Harewood House Lear's Macaws at Harewood House
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If true this rather belies the official reason for keeping them secret and denying their existence
I suspect that if they are disease-free, and Wuppertal is going into the species, they may well be going there.
If true this rather belies the official reason for keeping them secret and denying their existence
I suspect that if they are disease-free, and Wuppertal is going into the species, they may well be going there.
Wuppertal is going into the species and all the secrecy never made sense as the destination of the confiscated birds was mentioned in the press and the location was stated in the management plan.
I hope they go on-display when Wuppertal gets the species, no matter where they get them from - it is rather infuriating to have such a lovely species a mere hour from me on the train but know I will never, ever, ever get to see them there......
Hexaprotodon
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I distinctly recall that they had bred 3 times and that they were hoping to get some of the youngsters paired up.
The actual breeding techniques used were fairly straightforward. The young lady who presented at ABWAK was incredibly proud of their achievements and rightly so!
I think at least one of the young birds was living with a Mitary macaw and starting to show signs of pairing up with the companion bird so they were looking for a mate for that individual.
They really are beautiful. I don't recall any talk of a disease within the collection, but it was a couple of years ago so I might well have forgotten (sorry).
A real success story though for Harewood! And a positive story following the Harry Sissons confiscations where so many of the other birds died.
The actual breeding techniques used were fairly straightforward. The young lady who presented at ABWAK was incredibly proud of their achievements and rightly so!
I think at least one of the young birds was living with a Mitary macaw and starting to show signs of pairing up with the companion bird so they were looking for a mate for that individual.
They really are beautiful. I don't recall any talk of a disease within the collection, but it was a couple of years ago so I might well have forgotten (sorry).
A real success story though for Harewood! And a positive story following the Harry Sissons confiscations where so many of the other birds died.
What - if any data - is actually the number and sex ratio in the birds at Harewood now?
Do they have the one breeding pair and an unpaired bird for now?
Do they have the one breeding pair and an unpaired bird for now?
bigcat speciali
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Glasgow took charge of many of the Harry Sissen's birds which were involved in his court case. Brian Fulluck was the man who was dealing with them at Glasgow.