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Zooish

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I've heard that the 3 breeding pairs of Negros Bleeding Heart Pigeons have produced 2 chicks since arriving last year, while the Madagascar Blue Pigeon pair have produced 1 chick. Both species are currently off show. Hope the chicks survive and both species continue to thrive at the park.
 
Zooish said:
I've heard that the 3 breeding pairs of Negros Bleeding Heart Pigeons have produced 2 chicks since arriving last year, while the Madagascar Blue Pigeon pair have produced 1 chick. Both species are currently off show. Hope the chicks survive and both species continue to thrive at the park.
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Hope so too ! Esp. the Negros Bleeding Hearts are in urgent need for a larger captive population !
 
Zooish said:
Make that 3 Negros bleeding heart chicks hatched. They are still off show though.

3 critically endangered Negros Bleeding-heart chicks hatched in Jurong Bird Park breeding programme
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I applaud Jurong Bird Park and Mandai for investing in Asian and Polynesian/Micronesian bird fauna and supporting conservation breeding programs. This Negros bleeding heart project started with 3.3 and already seems to have been able to up numbers quite soon. They work in tandem with Talarak Foundation and NFEFI on Negros and the eventual plan is to have progeny for release to the wild.

I wonder what the founder base is founder the Negros bleeding hearts. Any chance of more unrelated birds entering the captive program?


Another interesting story - not sure Jurong Bird or Mandai/Singapore Zoo - concerns a rescued cinereous vulture that on its third attempt was returned back to the wild. It was actually the first vulture of the species seen in Singapore (at the time with 5 flying Himalayan griffons ...). Its natural range is far more northerly than where it was found. It was captured and allowed to regain its strength prior to re-release.
SOURCE: Rescued cinereous vulture flies free on 3rd release attempt
 
I understand from park staff that the current plan is to close Jurong in the third quarter of this year (August or September), spend a couple of months moving the birds to Mandai, and open the new Bird Paradise in the fourth quarter.

Of course this is assuming that there are no new coronavirus surprises and a peaceful end to the unfortunate crisis in Ukraine.
 
Zooish said:
I understand from park staff that the current plan is to close Jurong in the third quarter of this year (August or September), spend a couple of months moving the birds to Mandai, and open the new Bird Paradise in the fourth quarter.

Of course this is assuming that there are no new coronavirus surprises and a peaceful end to the unfortunate crisis in Ukraine.
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Thanks for sharing and cross the fingers
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I applaud Jurong Bird Park and Mandai for investing in Asian and Polynesian/Micronesian bird fauna and supporting conservation breeding programs. This Negros bleeding heart project started with 3.3 and already seems to have been able to up numbers quite soon. They work in tandem with Talarak Foundation and NFEFI on Negros and the eventual plan is to have progeny for release to the wild.

I wonder what the founder base is founder the Negros bleeding hearts. Any chance of more unrelated birds entering the captive program?


Another interesting story - not sure Jurong Bird or Mandai/Singapore Zoo - concerns a rescued cinereous vulture that on its third attempt was returned back to the wild. It was actually the first vulture of the species seen in Singapore (at the time with 5 flying Himalayan griffons ...). Its natural range is far more northerly than where it was found. It was captured and allowed to regain its strength prior to re-release.
SOURCE: Rescued cinereous vulture flies free on 3rd release attempt
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My understanding is that the founder population was three wild caught birds, and that the whole captive stock descends from those.
 
FBBird said:
My understanding is that the founder population was three wild caught birds, and that the whole captive stock descends from those.
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I have heard similar rumours. I would hope that further birds may be found on Panay and Negros to expand the gene pool. Estimated mature birds 50-249 with a total population 40-700 individuals. The captive population stood at 88 birds in 2020.
 
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Zooish said:
Of course this is assuming that there are no new coronavirus surprises and a peaceful end to the unfortunate crisis in Ukraine.
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May I ask how does the current crisis in Ukraine have anything to do with the move to Mandai?
 
BerdNerd said:
May I ask how does the current crisis in Ukraine have anything to do with the move to Mandai?
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The conflict in Ukraine has led to supply chain issues and driven up the cost of fuel and resources. As a result the cost of construction has gone up significantly. Indirectly, the conflict could also reduce tourists from Europe and Russia coming into Singapore. MWG might decide to stretch out the construction period and delay the opening of the new parks in response.
 
Zooish said:
The conflict in Ukraine has led to supply chain issues and driven up the cost of fuel and resources. As a result the cost of construction has gone up significantly. Indirectly, the conflict could also reduce tourists from Europe and Russia coming into Singapore. MWG might decide to stretch out the construction period and delay the opening of the new parks in response.
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That sucks… how long more do you think they will delay the opening of the new bird park?
 
Perry said:
That sucks… how long more do you think they will delay the opening of the new bird park?
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As of now, MWG still aims to open the Bird Paradise by year's end. For that to happen the announcement on Jurong's closure ought to come out in the next couple of months
 
Zooish said:
As of now, MWG still aims to open the Bird Paradise by year's end. For that to happen the announcement on Jurong's closure ought to come out in the next couple of months
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Thats good news. Don’t mind me asking, but how is the construction process so far for the bird park? I’m really curious about the progress.
 
Zooish said:
Jurong had joined the Spix's macaw reintroduction project in 2017 by providing funding. Jurong was loaned a pair of Spix's macaws (and 4 Lear's macaws) by the project's other partners in Germany and Qatar (which are breeding the macaws for reintroduction) for display to raise public awareness on the project. Jurong has just exited from the project and so the macaws are being returned to Germany and Qatar.
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I attach a 2018 review by a San Diego interpreter (with a very distinctive Australian accent ....) visiting Jurong Bird Park. They had some great facilities here ....

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We all know the macaws are no longer then and relocated to Europe or beyond. (0.2 Spix's and 2.2 Lear's).
 
Zooish said:
ACTP and Al Wabra each loaned 1 Spix's and 2 Lear's, with the blessing of the Brazilian government.
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Now they have reneged on that Blessing, they might as well Forget ever contributing to a blue macaws ex situ conservation project. Further, there is plenty of Asian songbirds in dire need of conservation ex situ breeding programmes.
 
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