Rare Species Conservation Centre Little red fruit bats at RSSC

kiang

kiang

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The rare species survival conservation trust in Sandwich in Kent has imported a group of 5.7 little red fruit bats from Wellington zoo in New Zealand.
It is not often that UK zoos import New Zeealand native species are these the first natives from NZ since the tuataras arrived at Chester from NZ 20 years ago?

Another interesting new species added to this curates egg in Kent.
 
Fantastic news Kiang , I agree its about time there were some "other" bat species in U.K. zoos apart from about half a dozen species we are so used to seeing. Great stuff . Zupu.
 
kiang said:
The rare species survival conservation trust in Sandwich in Kent has imported a group of 5.7 little red fruit bats from Wellington zoo in New Zealand.
It is not often that UK zoos import New Zeealand native species are these the first natives from NZ since the tuataras arrived at Chester from NZ 20 years ago?

Another interesting new species added to this curates egg in Kent.
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i think durrell/jersey use to have tuatara but i dont know how long ago.

fingers crossed the bats do well :D
 
Chester and Jersey used to have weka rails. Jersey did have tuatara until c1975
 
Does this place have a website. I've tried and tried to find one but I can't. it sounds so fascinating and is it open to the public?
 
kiang said:
The rare species survival conservation trust in Sandwich in Kent has imported a group of 5.7 little red fruit bats from Wellington zoo in New Zealand.
It is not often that UK zoos import New Zeealand native species are these the first natives from NZ since the tuataras arrived at Chester from NZ 20 years ago?
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little red fruit bats are an Australian species, they are not native to NZ (in NZ they are held only at Wellington, Auckland and Hamilton Zoos and I suspect they are all descended from a very small founder population)

gentle lemur said:
Chester used to have green Nautilinus geckos too.
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there are several species of NZ geckoes and skinks outside of NZ in private hands (to a large degree due to smuggling), and most zoo stock overseas probably comes from these private holders rather than direct from NZ.
 
i also cant wait to visit cz jimmy, but i am waiting until the new guini singing dogs arrive
 
New Guinea Singing Dogs have already arrived at RSCC but, of course, are undergoing six months of quarantine before going on exhibit.
 
Do you know where the New Guinea Singing Dogs were imported from Paradoxurus ?
 
I am sure that London Zoo had them in the '70s and maybe even early eighties. Anyone know for sure?
 
I remember seeing them listed in the IZYB as breeding at London in the 1960s and/or 70s.

I don't think I have seen singing dogs. If I have I can't remember.
 
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