ZSL London Zoo London Developments

ZooMania said:
It is isnt it??

Isnt it strange how 3 similar enclosures are popping up at the same time.
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Not so strange really when you consider the global amphibian crisis and the fact that, as a group, they are criminally underrepresented in zoos.

This is probably just the first sign of the global amphibian action plan swinging into action. 'Amphibian Ark', the name Chester have chosen, is also the umbrella name for a WAZA/IUCN programme of ex-situ conservation.

The Amphibian Ark

2008 is 'Year of the Frog' (I would be feeling mightily pissed off if I was a toad, newt or salamander! ;)) so expect to see loads of awareness campaigns in zoos. We may also see a load more off-show exhibits in the form of these cheap-and-cheerful shipping containers (they were pioneered in Australia I believe).
 
I hope one day to see some Glass frogs from Central & south America from some of the pics I have seen of them they appear unreal to see an animals flesh thats so transparent and clear just like Glass
 
Where on the site is frog world going to be? I can think of a few possibilities, but I guess it depends on scale. For £2m, or maybe £4million I'm expecting something good- a nice building too.
 
Otters and Mara

From the London Zoo e-newsletter,here, the Mara have been moved from the Clore building to the squirrel monkey enclosure.

Apparently they have been moved to create room for a new otter pool.
 
CZJimmy said:
From the London Zoo e-newsletter,here, the Mara have been moved from the Clore building to the squirrel monkey enclosure.

Apparently they have been moved to create room for a new otter pool.
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Really, interesting...
Will that be a new species of Otter do you reckon or a second group of short-claws, I know there are a lot in the current enclosure.
 
I'm not sure myself. I've only just recieved the newsletter, so only what is on that link is what I know.
 
^Chris^ said:
Really, interesting...
Will that be a new species of Otter do you reckon or a second group of short-claws, I know there are a lot in the current enclosure.
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Isn't the Clore now a South American rainforest? If they wanted to keep the geographical theme with otters they are limited to giant otter (the only South American species in captivity outside its home range).
 
Chris79 said:
Isn't the Clore now a South American rainforest? If they wanted to keep the geographical theme with otters they are limited to giant otter (the only South American species in captivity outside its home range).
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Very true but they have been bred at Hagenbecks Zoo this year because their was at least 4 youngsters when i went in september.
 
Weren't the maras in the courtyard where the parma wallabies were once kept? There can't space for giant otters there, indeed I think they would have to extend it for any species of otter, except perhaps more oriental small-claweds.

Alan
 
I can't remember parma wallabies but I think you may be right, they were in the outside bit on the back, near the tamandua's outdoor enclosure. I don't expect the zoo to get Giant Otters. The Clore house isn't really entirely amazon anyway, it still has gentle lemurs, african porcupines etc that aren't South American.
 
gentle lemur said:
Weren't the maras in the courtyard where the parma wallabies were once kept? There can't space for giant otters there, indeed I think they would have to extend it for any species of otter, except perhaps more oriental small-claweds.

Alan
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You are quite right the Maras were their,but the space they have their isn`t probably that much smaller than the space at Hagenbecks from memory just a different shape.
 
The triangular outdoor pen with a low wall? Has it been extended now? It did have a couple of Parma wallabies for years, then Crested Porcupines, briefly it was used to quarantine one of the giant anteaters when they arrived, and then the Mara....it's bound to be short-clawed otters, why spend money building a second pool? Seems strange.
 
Hadley said:
The triangular outdoor pen with a low wall? Has it been extended now? It did have a couple of Parma wallabies for years, then Crested Porcupines, briefly it was used to quarantine one of the giant anteaters when they arrived, and then the Mara....it's bound to be short-clawed otters, why spend money building a second pool? Seems strange.
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No it looked the same when i was their it October
 
What happened to the original insect house, that was next to the otter pool, i know the inhabitants were moved to the millennium bugs exhibit, but what happened to the house itself?
 
kiang said:
What happened to the original insect house, that was next to the otter pool, i know the inhabitants were moved to the millennium bugs exhibit, but what happened to the house itself?
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Good question. That was the 'L' shaped one wasn't it? Always wanted to know what happened with it
 
gentle lemur said:
Demolished. A house for the otters was built on the site and the enclosure was extended.

Alan
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Thanks Alan, not too bad an enclosure, personally speaking though i would like to see it netted it over and turned into a mixed exhibit for the otter and maybe the Francois langurs.
 
kiang said:
A slender loris has been born at the zoo, the first in 13 years.
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I saw that on the BBC website - but I didn't understand it, as I saw a half-grown one there in August, with a label on the cage saying that the adults are one of the few breeding pairs in Europe (photos in the Gallery). Might it be something to do with different subspecies?

Alan
 
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