Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Jersey zoo
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everything I've read says they were the first zoo outside NZ to breed them....(?)
I guess you're right. I originally read it in a NZ book called "Some of my best friends are animals" by Michael Willis (owner of Willowbank in Christchurch, NZ) and I've read it a few other times since, but it would appear that all those came from Willis' book. I've always just believed it to be true but I can't find anything on the internet and it doesn't say anything about it in the DoC Tuatara Management Plan (which has a little about the history of tuatara in captivity). Oh well, I don't mind being wrong so long as I learn new things 
Still wondering what happened to Jersey's tuatara though...
Still wondering what happened to Jersey's tuatara though...
I'm making enquiries at the moment as to what happened to the Jersey pair.
Re tuatara breeding I saw in the 1970s a report saying Chester Zoo had bred Red Birds of Paradise. This did not occur until a few years ago. What the author was referring to was that the original pair had laid an egg.
If this had been copied by other people without being checked, a situation similar to the Jersey tuataras could have occurred.
Perhaps eggs were laid by the Jersey tuataras, the female at Chester laid several clutches.
As you said, it's nice to learn new facts.
Re tuatara breeding I saw in the 1970s a report saying Chester Zoo had bred Red Birds of Paradise. This did not occur until a few years ago. What the author was referring to was that the original pair had laid an egg.
If this had been copied by other people without being checked, a situation similar to the Jersey tuataras could have occurred.
Perhaps eggs were laid by the Jersey tuataras, the female at Chester laid several clutches.
As you said, it's nice to learn new facts.
Here is a report on the Durrell Wildlife Trust which I received earlier this year. It seems although there is not much happening in the zoo, the Trust's field work is expanding.
Durrell Wildlife Trust has been credited with saving 7 out of the 26 bird species which would have become extinct without the actions of conservationists. The seven species are Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus), Rodrigues Fody (Foudica flavicans), Rodrigues Warbler (Acrocephalus rodericanus), Mauritius Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri), Echo Parrakeet (Psittacula equees), Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) and the Waldrapp Ibis (Geronticus eremita).
Measures pioneered by the Trust are currently being used to aid the conservation of Mauritius Fody (Foudia rubra), Round Island Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana) and Olive White-eye (Zosterops chloronothus).
A survey on Montserrat in 2005-2006 revealed the presence of the Montserrat Galliwasp (Diploglossus montisserrati), Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat (Chiroderma improvisum) and Yellow-shouldered Volcano Bat (Sturnira thomasi), all previously thought to be extinct, together with the re-discovery of a shrub and an orchid which were also thought to be extinct.
An in-situ plan to conserve the Madagascan Pochard (Aythya innotata) is being inaugarated.
20 Ploughshare Tortoises (Angonoka yniphora) bred at the Ampijoroa breeding centre in Madagascar were released into the wild. The Trust has now released 45 young tortoises back into their natural habitat.
The St Lucia Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus vanzoi) was successfully released onto Praslin Island in 1995 and the population now numbers 335. The Trust are investigating the possibility of creating two new colonies on Rat Island and Dennery Island. The known range of this lizard is only 12 hectares, all of it on islands off the eastern coast of St Lucia.
The Trust has achieved a protection order for 125000 hectares of Madagascan habitat at Menabe, including dry forest, mangrove swamps and wetlands. Included in this total is a 30000 hectare total conservation area. The reserve contains Flat-tailed Tortoises (Pyxis planicauda), Madagascan Giant Jumping Rats (Hypogeomys antimena) , Narrow-striped Mongooses (Mungotictis decemlineata) and Berthe's Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus berthae).
Durrell Wildlife are investigation projects to conserve Atelopus frogs in Lake Negra, Venezuela and another un-named (in the magazine that is, not an undescribed species) critically endangered frog in the Merida region of Venezuela.
A conservation programme has doubled the wild population of Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas (Cyclura lewisi). These lizards are raised in captivity until they are three years old, and then they are released into the wild. Two releses of 92 and 103 lizards have taken place.
An in-situ breeding programme has begun for the Mangrove Finch (Camarhynchus heliobates), in conjunction with the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapágos National Park.
An attempt is being made to count the number of St Lucia Parrots (Amazona versicolor) in the wild.
The Olive White-eye (Zosterops chloronothus) has been successfully bred in captivity and 15 chicks have been released on to Ils aux Aigrettes, off the coast of Mauritius. This project is jointly run by Durrell Wildlife, Chester Zoo and the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation.
Durrell Wildlife is monitoring the effects of development within the range of the White-breasted Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus) on behalf of the St Lucia Forestry Department. The known population is less than 1100 birds.
Births at the zoo (winter 2006)
White-chinned Emperor Tamarins (Saguinus imperator subgriscens)
Spiny Hill Turtle (Heosemys spinosa)
Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Bartlett's Bleeding Heart Pigeon (Gallicolumba criniger)
Births at the zoo (spring 2007)
Madagascan Giant Jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena)
Bartlett's Bleeding Heart Pigeon (Gallicolumba criniger)
Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)
Durrell Wildlife Trust has been credited with saving 7 out of the 26 bird species which would have become extinct without the actions of conservationists. The seven species are Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus), Rodrigues Fody (Foudica flavicans), Rodrigues Warbler (Acrocephalus rodericanus), Mauritius Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri), Echo Parrakeet (Psittacula equees), Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) and the Waldrapp Ibis (Geronticus eremita).
Measures pioneered by the Trust are currently being used to aid the conservation of Mauritius Fody (Foudia rubra), Round Island Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana) and Olive White-eye (Zosterops chloronothus).
A survey on Montserrat in 2005-2006 revealed the presence of the Montserrat Galliwasp (Diploglossus montisserrati), Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat (Chiroderma improvisum) and Yellow-shouldered Volcano Bat (Sturnira thomasi), all previously thought to be extinct, together with the re-discovery of a shrub and an orchid which were also thought to be extinct.
An in-situ plan to conserve the Madagascan Pochard (Aythya innotata) is being inaugarated.
20 Ploughshare Tortoises (Angonoka yniphora) bred at the Ampijoroa breeding centre in Madagascar were released into the wild. The Trust has now released 45 young tortoises back into their natural habitat.
The St Lucia Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus vanzoi) was successfully released onto Praslin Island in 1995 and the population now numbers 335. The Trust are investigating the possibility of creating two new colonies on Rat Island and Dennery Island. The known range of this lizard is only 12 hectares, all of it on islands off the eastern coast of St Lucia.
The Trust has achieved a protection order for 125000 hectares of Madagascan habitat at Menabe, including dry forest, mangrove swamps and wetlands. Included in this total is a 30000 hectare total conservation area. The reserve contains Flat-tailed Tortoises (Pyxis planicauda), Madagascan Giant Jumping Rats (Hypogeomys antimena) , Narrow-striped Mongooses (Mungotictis decemlineata) and Berthe's Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus berthae).
Durrell Wildlife are investigation projects to conserve Atelopus frogs in Lake Negra, Venezuela and another un-named (in the magazine that is, not an undescribed species) critically endangered frog in the Merida region of Venezuela.
A conservation programme has doubled the wild population of Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas (Cyclura lewisi). These lizards are raised in captivity until they are three years old, and then they are released into the wild. Two releses of 92 and 103 lizards have taken place.
An in-situ breeding programme has begun for the Mangrove Finch (Camarhynchus heliobates), in conjunction with the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapágos National Park.
An attempt is being made to count the number of St Lucia Parrots (Amazona versicolor) in the wild.
The Olive White-eye (Zosterops chloronothus) has been successfully bred in captivity and 15 chicks have been released on to Ils aux Aigrettes, off the coast of Mauritius. This project is jointly run by Durrell Wildlife, Chester Zoo and the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation.
Durrell Wildlife is monitoring the effects of development within the range of the White-breasted Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus) on behalf of the St Lucia Forestry Department. The known population is less than 1100 birds.
Births at the zoo (winter 2006)
White-chinned Emperor Tamarins (Saguinus imperator subgriscens)
Spiny Hill Turtle (Heosemys spinosa)
Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Bartlett's Bleeding Heart Pigeon (Gallicolumba criniger)
Births at the zoo (spring 2007)
Madagascan Giant Jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena)
Bartlett's Bleeding Heart Pigeon (Gallicolumba criniger)
Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)
Jersey have just announced a first European breeding of the Haitian Giant Galliwasp (Celestus warreni). This lizard was lsited by the IUCN as critically endangered in 2006. They have 22 babies and a group of 18 adults, which originated from Nashville Zoo.
Furthur to the tuatara breeding, I have had an email back from the reptile department. The person who replied does not know of any breeding with tuataras at Jersey. He did not know what happened to their specimens and the person who would know was not at work on that day.
I've asked again, this time the old fashioned way, and written a letter. Furthur news will be posted if it becomes available.
Furthur to the tuatara breeding, I have had an email back from the reptile department. The person who replied does not know of any breeding with tuataras at Jersey. He did not know what happened to their specimens and the person who would know was not at work on that day.
I've asked again, this time the old fashioned way, and written a letter. Furthur news will be posted if it becomes available.
I'm going to Jersey Zoo this weekend - first time visitor!
You'll be surprised at how small it is...
Can you find out if there's any news on Gorilla breeding- whether they are trying to produce some more babies from the three females who do not breed with their male?
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Don`t go to South Lakes then as they have Brazilian Tapir,Coati,Agouti and Asiian short-clawed Otters in with their spectacled Bears
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