Longleat Safari & Adventure Park monkey jungle closed?

Might have something to do with letting the new herd of Blackbuck settle in within the reserve with out cars driving through it.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Might have something to do with letting the new herd of Blackbuck settle in within the reserve with out cars driving through it.
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The old herd was quite large, have they moved on to another collection?
 
Yep, that's what caused it... Not good, imagine the outcry if that happens at Longleat.
Are Rhesus macaques more susceptible to this virus?
 
Indeed the possibilty of monkey loss at Longleat would be more hard hitting than the elephant's departure: If you asked a child about what they liked best when they went to Longleat, they'd say "the monkeys climbing over the car".

Sure hope they're able to keep them OK.
 
A couple of years ago, both Longleat and Woburn destroyed hundreds of macaques for this exact reason. I think the entire troop was shot dead.
 
I think it was quite a lot llonger ago than two years when all those monkeys were destroyed. Presumably the current Longleat rhesus troop are from an entirely different source to the original one? But they may well have to euthanase these too if others test positive.
 
Longleat originally had baboons in the Monkey Jungle; where these culled as a result of the virus?
 
Not great news for Longleat, i suppose it is almost impossible to cure it from a troop of over 100, whats the next step for Longleat?
 
Skoop's linked article says that the rest of the troop were tested after one individual was found positive, but the rest of the group turned out negative
 
Yeah, it seems as if in actual fact Longleat never culled their macaques, although I am sure I remembered the press at the time mentioning a cull there. Very odd. In 2000 or around then the other 3 safari parks with macaques culled most if not all of their colonies due to the virus. Longleat are the only ones to have retained a group of rhesus macaques. An IPPL article implies all of the safari park stock originated in the US.

I'm pretty certain there has been no large-scale cull of any baboon species at the safari parks.
 
If it isn't a false positive after retest I think the authorities would insist on a total cull. This disease is usually fatal if caught by humans, a quote I saw said that "if human don't die from it they wished they had".
 
Suspect if it is a positive test of any form with this disease Longleat will not have a say in what happens it will be DEFRAS decision and they will have to comply with it.
 
johnstoni said:
Yeah, it seems as if in actual fact Longleat never culled their macaques, . An IPPL article implies all of the safari park stock originated in the US.

I'm pretty certain there has been no large-scale cull of any baboon species at the safari parks.
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correct. The mass culls were only of Rhesus macaques. I think you are right that longleat didn't cull theirs but the others did. There was some legislation cosidered that all Macaques must be behind glass to avoid transfer of sputum etc to people. Technically they are in the Safari Parks too but of course its not a failsafe as in a traditional zoo enclosure.

Surely if one showed positive, there will be others?
 
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