re: lion tailed macaque, belfast got the last animal a male called mahatma about 1 1/2yr ago! he has since sired 5 young here though 3 dns.
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Do you know if this was a mature animal when it came from Edinburgh, and roughly how old he is? Any other details about his history?

Can you give any details, e.g. sex ratio of the group of Liontailed Macaque at Belfast? Any other information, e.g. age, relatedness would be interesting too.
 
he is relatively old as far as i know late teens i think! i will try and get an arks report of the group structure. i think theres 2.7.2!
 
Al said:
at one point their addax where to be replaced by banteng, so mayb there!

This was probably around the time when the addax were meant to be going to Chester, their paddock would be an excellent area for gaur and maybe a deer species to be mixed with them, although the planned for house for the Indian rhino is to be built further up the hill, and i think it would be better if they do get gaur they are housed close to the rhino.
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yeah i do agree! theres a chance they might mix short-clawed otters with their rhino in the new enclosure!

plus maybe the gaur belong in the forest 'biome' rather than the grasslands one! i know they are talking about sloth bear so maybe they will be housed close together?
 
i think its been done at dubbo zoo in oz? im not sure would be nice though!
 
Al said:
i think its been done at dubbo zoo in oz? im not sure would be nice though!
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Yup, I'm not sure of the exact species of Otter or Rhino (I think the rhino might be something like the Greater One Horned Rhino ?) ... and I'm not sure if the enclosure is exactly "combined" or whether there is a barrier between them (might be difficult to keep the Otters in if they only had Rhino fencing to stop them!!

Here are some photos from back in 2004:

[photo=1925;504;2004_01_03_-_Western_Plains_Zoo_-_129_2958.jpg]Otter and Rhino exhibit - Western Plains Zoo[/photo]

[photo=1926;504;2004_01_03_-_Western_Plains_Zoo_-_129_2960.jpg]Otter and Rhino exhibit - Western Plains Zoo[/photo]

[photo=1927;504;2004_01_03_-_Western_Plains_Zoo_-_129_2961.jpg]Otter and Rhino exhibit - Western Plains Zoo[/photo]

[photo=1928;504;2004_01_03_-_Western_Plains_Zoo_-_129_2962.jpg]Otter and Rhino exhibit - Western Plains Zoo[/photo]
 
Got an e-mail from iain Valentine at Edinburgh zoo, the drill and the aye aye WILL be going into the gorilla house, oh the power of zoobeat, he asked if i had a tape recorder in his office (i wish).
The 9 gelada came from Rheine zoo, and the zoo are in contact with Madrid about taking their gaur.
I also asked him about potential new species for the zoo and hwp, and boy can i tell you what may be on its way, but out of respsect to Iain and the zoo i will ask his permission if i can tell you all.
All i will say is there is a new species for hwp which cannot be seen in Britain.
A species which cannot be seen in Europe for Edinburgh.
And a few exciting bird species that are very rare in captivity.
Go Iain Valentine!
 
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