I'll believe THAT when they actually arrive! It's a bit like " You do actually have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour?" (sic)
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I'll believe THAT when they actually arrive! It's a bit like " You do actually have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour?" (sic)
Working in the industry, you hear the plans for other collections regularly. I would be happy if I was a frequent visitor to the collection
I do hope you are right as the dear old place has been in decline for so long.
I live not 3 miles away and always have viewed it as "my" zoo as it opened when I was 4 so have been in mourning for a long time.
Eland and Banteng are species due in along with a few others,Sable Antelope are due to leave Marwell.
Congo Buffalo and warthog are others that left recently. Why do they appear to switch species like this?
I am not sure Squirrel Monkey have only been back a couple of years and now they have gone.Warthog first came to Marwell in 1999,Congo Buffalo have been round a lot longer,they have only four Sable left now not sure if Woburn still have any,never a common species in UK, in the past have seen them be it a long time ago at Paignton,Chester,Port Lympne.
Just ahead of Brexit a young Banteng bull arrived from Burgers' Zoo (NL) on December 30, he will be the future breeding bull.
Lock-boek: Verhuizing Banteng
Lock-boek: Verhuizing Banteng
To partially answer my own question, sometimes when a species dwindles to low numbers, the remaining holders consolidate their stock together at just one or more locations to try and revive it. Maybe this applies to the species that recently left Marwell.