Lake District Wildlife Park lake district wildlife park (formerly trotters) news 2013

Pertinax said:
I would think they are totally used to it- but just don't like using it much if its an open area- fairly common for Mandrills as they are essentially forest -livers.

Regarding numbers- could you not see or rough-count them?:confused:
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not really as they are out of view of the public a lot of the time, If I had to guess......................8-10
 
Yes, I see the problem.;) Somewhere I saw them listed with about 13 but it may be a bit less than that.
 
Looking at Edinburgh's species list it would seem it is nyala...?

Edinburgh do apparently hold bongo and lesser kudu but these, from what I can see, do not come from southern Africa whereas nyala do...
 
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epickoala123 said:
seen that, looks like a kudu of some sort. It has also been said it's coming from Edinburgh. I also found out recently that the wildebeest are going in the african plains mixed exhibit.

Another clue has been realesed saying that the animal comes from south africa, so probably greater kudu
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Well all I will say on the mixing of the Wildebeest is good luck,as it hasn't worked so far since the species returned to the UK!I have seen it done in Europe,but never with any of the mixes that are being tried in the UK!
 
One of the black wildebeest is missing it’s horns
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Its quite possible they've de-horned it if they found it is vicious.

I am presuming the one that died was the female(?) and was replaced by another female from Marwell- or is it the other way around?:confused:

Re mixing them with other species- yes, very difficult as they are so pugnacious- however a hornless male(?) may be less of a problem. I think the females are a lot less aggressive.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Well all I will say on the mixing of the Wildebeest is good luck,as it hasn't worked so far since the species returned to the UK!I have seen it done in Europe,but never with any of the mixes that are being tried in the UK!
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Put sufficient distance between the wildebeest and the rest.
(I guess most collections do not have that amount of space)

So, really forget it. It will not work, unless you provide ... wide open spaces and lots of them.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Well all I will say on the mixing of the Wildebeest is good luck,as it hasn't worked so far since the species returned to the UK!I have seen it done in Europe,but never with any of the mixes that are being tried in the UK!
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How well do the Wildebeest fare at port lymphe? after all its a very large enclosure.
 
I think the above posts are referring principally to Black Wildebeest- they are more aggressive than the Blue/White-bearded.

Port Lympne's are the latter, they have a decent-sized herd mixed with other species- the enclosure is very large.
 
Pertinax said:
I think the above posts are referring principally to Black Wildebeest- they are more aggressive than the Blue/White-bearded.

Port Lympne's are the latter, they have a decent-sized herd mixed with other species- the enclosure is very large.
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Oh right, i wondered after reading the comments and then thinking about the ammount of species port lympnes are sharing with. Thanks :)
 
That would be the 3 that were held in the former camel house and paddock
 
LDWP have received a breeding 'herd' of 'Micropigs'. I can't think of any other 'Micropigs' in the UK
 
epickoala123 said:
LDWP have received a breeding 'herd' of 'Micropigs'. I can't think of any other 'Micropigs' in the UK
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Micro pigs are incredibly popular privately and they don't stay as micro as their name may suggest! I have seen them in a few zoos petting farm areas:)
 
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