Strathmorezoo
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The park has separated a total of eight parrots from other birds because of their relentless swearing. They were teaching other birds to swear.You couldn't make it up!
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Strathmorezoo
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Sad news, Lajuka,9 year old Bengal Tiger has been euthanized because of on going kidney disease. She was diagnosed some time ago but recently went down hill quickly .The staff are devastated
Lafone
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Had a couple of hours at Lincs today as was heading to RSPB Frampton Marsh so thought I'd include one of the zoos nearby.
The building work near the walkthrough aviary completed since my last visit a while ago with three new aviary spaces in place for galah, cockatoo and grey parrots. A few of the other spaces have also had a refresh.
The kookaburra enclosure was empty and signed closed for construction work.
Four tigers remain in the shared space (two males, Bassera and Skah, two females, Dehra and Sajhiba) and one of the females was outside. She had what appeared to be a very recent injury to her ear but a staff member was aware and friendly when I asked about it (always better to mention these things anyway I guess in case something has just happened).
Generally pretty quiet visitor wise though the birds make up for any visitor noise! The lake area and the turtle pond space were closed off due to the wet weather.
The building work near the walkthrough aviary completed since my last visit a while ago with three new aviary spaces in place for galah, cockatoo and grey parrots. A few of the other spaces have also had a refresh.
The kookaburra enclosure was empty and signed closed for construction work.
Four tigers remain in the shared space (two males, Bassera and Skah, two females, Dehra and Sajhiba) and one of the females was outside. She had what appeared to be a very recent injury to her ear but a staff member was aware and friendly when I asked about it (always better to mention these things anyway I guess in case something has just happened).
Generally pretty quiet visitor wise though the birds make up for any visitor noise! The lake area and the turtle pond space were closed off due to the wet weather.
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Strathmorezoo
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Smart looking aviaries
Strathmorezoo
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Sad news, Uganda the 16 year old male white lion who arrived at the zoo with his brother Pasha,six years ago has been euthanised. A pm has noted that his pancreas was the cause of his quick deteriation. The zoo and the University of Lincoln will be monitoring Pasha because of his very close relationship with his brother.
Here's some more information about Uganda: Uganda the white lion dies at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park - BBC News
Lincolnshire wildlife park have announced Nigel the 3 legged Puma is to be PTS after a turn for the worse over the weekend.
ZooNews2024
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Do they still keep 12 tigers in one cage shared with a leopard, with only rotational outdoor access?
This is completely banned in the new zoo standards.
This is completely banned in the new zoo standards.
They don’t have that many now, several have passed away over the last few yrs, according to a post further up in April they have 4 left
When seeing the video, my exact thoughts were that this provides them with a new opportunity to meet the new standards on the publics dime. Whilst they no longer have that many tigers (and not sure on the leopard), they certainly still have to rotate access to the main outdoor exhibit; that doesn't include the very small outdoor separation pens.
ZooNews2024
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How can they be allowed to bring in more, if they do not comply with current standards.
They'll need 5 outdoor enclosures then (when they need 4 now, not just one), to comply with the new standards, not just the one they have now. That is some JustGiving campaign - building 4 new tiger enclosures from scratch at one go...
I wonder if the donating rescue centre know all this?
Lafone
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The main enclosure is large and I'd have thought it could be divided. I would be surprised if they didn't take that approach as it's a great space overall and they have a lot less cats to manage in the area now to have equal access (the leopard doesn't share it).
They also have the now vacant puma enclosure and a single elderly white lion in another enclosure so there are other options over time.
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ZooNews2024
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Surely it needs to be divided first, and not just could/planned - so they comply with the law for their existing animals, before bringing in more?
Lafone
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I would guess they could bring another animal into the puma space without addressing the tiger enclosure (it's not huge though) but as TNT says using the funding for a potential new cat to make the changes before it arrives is quite a good way to go about it. The existing cats are getting quite elderly so a future plan seems sensible.
ZooNews2024
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It says above that there were no 'last tigers', but that there are 4 still there, sharing one enclosure on rotation - so presumably locked in for the days they are not on exhibit.
Surely this should be addressed BEFORE they add more, and not in the future as some 'plan'.?
I'm asking if the previous tigers(dead & alive) were bred here or rescues
As I mentioned above, and as can be seen in the video made by the zoo, the tigers do have outdoor access. There are small separation/holding areas that run between the house and the main exhibit. Each pen is probably a similar size to the Malayan tiger separation area at Hamerton, which you'll be familiar with, but probably twice the height.
Tiger holding enclosure - ZooChat