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Does anyone know where they have come from? Presumably a private collection?
 
There can't be that many knocking around in Europe, even in private hands. Lovely species.
 
oflory said:
Does anyone know where they have come from? Presumably a private collection?
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I'm only speculating here but they may have come from Tod Dalton as that is where I believe the most recent three individuals came from which are held at a German collection.
 
Prochilodus246 said:
I'm only speculating here but they may have come from Tod Dalton as that is where I believe the most recent three individuals came from which are held at a German collection.
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They didn't; to the best of my knowledge Dalton no longer has a private collection at all, having sent everything he had far and wide awhile back - this being why the Wildkatzentrum received his hyenas.

Occam's Razor, and a thoughtful mind turned towards the common denominator of several recent arrivals at Hamerton, would tend to suggest a more likely and sensible option :p
 
Absolutely amazing news! I've only ever been to Hamerton once since I don't live very close but will definitely have to plan another trip there to see everything including the hyenas of course.
 
And I was confident that the ones at Wildkatzenzentrum would be the last ones I'd see for a good while.....

Excellent !!
 
More information about the brown hyaenas - they have indeed come from a zoo in South Africa, and consist of a breeding pair and their female offspring. Another male, intended as a mate for the young female, has already been sourced and will arrive later in the autumn.

Information comes from the news article on the Hamerton website:
Hamerton Zoo Park - Animal Park Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
 
DesertRhino150 said:
More information about the brown hyaenas - they have indeed come from a zoo in South Africa, and consist of a breeding pair and their female offspring. Another male, intended as a mate for the young female, has already been sourced and will arrive later in the autumn.

Information comes from the news article on the Hamerton website:
Hamerton Zoo Park - Animal Park Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
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Will they keep both pairs for breeding or will one pair be moved to another collection? Seems strange to keep two pairs when another UK collection could potentially keep them
 
Moorhunhe said:
From what I understand reading the website, one pair in the old Dingo enclosure, another pair near the Bears.
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My apologies, I meant do they plan to keep both pairs in the long run or do we think one pair would be moved elsewhere?

Seen as the three are related just seems odd to keep to keep both pairs if one pair could live in another UK collection
 
Embu said:
My apologies, I meant do they plan to keep both pairs in the long run or do we think one pair would be moved elsewhere?

Seen as the three are related just seems odd to keep to keep both pairs if one pair could live in another UK collection
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It does from a disease transmission point of view, but at the same time, Hamerton have obviously worked so hard to make it happen, they’d need a solid reciprocal arrangement. Paigntons current Maned Wolf enclosure is a good fit (wishful thinking), but Exmoor would be a good fit too. Regardless, I wish Hamerton all the luck in the world in caring and hopefully breeding them.
 
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