Hamerton Zoo Park Hamerton News 2023

[lintworm]

I don’t know how up to date it is but you can check ZooTierListe and sort out the carnivores from the other animals.

Way easier is to use the "expert search" with Hamerton as zoo and select Carnivores (mammals, not domestics) as the order. For an often visited zoo like Hamerton it will give a good indication, especially if you click the holding to see the latest source.

ZootierlisteHomepage

 

[dillotest0]

According to ZTL -
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Bat-eared Fox
Binturong
Black-Backed Jackal
Brown Bear [Syrian]
Brown Hyaena
Canadian Lynx
Cheetah
Corsac Fox
Greater Grison
Maned Wolf
Meerkat
Oncilla
Raccoon
Ringtail
Rusty-Spotted Cat
Serval
Striped Skunk
Tayra
Tiger [Generic and Malayan]
White-bearded masked Palm Civet
White-Nosed Coati
Recent departures:
Caracal [departed '21]
Aardwolf [Eastern and Southern; both departed '22]

And Dingo

 

[Alwaysevergreen]

25 species of carnivore then. Can't be much between them and Exmoor as the largest holder of carnivores in the UK anymore?

 

[Smaggledagle]

Other Late 2023 News:

On October 19th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (1.0) black-and-white ruffed lemur named Tsiky to the Altina Wildlife Park in New South Wales, Australia.

SURPRISE A NEW SPECIES AT... - Altina Wildlife Park

On November 3rd, the zoo announced that they cleared, enlarged, and restored a pond that is located above the brown bear exhibit. They also announced that work has started planting 350 native trees around the pond.

Hamerton Zoo Park - Animal Park Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

On December 3rd, the zoo announced that a (1.0) red-tailed black cockatoo hatched on September 15th, marking the first time the facility has successfully bred the species.

️Exciting Announcement️ On September the 15th our keepers found something exciting had hatched! A first breeding for us! A Red-tailed Black... | By Hamerton Zoo | Facebook

 

[Smaggledagle]

Piece of November 2023 News Not Mentioned:

On November 14th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (0.1) Linne's two-toed sloth named Rio to the Paignton Zoo in Devon.

Paignton Zoo - Mo is getting a girlfriend! We are so...

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4 cheetah cubs!

https://fb.watch/ooehtZK1K7/

On December 18th, the zoo announced that the cheetahs were sexed as (2.2).

Hamerton Zoo - Barney is telling Alfie all about his new...

 

[Lafone]

Fun visit to Hamerton today, quiet visitor wise, cold and windy.

The bears are starting to go in for torpor with noticeson the path to the enclosure. The path isn't blocked off yet - perhaps it won't be closed this year given the dingos are due to move to the area and the new platform is up. Two of the bears (Laika and one of the males) were visible playing in the rear enclosure next to the house, but the gates to the main enclosure were shut.

The path to the brown hyena enclosure is blocked off again at both sides, another introduction etc might be going on or could be part of the prep for the moves. Blocked near the bat eared and corsac foxes and on the the other side half way past the servals - no sightings possible of the brown hyenas for now.

The new brown hyena space on the other side of the bears looks to be coming on nicely along with the new tree planting and there's a good looking new pond on that side too. Good views from the bear platform.

Elsewhere, construction continues on the new enclosure feature opposite the tigers.

Lots of plant and tree tidying going on around the zoo. The young brush turkeys have gone outside to the enclosure formerly occupied by the lemurs next to the other brush turkeys and pudu. As well as two young barking owls next to the burrowing owls, one other is visible but not signed behind the kookaburra. The young white cheeked turaco is still in the nursery but looking lovely. And the young crane has really shot up and is nearly as tall as the parents, great to see that. Got really good views this time of the anthill python who were active in their terrarium which was nice as they have been curled up inside their log when I've watched them before.

 

[george.h.martin]

So is the brown hyena not visible again?

 

[Maguari]

So is the brown hyena not visible again?

One very brief glimpse of a furry back walking behind a barrier seen from across the dingo enclosure today - otherwise, no, not visible for now.

 

[Dassie rat]

25 species of carnivore then. Can't be much between them and Exmoor as the largest holder of carnivores in the UK anymore?

E = Exmoor, H = Hamerton
Leopard (E), Tger (H), Indochinese clouded leopard (E), Serval (E/H), Puma (E), Jaguarundi (E), Cheetah (E/H), Yucatan margay (E), Oncilla (H), Caracal (E), Canadian lynx (H), Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (E/H), African sand cat (E)
African civet (E), White-bearded masked palm civet (H), Binturong (E/H),
Dwarf mongoose (E), Meerkat (E/H)
Spotted fanaloka (E)
Brown hyena (H)
Corsac fox (H), Bat-eared fox (E/H), Maned wolf (E/H), Bush dog (E), Black-backed jackal (H), Eurasian wolf (E), African wild dog (E)
Syrian brown bear (H)
Nepalese red panda (E)
Striped skunk (E/H)
European wolverine (E), West African ratel (E), Northern yellow-throated marten (E), Tayra (H), Greater grison (H), Indochiinese smooth-coated otter (E), Asian small-clawed otter (E/H)
Ringtail (E/H), South American coati (E), White-nosed coati (H), Northern raccoon (H)

 

[Benobo88]

E = Exmoor, H = Hamerton
Leopard (E), Tger (H), Indochinese clouded leopard (E), Serval (E/H), Puma (E), Jaguarundi (E), Cheetah (E/H), Yucatan margay (E), Oncilla (H), Caracal (E), Canadian lynx (H), Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (E/H), African sand cat (E)
African civet (E), White-bearded masked palm civet (H), Binturong (E/H),
Dwarf mongoose (E), Meerkat (E/H)
Spotted fanaloka (E)
Brown hyena (H)
Corsac fox (H), Bat-eared fox (E/H), Maned wolf (E/H), Bush dog (E), Black-backed jackal (H), Eurasian wolf (E), African wild dog (E)
Syrian brown bear (H)
Nepalese red panda (E)
Striped skunk (E/H)
European wolverine (E), West African ratel (E), Northern yellow-throated marten (E), Tayra (H), Greater grison (H), Indochiinese smooth-coated otter (E), Asian small-clawed otter (E/H)
Ringtail (E/H), South American coati (E), White-nosed coati (H), Northern raccoon (H)

+ Carpathian lynx (E)

 

[Alwaysevergreen]

E = Exmoor, H = Hamerton
Leopard (E), Tger (H), Indochinese clouded leopard (E), Serval (E/H), Puma (E), Jaguarundi (E), Cheetah (E/H), Yucatan margay (E), Oncilla (H), Caracal (E), Canadian lynx (H), Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (E/H), African sand cat (E)
African civet (E), White-bearded masked palm civet (H), Binturong (E/H),
Dwarf mongoose (E), Meerkat (E/H)
Spotted fanaloka (E)
Brown hyena (H)
Corsac fox (H), Bat-eared fox (E/H), Maned wolf (E/H), Bush dog (E), Black-backed jackal (H), Eurasian wolf (E), African wild dog (E)
Syrian brown bear (H)
Nepalese red panda (E)
Striped skunk (E/H)
European wolverine (E), West African ratel (E), Northern yellow-throated marten (E), Tayra (H), Greater grison (H), Indochiinese smooth-coated otter (E), Asian small-clawed otter (E/H)
Ringtail (E/H), South American coati (E), White-nosed coati (H), Northern raccoon (H)

A little out of date re Exmoor. They no longer house, Coati, Asian Small Clawed Otter or Striped Skunk. Jaguarundi are off show as well, but I think are still there.

Dingoes are of course at both collections now as well.

Exmoor 2/3 years ago had as many as 35 species of carnivores, so whilst ones numbers has dropped, Hamerton's has increased, with only 5 species between them now, it'll be interesting to see how it compares in a couple more years.

I make it 28 Exmoor, 23 Hamerton.