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[FBBird]

I believe I may have one- two ewes and a ram on a sort of sloping rock with barred fencing behind- but there is no species ID.

Possibly the same picture in John Edward’s book ?

 

[Pertinax]

Possibly the same picture in John Edward’s book ?

Not sure as I haven't seen that... the ram's horns in the postcard look like Bharal though.

 

[Tim May]

Possibly the same picture in John Edward’s book ?

Yes

 

[Quincey]

Universal credit discounts to Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park have been introduced permanently by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) after selling more than 23,000 tickets:

Universal credit discounts to Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park now permanent after huge interest

 

[Tim May]

I would very much like to see HWP with a herd of Bharal- a very distinctive and showy species and right up their street. None in this country (have there ever been, maybe at ZSL in the distant past

London Zoo first acquired a bharal (blue sheep) in 1877 and the species bred regularly there between 1882 and 1908.

Worth adding there were also bharal at Woburn; the Duke of Bedford records them in his autobiography "Years of Transition". (Incidentally he spells "bharal" as "burrhel".)

 

[gentle lemur]

I remember the bharal at HWP.

Bharal, male

• gentle lemur
• 4 Aug 2008
• 1

Highland Wildlife Park, July 2008

 

[Pertinax]

I remember the bharal at HWP.

Bharal, male

• gentle lemur
• 4 Aug 2008
• 1

Highland Wildlife Park, July 2008

Pity they don't have them now. Anybody know exactly why they lost them?

 

[Quincey]

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park is celebrating the birth of a vicuna cria, the first one ever to be born at the park.

Born to parents Coco and Austria on Wednesday 23 October, keepers at the wildlife conservation charity say the female youngster is doing well and will be named soon. Visitors will be able to spot her exploring the drive-through reserve with mum close by:

Highland Wildlife Park celebrates birth of first ever baby vicuna

 

[Quincey]

A project to help restore Scotland’s population of medicinal leeches has welcomed the arrival of the first babies.

Over the past month, twenty of the wriggly juveniles have successfully been hatched at a specially designed facility in Highland Wildlife Park, near Kingussie:

Great suck-cess! Scottish breeding programme sees first baby leeches born

 

[Quincey]

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park is celebrating the birth of a vicuna cria, the first one ever to be born at the park.

Born to parents Coco and Austria on Wednesday 23 October, keepers at the wildlife conservation charity say the female youngster is doing well and will be named soon. Visitors will be able to spot her exploring the drive-through reserve with mum close by:

Highland Wildlife Park celebrates birth of first ever baby vicuna

A second Vicuna cria has been born, the youngsters have been named Cusi and Tupac.

 

[Quincey]

On Saturday December 14, Highland Wildlife Park will be hosting the first out-of-Edinburgh screening of a series of short films for the Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival (ECFF). The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) won an award at the 2022 ECFF for the wildlife conservation charity’s film “Standing up for the little guys”, a short film on its successful efforts to save the pine hoverfly from extinction:

Highland Wildlife Park hosts first out-of-Edinburgh screening of Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival

 

[Strathmorezoo]

According to a short BBC item, Victoria, the 28 year old polar bear, has been suffering from arthritis in her joints. The vets have started her on appropriate medication.