Dudley Zoological Gardens Help with animal list

adrian1963

adrian1963

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Does anyone know where I can get a full list of animals for Dudley Zoo over the years as there seems to be no where on there website for past animal collections
Do any other Zoo/Parks websites have complete list's of all animals they've kept over the years
 
List from zooliste of current and past

African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
Asian Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
Asiatic Black Bear (no subspecies-status) (Ursus thibetanus)
Asiatic lion (Persian lion) (Indian lion) (Panthera leo goojratensis (syn.: Panthera leo persica))
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
Black iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
Black lemur (Eulemur macaco macaco)
Black-cheeked lovebird (Agapornis nigrigenis)
Boobook owl (Ninox boobook)
Brazilian tapir (Lowland tapir) (Tapirus terrestris)
Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia (syn.: Speotyto cunicularia))
Bush dog (Speothos venaticus)
Callimico (Goeldi's monkey) (Goeldi's marmoset) (Callimico goeldii)
Chestnut-breasted teal (Anas castanea)
Citron-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata)
Coahuilan box turtle* (Terrapene coahuila*)
Collared lemur* (Eulemur collaris*)
Colombian black spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps robustus)
Common chimpanzee (no subspecies-status) (Pan troglodytes)
Common raven (Corvus corax corax)
Crested black macaque (Celebes black macaque) (Macaca nigra)
Domestic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus f. domesticus)
Dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Eastern pygmy marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea niveiventris (Cebuella pygmaea niveiventris))
Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia)
Eurasian lynx (no subspecies-status) (Lynx lynx)
Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Florida box turtle* (Terrapene carolina bauri*)
Florida kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus floridana)
Geoffroy's cat (Oncifelis geoffroyi (Leopardus geoffroyi))
Giraffe (no subspecies-status) (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
Kinghorn's Python* (Morelia kinghorni*)
Madagascar teal (Anas bernieri)
Malayan water monitor (Varanus salvator)
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
Meller's duck (Anas melleri)
Mongoose maki* (Eulemur mongoz*)
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus)
Oriental small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinerea (Aonyx cinerea))
Parma wallaby (Macropus parma)
Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
Pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri (syn.: Columba mayeri))
Puna ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)
Red flamingo (Caribbean flamingo) (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi)
Sclater crowned-pigeon (Goura scheepmakeri sclateri)
Snow leopard (Panthera uncia (Uncia uncia))
Soay (Ovis orientalis f. aries)
South American sea lion (Otaria byronia (Otaria flavescens))
Southern African porcupine* (Hystrix africaeaustralis*)
Southern white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari pecari (Tayassu albirostris albirostris))
Speckled pigeon (Columba guinea)
Sudan plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus major)
Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa celebensis (Babyrousa celebensis))
Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
Timor monitor* (Varanus timorensis*)
Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco)
Western bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (Pongo pygmaeus))
White-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis)
Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata)
Former Holderings:
Arabian gazelle* (Ariel)* (Gazella gazella cora (syn.: Gazella gazella arabica)*)
Bengal tiger (Royal Bengal tiger) (Panthera tigris tigris)
Black-naped fruit-dove (Ptilinopus melanospila)
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Branicki`s Ibis** (Theristicus melanopis branickii**)
Croaking ground-dove (Columbina cruziana)
Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
Hippopotamus (Common hippopotamus) (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Iris glossy-starling (Coccycolius iris)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Killer whale (Orcinus orca*)
Laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis (Syn.: Anas platyrhynchos laysanensis))
Mindanao bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera)
New Zealand scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)
Nile softshelled turtle (Trionyx triunguis)
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Radiated tortoise (Asterochelys radiata)
Red-necked Sulawesi ground-dove (Gallicolumba tristigmata bimaculata)
Southern elephant seal** (Mirounga leonina**)
Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)
Sumatran orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus abelii (Pongo abelii))
Western bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus porcus)
Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
 
adrian1963 said:
Do any other Zoo/Parks websites have complete list's of all animals they've kept over the years
Click to expand...

I sent a PM with a link to my old species at Chester thread if you think it will be of use.

I also PM'd this,

Dudley has achieved first UK bird breedings of
Yellow-backed Lory 1958
Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon 1967
Puna Ibis 1983
Steller's Jay 1960

John Ironmonger's Good Zoo Guide 1992 lists Dudley as holding
Ring-tailed Lemur
Mayotte Brown Lemur
Cotton-topped Tamarin
Green Squirrel Monkey
Grivet Monkey
Schmidt's Guenon
Patas Monkey
Lar Gibbon
Lowland Gorilla
Chimpanzee
Bornean Orang Utan
Black-tailed Prairie Marmot
Eastern Chipmunk
Brown rat (probably domestic rats)
Mara
Capybara
Himalayan Black Bear
American Black Bear
Spotted Hyena
Common Raccoon
Asian short-clawed Otter
Meerkat
Leopard Cat
Caracal
Jungle cat
Northern Lynx
Ocelot
African Lion
common Leopard
Snow Leopard
Patagonian Sea Lion
African Elephant
Common Zebra
South American Tapir
Collared Peccary
Common Hippopotamus
Bactrian Camel
Llama
Guanaco
Reeves' Muntjac
Reindeer
Giraffe
Arabian Mountain Gazelle
Barbary Sheep
 
Many thanks bongorob that was very helpful I did get your P/M just before this thread appeared but many thanks again
 
alot of reptiles,

burmese python
dwarf croc
water dragon
corn snake
bearded dragon
tomato frog
chincilla
ferret
 
Extremely grateful for everyones help only problem now is I've got to put the years with the animals and if they actually breed them and if so where have the young gone
if anyone can help this would be extremely welcome
 
bred in 1995
European Eider, Greater Magellan Goose, Meller's Duck, New Zealand Brown Teal, Humboldt's Penguin, Satyr Tragopan, Snowy Owl, White-cheekd Turaco, Asian Glossy starling, Amethyst Starling, Orange-headed Ground Thrush, Sulawesi Quail Dove

1996
five aviaries built for Puna Ibis, Javan Green Peafowl, Palawan Peacock Pheasant, Meller's Duck, New Zealand Brown Teal, Baikal Teal.

four owl aviaries built for Snow Owl and White-faced Scops Owl
 
I now have a complete list of all animals at the zoo from 1937 to 1940 with help from people on this site and from Zoo News I hope to complete my work as early as maybe the late summer as there are still loads to do.
Does anyone know why on the opening day all the animals in the collectiion were from Oxford Zoo and not there own.
I have some very interesting zoo guides and also some interesting photographs.
Can someone tell me why the Tecton Building now know as the Discovery Centre as been altered from it's original design of a cafe eating area.
The enclosure past the old Miniture Railway station and now lost in the wood did originally belong to Sun Bears.
If there are questions anyone as about the early days collection I will try my best to answer them
My project is coming along really well but if anyone as any zoo guides from any year I would love to have a look at them.
 
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Captain W. F. Cooper (of the jam-making family) was the owner of Oxford Zoo from around 1933 and was also one of the original directors of Dudley. Oxford Zoo closed the same year that Dudley opened (1937) and some form of deal was struck to transfer the stock - An article in the Bartlett Society newsletter a few years back by Gwyn Griffiths suggested that Oxford was bought out by the Dudley Zoological Society in its last few months of operation.
 
Robmv I did here some sort of deal was set up but didn't know Oxford closed the same year, many thanks for your help
 
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