A Japanese macaque escaped from its enclosure this morning. HWP have set up a team who are working to secure the monkey safely and as quickly as possible.
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The escape was mentioned on the Radio 4 news at 4 pm today
Saw a couple of photos of it. Was described as 'a juvenile' but looked adult to me. It has been feeding from peanut bird feeders in a local garden.
News just in (from This Morning, a few minutes ago) that the macaque has been successfully recaptured and returned to the park.
Good news but the free publicity for the Park will soon stop now.
I wonder if they can reintroduce the escapee without others attacking him- I guess it depends on why it escaped in the first place. Report I read says it will be reintroduced to a 'group of subadult males' so was not from main group?
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Lafone
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Good news but the free publicity for the Park will soon stop now.
They mentioned he was 7 in this report one of the keepers said tensions were high given breeding season. Looks like a big busy group. Must be fun to see them.
On the trail of the escapee monkey in the Scottish Highlands Watch: How the search for the missing monkey unfolded
Highland wildlife park is now a member of the world association of zoos and aquariums.
Website blog post: Highland Wildlife Park joins the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums | RZSS
Facebook post: Highland Wildlife Park
Website blog post: Highland Wildlife Park joins the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums | RZSS
Facebook post: Highland Wildlife Park
16 wildcats have been paired up for the third consecutive breeding season in the Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre, off-show at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park:
Saving Wildcats project prepare for third breeding season ahead of Valentine’s Day | Highland Wildlife Park
Saving Wildcats project prepare for third breeding season ahead of Valentine’s Day | Highland Wildlife Park
On February 29th, the zoo announced that they transferred (4.0) Japanese macaques including Honshu to the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. It was also announced that the zoo transferred (0.0.5) Turkmenistan markhors named Basil, Bramble, Bud, Daisy, and Heather to the Edinburgh Zoo in February*.
Also on February 29th, it was announced that the zoo transferred (2.0) European bison to Wildwood Trust in Kent.
Honshu the monkey moves to Edinburgh Zoo | Highland Wildlife Park
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Turkmenian markhor | Edinburgh Zoo
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*Original discovery by @Martii on the Edinburgh Zoo News 2024 thread (Page 5 Post #86).
How many polar bears does Highland have? Two boys?
Highland Wildlife Park has four polar bears. The three males Arktos, Walker and Brodie. And the female Victoria.
HRH The Princess Royal visited the Saving Wildcats project, based at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park, to learn more about the partnership project working to save one of the UK’s most endangered carnivores:
HRH The Princess Royal visits project to restore wildcats to Scotland | Highland Wildlife Park
HRH The Princess Royal visits project to restore wildcats to Scotland | Highland Wildlife Park
Baringogiraffe12
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Some great news for those who collect them - the park are now selling guidebooks available to purchase at the park or online.
felis silvestris
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Visited today on my way back from my holiday in Inverness. I know people don’t visit this place often since it’s so remote but a few things have changed not noted on here:
- The new buildings are looking good. The discovery centre, on the site of where the red panda and Eurasian crane enclosures were, looks nearly complete, another building, which I didn’t what it could be, is being built where the education centre was next to the Himalayan tahr, with the original one seeming to have been demolished. I couldn’t see properly as most of the path had been closed off.
- The Capercailie seem to have left, and Himalayan Monal now occupy both aviaries
- Saw Brodie- he is 2 and a half now and is bigger than his mother Victoria. Saw him playing in his pool with a ball the whole time we watched him whilst his mum rested at the side. I wonder when he will be leaving for another collection- how old was Hamish when he left for YWP? I took some good photos of him- will be able to upload them on here in September along with all my other photos.
- The Eurasian eagle owl aviary behind the lynxes was boarded off, but they were instead moved into one of the Scottish wildcat cages, more precisely the last one before the walkway towards the Himilayan tahr. I couldn’t figure out why they had done this.
- Another one of the wildcat enclosure was signed as empty, with the furnishings still inside. Only two wildcats were seen, in fact, with 3 of the 5 cages being used for them.
- Another Himalayan tahr enclosure is now built, opposite part of the main drive through section, near to where the Prezwalski’s horses usually roam. I saw some keepers building a platform in there, so I don’t know whether they have moved in yet.
- The White-lipped deer have moved from the Bactrian camel and yak enclosure to the former musk ox enclosure. Nearly all of them were waiting next to the path for the car to deliver them their food.
- The Eurasian cranes have moved to a newly built enclosure to the left of the macaque enclosure, with barriers being put up so they don’t see the monkeys next to them. The new section doesn’t have a net on the ceiling and is a similar size to the original aviary, although maybe slightly smaller and more hilly.
- I think it may have been like this for a while, but the indoor area for the Amur tiger is completely closed off. I felt this area of the zoo was the poorest part of a very good zoo, with the enclosure originally holding otters still empty without any change to it, and the four tigers seeming to be getting rotated between the holding cages and the main enclosures, which is a shame because the tigers in the tiny cages paced the whole time saw them, whilst the ones in the main enclosure were not displaying any stereotypic behaviour. I think they have the funds and also the space to build another tiger enclosure the other way, but it would not be as forested by the enclosure now and they also are already building a lot right now.
- A lot of construction was happening, actually. New walls and small things like that were being built in a lot of places.
- A few more empty enclosures than I’d see usually here. Not only were the ones I’ve already said about, but also the Beaver and Snowy owl enclosures were still empty with no change to them, and the lower markhor section, though I believe they are in the old panda enclosure at Edinburgh now.
- The young snow leopard is also very large now, nearly looking as big as her mother. I saw all three today.
- The polar bear males now also have a small extension to the other side of their enclosure that I hadn’t seen before, though it could just be me and it had been there for a while.
- I actually nearly saw every animal today, and got a guidebook!
- The new buildings are looking good. The discovery centre, on the site of where the red panda and Eurasian crane enclosures were, looks nearly complete, another building, which I didn’t what it could be, is being built where the education centre was next to the Himalayan tahr, with the original one seeming to have been demolished. I couldn’t see properly as most of the path had been closed off.
- The Capercailie seem to have left, and Himalayan Monal now occupy both aviaries
- Saw Brodie- he is 2 and a half now and is bigger than his mother Victoria. Saw him playing in his pool with a ball the whole time we watched him whilst his mum rested at the side. I wonder when he will be leaving for another collection- how old was Hamish when he left for YWP? I took some good photos of him- will be able to upload them on here in September along with all my other photos.
- The Eurasian eagle owl aviary behind the lynxes was boarded off, but they were instead moved into one of the Scottish wildcat cages, more precisely the last one before the walkway towards the Himilayan tahr. I couldn’t figure out why they had done this.
- Another one of the wildcat enclosure was signed as empty, with the furnishings still inside. Only two wildcats were seen, in fact, with 3 of the 5 cages being used for them.
- Another Himalayan tahr enclosure is now built, opposite part of the main drive through section, near to where the Prezwalski’s horses usually roam. I saw some keepers building a platform in there, so I don’t know whether they have moved in yet.
- The White-lipped deer have moved from the Bactrian camel and yak enclosure to the former musk ox enclosure. Nearly all of them were waiting next to the path for the car to deliver them their food.
- The Eurasian cranes have moved to a newly built enclosure to the left of the macaque enclosure, with barriers being put up so they don’t see the monkeys next to them. The new section doesn’t have a net on the ceiling and is a similar size to the original aviary, although maybe slightly smaller and more hilly.
- I think it may have been like this for a while, but the indoor area for the Amur tiger is completely closed off. I felt this area of the zoo was the poorest part of a very good zoo, with the enclosure originally holding otters still empty without any change to it, and the four tigers seeming to be getting rotated between the holding cages and the main enclosures, which is a shame because the tigers in the tiny cages paced the whole time saw them, whilst the ones in the main enclosure were not displaying any stereotypic behaviour. I think they have the funds and also the space to build another tiger enclosure the other way, but it would not be as forested by the enclosure now and they also are already building a lot right now.
- A lot of construction was happening, actually. New walls and small things like that were being built in a lot of places.
- A few more empty enclosures than I’d see usually here. Not only were the ones I’ve already said about, but also the Beaver and Snowy owl enclosures were still empty with no change to them, and the lower markhor section, though I believe they are in the old panda enclosure at Edinburgh now.
- The young snow leopard is also very large now, nearly looking as big as her mother. I saw all three today.
- The polar bear males now also have a small extension to the other side of their enclosure that I hadn’t seen before, though it could just be me and it had been there for a while.
- I actually nearly saw every animal today, and got a guidebook!
Osedax
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What species are Brodie, Victoria and Hamish?
@Osedax Polar bears
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