Chester Zoo Fire in the Chester Zoo Monsoon Forest habitat

jde7582 said:
New Chester Zoo images show INSIDE Monsoon Forest following devastating blaze
Apparently most of the building was saved, organutan end looks completely gutted.
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Just horrible. The area shown in the second pic appears to be the area that held the various terrariums/aquariums for Tentacled Snake, frogs, fishes, and invertebrates... By the looks of that damage there will no doubt be few, if any surviving animals from that section of the building :( I am also very concerned about the birds, but there is already tremendous loss here :(

Best of luck and fingers firmly crossed for those at the zoo working hard to safe the remaining animals.

~Thylo
 
Zooplantman said:
After seeing videos it appears to me that it was not the roof material that caught fire. The fire was inside the building. The roof performed as expected of ETFE and did not spread the fire.
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I assume EFTE will melt if the air underneath it is hot enough? That is presumably what happened here

Zooreviewsuk said:
Just to pose a hypothetical question, but the birds in the Monsoon Forest, if they flew out the building whilst the roof was on fire, would they be able to survive in the British climate if they did get out, or would most of these need tropical temperatures to survive?
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I think we have to be realistic here. By the time the fire had developed enough to burn through the roof it seems really likely that anything still inside would have succombed to smoke inhalation or heat shock. Unless the keepers managed to get birds out manually, or the fire was less widespread than initially thought (I haven't seen pictures yet) then I can't see there being avian survivors.

The fish and crocodiles may have been shielded by the water though?
 
birdsandbats said:
Would the water boil and/or get too hot for them?
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The fire didn't appear to reach that end, more likely just smoke damage, but is all still very unknown until the zoo release further news or pictures are shared showing the rest of the building.
 
Does anyone know what percentage of Moonsoon forest has been damaged by yesterday's tragic fire? Also I think that the mammals may have been affected as some news articles state vets and zoo experts are looking after animals. If you read between the lines this tells the reader that animals housed in Moonsoon forest require vetaney treatment.
 
Firstly no not yet and secondly, as with humans who are around fire, vets will be monitoring the animals for effects of smoke inhalation and also watching for behavioural changes from a traumatic event.

Bit until the zoo release further information, not slot is known apart from all the mammels are accounted for.
 
Following the devastation caused by a horrific fire yesterday at Chester Zoo, staff have set up a fundraising page.

The team at the popular attraction was inundated with messages of support and concern after a blaze took hold at the Monsoon Forest habitat yesterday morning

Chester Zoo's Monsoon Forest Fund
 
From Chester’s Facebook page:

‘Keepers were able to encourage all mammal species away from the fire and to safety - including the zoo’s group of critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, Sulawesi macaques, endangered silvery gibbons and birds such as rhinoceros hornbills.

We are though, devastated to say that we were unable to save some of our insects, frogs, fish and small birds who were located near to the outbreak of the fire. It’s absolutely heart-breaking to lose any animal, especially when conservationists have worked so hard to breed these wonderful species.

New homes have been found within the zoo for all of the animals that were led to safety and our teams are working around the clock to relocate them as soon as possible.’
 
ShonenJake13 said:
The barbet, bulbuls and starlings will be the most severe losses as these are the only specimens in the zoo representing those species...
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Yes - one really doesn't like to play favourites in a situation like this, but those species would be particularly sad losses - the barbet in particular is realistically irreplaceable.
 
AdamD601 said:
From Chester’s Facebook page:

‘Keepers were able to encourage all mammal species away from the fire and to safety - including the zoo’s group of critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, Sulawesi macaques, endangered silvery gibbons and birds such as rhinoceros hornbills.

We are though, devastated to say that we were unable to save some of our insects, frogs, fish and small birds who were located near to the outbreak of the fire. It’s absolutely heart-breaking to lose any animal, especially when conservationists have worked so hard to breed these wonderful species.

New homes have been found within the zoo for all of the animals that were led to safety and our teams are working around the clock to relocate them as soon as possible.’
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Good news on the hornbills; I think given the scale we were somewhat braced for the other losses. Odd that there's no report on any reptiles? The tortoises at least you'd expect to be very easy to relocate - if there was time and safe access.
 
Good news on the hornbills; I think given the scale we were somewhat braced for the other losses. Odd that there's no report on any reptiles? The tortoises at least you'd expect to be very easy to relocate - if there was time and safe access.
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And what of the gharials? Where in the zoo could they be moved to? If the statement says all relocated animals have somewhere to go that might not bode well for the gharials.
 
AdamD601 said:
From Chester’s Facebook page:

‘Keepers were able to encourage all mammal species away from the fire and to safety - including the zoo’s group of critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, Sulawesi macaques, endangered silvery gibbons and birds such as rhinoceros hornbills.

We are though, devastated to say that we were unable to save some of our insects, frogs, fish and small birds who were located near to the outbreak of the fire. It’s absolutely heart-breaking to lose any animal, especially when conservationists have worked so hard to breed these wonderful species.

New homes have been found within the zoo for all of the animals that were led to safety and our teams are working around the clock to relocate them as soon as possible.’
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That’s a massive blow for the lower verts and inverts team especially. There were a large number of unique species in that enclose not found elsewhere in the zoo. However we should take some happiness in the fact that they’ve gotten some of the species out, and the fact there will be others of certain species across the zoo. Nether the less it is still very sad news.
 
14556 said:
And what of the gharials? Where in the zoo could they be moved to? If the statement says all relocated animals have somewhere to go that might not bode well for the gharials.
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Keeping any animals you need plans in place to house them else where if the case arises.

Lets not jump to conclusions about a species that was held far from where the fire appears to have been and low down where smoke will be less of an issue.
 
I am not questioning the Just Giving idea (and fully support it because I love the zoo) but a friend has asked why they need to bother, that insurance should cover everything - I don't know enough about these things, so could anyone help me explain?
 
BeakerUK said:
I am not questioning the Just Giving idea (and fully support it because I love the zoo) but a friend has asked why they need to bother, that insurance should cover everything - I don't know enough about these things, so could anyone help me explain?
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They don’t mention anywhere on the page that the money is for rebuilding/replacing the exhibit (despite other media outlets reporting as much). I think it was more that people were asking where they could donate to support the zoo, and the funds will just go to the charity.
 
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