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[Kifaru Bwana]

Male fossa Manakara, has been moved to a new home in Holland to be paired with a female:

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I think the collection in the Netherlands is ZooParc Overloon.

 

[Quincey]

A new young male Fossa, named Mangoro, has arrived from Germany:

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[TNT]

The zoo has welcomed a female Kirk's Dik-Dik, Cora, from Edinburgh Zoo.

 

[TNT]

In addition to their newly built Meerkat exhibit, the zoo has welcomed Gundi to a separate indoor section of the house.

 

[Quincey]

A second female Kirk's Dik-Dik, Delphie, has arrived from Colchester Zoo:

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[catfan]

Had a little trip up there today. Not been for a while so don't know if it's "new news" but their animals board says "Scottish Wildcat arriving 2021"

 

[mrcriss]

Pleased to announce that our violet turaco have bred and the chick fledged yesterday. It's a feisty little thing and can be seen in the tropical hall annoying the bats!

 

[mrcriss]

It's been a very long day of driving, but today I brought 3 new animals to the zoo.

0.2 scottish wildcats from Camperdown, and a long awaited pairing of 0.1 cotton-top tamarin from Edinburgh (just in time for international cotton top tamarin day which we're celebrating all weekend!)

 

[TNT]

It's been a very long day of driving, but today I brought 3 new animals to the zoo.

0.2 scottish wildcats from Camperdown

Will they be held in the former red squirrel enclosure?

 

[mrcriss]

Will they be held in the former red squirrel enclosure?

For the time being, yes. We let them into it this afternoon. After summer, we'll be building their own custom breeding facility so that one day we can get a male and have vicious kittens!

 

[catfan]

For the time being, yes. We let them into it this afternoon. After summer, we'll be building their own custom breeding facility so that one day we can get a male and have vicious kittens!

Great to hear, been looking forward to their arrival since seeing the notice on the animals board/map

 

[mrcriss]

Great to hear, been looking forward to their arrival since seeing the notice on the animals board/map

Yeah it's been a fairly long time coming, but all the lockdowns just kinda delayed everything. Now it's full steam ahead!

 

[Ant]

Yeah it's been a fairly long time coming, but all the lockdowns just kinda delayed everything. Now it's full steam ahead!

Hi Chris, lot of new species in the last 12 months, do you expect more ?

 

[mrcriss]

Hi Chris, lot of new species in the last 12 months, do you expect more ?

Absolutely, there are plenty of plans. But firstly my main focus is going to be pairing off some of our single sex animals so we can form breeding groups.

In the meantime, we've had great breeding successes with our dart frogs. The young can be seen in our herp station.

 

[Quincey]

Female fossa, Perdy, has been put to sleep at the age of 22:

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[Benosaurus]

Female fossa, Perdy, has been put to sleep at the age of 22:

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That's sad news indeed.

I believe they have a young male, so hopefully a new female will arrive soon.

 

[Jambi]

I remember going to this place when I was a kid in the 2000's, honestly I forgot it even existed until I saw the name pop up on this forum. Perhaps I'll arrange a visit some day.

 

[TNT]

I remember going to this place when I was a kid in the 2000's, honestly I forgot it even existed until I saw the name pop up on this forum. Perhaps I'll arrange a visit some day.

It's certainly worth a trip - lots of cool species, and the new developments are fab.

 

[catfan]

Female fossa, Perdy, has been put to sleep at the age of 22:

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Oh bless her, she was the first fossa I ever saw

 

[mrcriss]

I figured out that I used to care for her parents when they did their quarantine at Banham in the late 90's before they went to what is now called Africa Alive and bore Perdy, and then I was with her in her final days. Mind blowing, eh?