Howletts Wild Animal Park Howletts Wild Animal Park News 2011

Why shouldn`t she? Inbreeding happens in the wild, too, and usually has no negative consequences for the inidviduals unless it is done repeatedly over serveral generations. Which does not mean that inbreeding shouldn`t be avoided whenever possible.
 
Hello all, as Yassa suggested Umna died 5th July of a colic related complication. I believe she had a twisted stomach.

Gorgeousingrey - I think the idea of moving Jums is still on the cards but might not be as soon as hoped because the staff are having a hard time training him to accept shackles. Think they may have stopped for a while as he came into musth.

Monkeyworld - Swana's offspring I have been told is called Impy (not sure of spelling).

Pertinax - If the gorilla section know the sex I don't think it's common knowledge yet. I'll let you know if I find out.
 
When i visited sunday 16th October 2011 i noticed one of the lynx was gone does anyone know where and when it went.

GB
 
I went Howletts Today and A female Bengal Tiger has been Paired up with The Male Manas They are in the enclosure which was occupied by Indah and Amir the Sumatran Tigers. Indah and Amir are in the enclosure next to the Clouded Leopards or Pallas Cats? in the little path to the Elephant paddock.

GB
 
Just found this on the Howletts website.

'Indah recently underwent a small procedure with an anaesthetic so the vets could x-ray her leg. She has been limping for a while so an x-ray would show any breakages, fractures or abnormalities with the tendons. The procedure went very smoothly and the x-ray showed no breaks or fractures - when she was examined it appeared that one of the joints was looser than the other which would suggest a possible tendon problem.

Despite Indah's leg problem and being separated from Amir while her keepers assess her problem they really are very much in love - and still trying to make babies!'
 
Anymore info on the new bengal girly, would be much appreciated!
A Bengal pairing is quite exciting, maybe Howletts will be back into the breeding game finally.
 
Riziki said:
A Bengal pairing is quite exciting, maybe Howletts will be back into the breeding game finally.
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Bengal= Indian= impure/generic so unlikely they actually encourage breeding from them? The text doesn't make it quite clear on that point.
 
Pure Bengals, would be a nice touch again. However I have been told that the female is actually the previous partner from the previous enclosure (she did not have a name tag the last time i was there) But I presume they are both the last of the Aspinall 'Indian' Tigers, left to phase out.
 
All European "Bengals" are hybrids. There is an old masterplan in the box to re-start, but that may well go the way of the IndoChinese/Malayans now.
 
May do, however it would be wrong to forget about Bengals completely, if we do they might just slip through our fingers. But at some point we do have to start filling spaces with other tigers except Amur and Sumatran.
 
Riziki said:
But I presume they are both the last of the Aspinall 'Indian' Tigers, left to phase out.
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It was the way they said something about 'trying to make' babies i.e. mating, as if they can't because they are either too old or contracepted, which makes me assume that's the case..
 
Too old I would say, however talking to a member of the Education department last year, when I mentioned the word hybrid indian tigers, was very quick to say "We tend to keep off that subject". Hopefully in the next few years, pure Bengals will come back to Howletts.
 
Riziki said:
Hopefully in the next few years, pure Bengals will come back to Howletts.
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Its the sort of thing I could see them doing- going to a lot of trouble to import something nowhere else has (as with the Sumatran rhinos- plus their huge experience with breeding Tigers might give them a favourable position/precedence with Indian authorities). It would give them three pure species/subspecies(I never know which nowadays) of Tigers.
 
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