Lappet Faced Vultures in the UK

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Barbary

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Hi, I'm new and looking for information on which Zoo's (both general, specialist and Private Collections) have Lappet Faced Vultures in their Collections?
All The Best
 
Hello Barbary, and welcome to zoochat, the only one i can find is a female held at of all places the national sea life centre in Birmingham, as per ISIS ISIS :: Find Animals
 
the isis sealife centre records of birds of prey are almost certainly (possibly old) ICBP at Newent entries.
 
kiang said:
Hello Barbary, and welcome to zoochat, the only one i can find is a female held at of all places the national sea life centre in Birmingham, as per ISIS ISIS :: Find Animals
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Which just happens to be an ISIS ghost as are all the rest of the Birds of Prey at Birmingham Sealife Centre.
There used to be a Lappet Faced Vulture at the Falconry Centre owned by the Petries,but I cannot remember the name of the place but its near Seattle.
 
Sorry I should have mentioned that I know about Vera the Lappet Faced Vulture at Settle as I used to work there. She is a fantastic bird and I believe she is free flying at the minute should anyone get the opportunity to go and see her (she flies at 3 o'clock) I know I certainly never got bored of watching her fly. I also believe Jemima Parry Jones has a male although I have been told it isn't a true Lappet Faced Vulture but a Nubian Vulture which is a subspecies. The photo's on Hawk Experiences page are of Vera and are no longer in their ownership.
Thanks for the information so far,
all the best
 
I think you're about right -there are only one or two older birds in the UK, as you say one of these may not be a true lappet-faced vulture. I am fairly sure there are none in aviary/breeding situations in this country.

The last ones I remember were a pair at London Zoo when the Bird of Prey Aviary opened around 1990, and a trained bird at Windsor Safari Park around the same time. I have no idea of the ages of these three or what happened to them.
 
I'm sad to announce that Vera the lappet faced vulture at the Yorkshire dales falconry centre died two days ago. She was 45 years old. It's a shame that a vulture of such rarity and one that desperately wanted to breed was refused the opportunity. A shame for her and the captive genetics of lappet faced vultures here in the uk.
 
Barbary said:
I'm sad to announce that Vera the lappet faced vulture at the Yorkshire dales falconry centre died two days ago. She was 45 years old. It's a shame that a vulture of such rarity and one that desperately wanted to breed was refused the opportunity. A shame for her and the captive genetics of lappet faced vultures here in the uk.
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I can only very much agree here.

Come to think of vultures: there is a real need to breed both European, Asiatic and African vultures in captivity and support in situ conservation!

Whereas the lappet-faced vultures have never been very numerous in captivity in the Western world (apart from Israel/Negev breeding), some other species are far more common over here These include f.i. Rueppell's, white-headeds, griffon, Egyptian, European black and beardeds et cetera. Even Himalayan snow griffon …! It seems there rather lowly image thanks in no small part to the media it is still an area that needs far more attention.
 
Just found a note that Birdworld Zoological Gardens, Farnham had the species in the late 1970-ties - beginning 1980-ties, don't know however howmany.
 
Zootierliste give the following former UK-holdings :
UK/England:


Burford (Cotswold Wildlife Park)


Dunstable (Whipsnade Wild Animal Park)


Holt Pound (Birdworld & Underwater World)



Knowsley (Safari Park -vormals Menagerie Earl of Derby)


Olney (Flamingo Zoological Park - geschlossen 2001)


Windsor (Safari Park - geschlossen 1992)
UK/Jersey:


Trinity (Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust)

For the African ( nominate ) subspecies only London Zoo is mentioned and the Arabian subspecies isn't mentioned at all for the UK.
 
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