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The zoo announced last weekend on Social Media that a Margay kitten had been born. It is believed to be a female.

Margay Kitten

Margay Kitten

Believed to be a girl, this Margay kitten is very adventurous!

Princessa, the Clouded Leopard now has access to the full exhibit.

Princessa

Princessa

Princessa, the Clouded Leopard now has access to the whole exhibit. She previously had the...
 
The zoo has announced a new species to the zoo, two Fennec Fox's.


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This incredibly cute and tiny species of canid is a Fennec Fox and new to the zoo
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Recently arrived at Exmoor Zoo ‘Lieutenant Wolfe’ and ‘Pretty Lady’ as they have so far been dubbed, have moved into their enclosure. Originally planned some 2 years ago, the enclosure had housed our Armadillo and Dwarf mongoose until recently, both species have moved to allow the world’s smallest species of fox to join the Exmoor Zoo family.
Also known as the Desert Fox they are oddly an omnivore. Their prey includes a wide range of animals, like small rodents, snakes, lizards and insects such as grasshoppers and locusts, as well as eggs, roots, leaves and fruit. We’re all pretty excited about the Fennec Foxes arrival, maybe we’ll see you over the Bank Holiday weekend to be some of the first to see them?
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KJ said:
The zoo has announced a new species to the zoo, two Fennec Fox's.


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This incredibly cute and tiny species of canid is a Fennec Fox and new to the zoo
1f49a.png

Recently arrived at Exmoor Zoo ‘Lieutenant Wolfe’ and ‘Pretty Lady’ as they have so far been dubbed, have moved into their enclosure. Originally planned some 2 years ago, the enclosure had housed our Armadillo and Dwarf mongoose until recently, both species have moved to allow the world’s smallest species of fox to join the Exmoor Zoo family.
Also known as the Desert Fox they are oddly an omnivore. Their prey includes a wide range of animals, like small rodents, snakes, lizards and insects such as grasshoppers and locusts, as well as eggs, roots, leaves and fruit. We’re all pretty excited about the Fennec Foxes arrival, maybe we’ll see you over the Bank Holiday weekend to be some of the first to see them?
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Source: Exmoor Zoo
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We saw them both yesterday they are lovely
 
On May 16th, the zoo announced that they completed a new walkthrough area next to the shoebill/ibis exhibit and started work on a new picnic area next to the pelicans.

Exmoor Zoo

KJ said:
The zoo has announced a new species to the zoo, two Fennec Fox's.

1f49a.png
This incredibly cute and tiny species of canid is a Fennec Fox and new to the zoo
1f49a.png

Recently arrived at Exmoor Zoo ‘Lieutenant Wolfe’ and ‘Pretty Lady’ as they have so far been dubbed, have moved into their enclosure.
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On May 23rd, the zoo renamed the foxes Major and Vixen.

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On May 26th, the zoo announced that their (1.0) cougar named Niko passed away due to a decline in health caused by arthritis.

Exmoor Zoo
 
Smaggledagle said:
On May 16th, the zoo announced that they completed a new walkthrough area next to the shoebill/ibis exhibit and started work on a new picnic area next to the pelicans.

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On May 23rd, the zoo renamed the foxes Major and Vixen.

Exmoor Zoo

On May 26th, the zoo announced that their (1.0) cougar named Niko passed away due to a decline in health caused by arthritis.

Exmoor Zoo
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Do they still have any cougars left?
 
Smaggledagle said:
In the post they mention they still have a (0.1) named Fhu which is in the jaguar exhibit.
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They say no such thing, and you should have ended your sentence with the name of the animal rather than making things up :D quite apart from anything else they don't have jaguar and never have, and I sincerely doubt they would mix the two species if they did.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
They say no such thing, and you should have ended your sentence with the name of the animal rather than making things up :D quite apart from anything else they don't have jaguar and never have, and I sincerely doubt they would mix the two species if they did.
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The puma is held in the former leopard enclosure, no? Which given the prevalence of melanistic jaguar in captivity is a fairly understandable typo.

On the subject of that - is there any intention to try and obtain another melanistic leopard, or is the idea of giving the puma more space still the plan for the foreseeable future?
 
cerperal said:
The puma is held in the former leopard enclosure, no? Which given the prevalence of melanistic jaguar in captivity is a fairly understandable typo.

On the subject of that - is there any intention to try and obtain another melanistic leopard, or is the idea of giving the puma more space still the plan for the foreseeable future?
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No, the leopard enclosure contains a (melanistic!) leopard once again and has for a year or so now - conversely, the puma enclosure contains a puma and, until very recently, held two.

The article Smaggle cited makes neither the claim that the remaining puma is held in a jaguar enclosure nor a leopard enclosure, so you can't dismiss the misinformation posted as a mere "typo" on his part ;):p
 
TeaLovingDave said:
No, the leopard enclosure contains a (melanistic!) leopard once again and has for a year or so now - conversely, the puma enclosure contains a puma and, until very recently, held two.
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Crikey, not sure how I'd missed that - but then again, the Exmoor website isn't the most up to date on its info. Nice to know that they managed to obtain another of arguably their most famous animal.
 
What their post actually says is that the remaining female Puma is 'fed alongside Bagheera the (black) leopard' meaning they are in adjacent enclosures rather than being kept together. Could be a little confusing maybe in the way it was written..
 
sidcup said:
there is a leopard on way from thrigby see my update from thrigby later
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Is there, or are you just guessing? In your post on the Thrigby thread you have said this:

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the 6 year old amur lepoard cub is going to devon later this year or early next. i asume this to be exmoor to join the one there.
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TNT said:
I suspect it would be to Dartmooor to join their new male! Only other contender would be Combe Martin, but I highly doubt that.
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Dartmoor will be receiving a female from Colchester, not Thrigby Hall, so it is very much possible that the individual in question will be going to Exmoor. That said, I suspect that Exmoor still plan to focus on melanistic leopards for marketing reasons, which I believe would rule out the Thrigby animals?
Smaggledagle said:
On May 16th, the zoo announced that they completed a new walkthrough area next to the shoebill/ibis exhibit and started work on a new picnic area next to the pelicans.
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Does anyone who has visited recently know what species are kept in this new walkthrough area?
 
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On June 29th, the zoo announced they acquired 2+? Inca terns which are on exhibit.

Exmoor Zoo

On July 2nd, the zoo announced that 2+? white storks and 2+? straw-necked ibises hatched which are on exhibit.

Exmoor Zoo

On July 8th, the zoo announced that 2 Azara's agoutis were born which are on exhibit.

Exmoor Zoo

On July 11th, the zoo announced that a grey-headed swamphen hatched which is on exhibit. This is the first successful hatching of the species at the facility.

Exmoor Zoo

On July 19th, it was announced that the zoo transferred (2.0) bat-eared foxes named Tiny Tim and Vuko to Africa Alive! in Suffolk.

Africa Alive Reserve
 
Does anyone know what happened to Hendrix the grey wolf? Evidently he has died, very sadly leaving his brother Flea as a lone wolf. The sign at the zoo says it was a "tragic accident" but it doesn't seem it was announced anywhere? They had lived there without incident for many years so I'm slightly baffled, as well as upset for poor Flea.
 
Unfourtunately Hendrix ruptured his larynx whilst eating, he simply tripped and fell despite all the best efforts of his keepers to resuscitate him he passed away.
 
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