Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Jersey Zoo Update 2011

Thank you kindly for the information!

So which sides do the otter and coatis go in? Are they able to go where they like the bears do?

Is there anyone who would be able to tell me about the Aye Ayes?
 
The Coatis seem to always be on the far side of the enclosure (near the reptiles) and the otter i have seen on both sides
 
How is the new male Gorilla 'Badongo' getting along with the females? Any matings (and with whom) yet?
 
Can somebody tell me please whether the area immediately behind the manor house and to the west of the Kirindy Forest is still open to the public? I ask because this area has been gradually losing its animals for many years, and I don't believe there are any animals kept in that area now, and recently I have noticed that the original toilet block behind the manor is not labelled on the official map of the grounds anymore.
 
zooman64 said:
Can somebody tell me please whether the area immediately behind the manor house and to the west of the Kirindy Forest is still open to the public? I ask because this area has been gradually losing its animals for many years, and I don't believe there are any animals kept in that area now, and recently I have noticed that the original toilet block behind the manor is not labelled on the official map of the grounds anymore.
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Do you mean the area through the archway where the AyeAyes all used to be?

There are still Tamarins, jumping rats and ayeayes there.
 
Yes, that's the area, where, in times past, the young handreared apes and some of the monkeys and lemurs used to be (I believe that building is now the quarantine building but I might be mistaken), and where, long ago, there were peccaries and the "top" aviaries as they were called.
 
I think my best suggestion for why it has lost animals such as handreared apes and lemurs is because the facilities available in that area are wholly unsuitable for such things! :)

If we're definitely thinking of the same area (the path which moves into a "staff only area" leads up the back slope onto the main car park, there is a bronze deer statue here too?), it's uses are mainly staff and behind the scenes now, the mammals insect room is situated here, there is an empty room that would need renovation before it could be put to use, there is a storage garage and then the back of the manor house kitchen, private accomodation and staff only areas.
There is no quarantine area here, but there are offshow mammal enclosures hidden well back, for groups that need a bit of privacy :)


On the attached map, the apparently huge space between the aye ayes and the lemur woods is not to scale and is much smaller than it appears on here.
 

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A good silverback proves himself in the first few weeks of introduction. It is a law onto itself (personality issues aside).
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
A good silverback proves himself in the first few weeks of introduction. It is a law onto itself (personality issues aside).
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Absolutely. Sometimes in the first days or even hours! I don't think there was any doubt Badongo would be up to the mark- mother-reared, grew up in natal group with father- obvious recipe for success.:)

It would be interesting to know if he's mated all three females though- including Kishka?
 
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