Yeah there are 6 stables and 4 yards in the building, with about 4 acres of paddocks attached, so there’s plenty to come! Though we’re definitely aware that we don’t want to overstock it....better that fewer animals have more space to spread out in.
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Yeah there are 6 stables and 4 yards in the building, with about 4 acres of paddocks attached, so there’s plenty to come! Though we’re definitely aware that we don’t want to overstock it....better that fewer animals have more space to spread out in.
Brilliant. as far as know I have seen zebras been mixing with other animals at different collections like the giraffes, ostriches, oryx and many more
Pretty sure you can tick giraffes of the list bit short on head room 
Pretty sure you can tick giraffes of the list bit short on head room
Yeah we aren’t quite ready for giraffes yet. But the build was made with the intention of attaching another house and perimeter extension that would be capable of housing larger animals. If that were giraffe or something else, then who knows? Imagine what that would look like on the London-Ipswich train passing by giraffe!!!
Very true indeed. Extending the wildlife park is awesome and the zebras are amazingYeah we aren’t quite ready for giraffes yet. But the build was made with the intention of attaching another house and perimeter extension that would be capable of housing larger animals. If that were giraffe or something else, then who knows? Imagine what that would look like on the London-Ipswich train passing by giraffe!!!
Andrew Swales
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Zebras can (and will!) attack (and kill?) pretty much anything housed with them.
Advising housing them with wing-clipped birds is irresponsible.
Warning; Zebras do not like Oryx- they will chase and kill calves.
Thankyou. Quite understand the privacy requirement.
Andrew Swales
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I didnt say that you had said you were going to put birds in with themNot sure I said we were going to put birds with them. But cheers
I replied to TriUK's suggestion that you housed them with Ground Hornbills and Cranes.
The comment can be seen in shaded italics above my reply.
Good advice from someone who knows way more than me. I did see this mix once a long time ago in N America, I think it was either in Detroit or Chicago. But, I think there were exhibits ‘within’ exhibits so that the birds had sanctuary away from the larger ungulates. Sorry if my suggestion of a fantastical diorama offended - it’s not often a collection has a ‘blank canvas’ mixed exhibit to work with.
Let’s hope not. Keeping flight restricted cranes with hoofstock often results in high crane mortality and poor breeding results. It’s effectively treating the cranes as disposable wallpaper. Black Wildebeest, while totally wonderful animals, are particularly apt to flatten cranes.
Just noticed this has all been covered above. My bad. Zebras will of course hunt and kill infant hoofstock.
This morning I re-checked where I had seen Crowned Cranes being kept with Zebra and other stock and it was Colchester (I think I'm right here?), San Diego WAP in a massive exhibit, but also in Bahrain. I have seen Ground Hornbill in with Zebra but mostly its large Stork species. It may be controversial and out of date to do so now. I found a few random google images (attached) too.
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The guys have done a wonderful job on building the new zebra house Four weeks of selfies - spectacular progress
awesome and yes it is very important to be aware of thingsWe’re fully aware of the risks, thanks.
Andrew Swales
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Wing-clipped vultures too.
No-one was questioning IF it had been done, and I have seen many examples in the past including major European Zoos, and there will be plenty of pictures out there.
Zebras (or any of the other mammals mentioned) will certainly not differentiate between cranes and Marabous. When Crowned Cranes could be obtained in bulk from the wild (for around £40 each in the UK) it was often done. As described above, the birds were effectively used as 'wallpaper' as the scene they helped set was more important than any of its components.
You could also have posted pictures of chimps tea-parties, elephant rides, or other spectacles done in the past?
It looks great. Good on them! From what you can see so far, do they have a hard stand as well as the sand substrate shown? I really hope they do well & local people go along to support. I’ll drop in when I’m over that side of the UK for sure!
Really good point. I’m glad zoo husbandry, focussed conservation and welfare trump how good an exhibit looks.