Blackpool Zoo Past animals kept at Blackpool zoo

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With the recent threads on past animals kept at various zoos i thought i would start one on animals that used to be kept at Blackpool Zoo. Here is a list of animals that were kept there from memory, correct me if i am wrong.

White rhino
ocelot
thompsons gazalle
babary sheep
yak
hog deer
leaf cutter ants
wallaroo
humbolt penguins
african grey parrot
lady amherst pheasants
 
Bush-tailed Rock Wallaby
Quokka
American Bison
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Damara Zebra
Arabian Oryx
Alpine Chamois
Chimpanzee
Pygmy Tree Shrew
Lesser Grey Mouse Lemur
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Blood Python
European Otter
Water Vole
Gentoo Penguin
Humboldts Penguin

Are all species that have been kept at Blackpool off the top of my head
 
Forgot about the arabian oryx and damara zebra there used to be about a herd of nine i think. Where was the bison kept? wonder where the oryx and zebra went to?
 
Off the top of my head
Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
Doria's tree kangaroo
spotted cuscus
parma wallaby
 
camel leopard said:
The oryx put down reali! how come they seam to have bred well there.
Didn't the zoo used to specialise in australian animals and have wombats to ?
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I do know why but would rather not say on here as i was told in confidence as it was a bit of a sensitive subject.
 
From IZN in the early 1980s

March-April 1983
bred
2 Western Wallaroo
6 Red-necked Wallaby
1 Bruijn's Pademelonm
1 Red Kangaroo

arrivals
3 AMrabou Stork
6 African Spoonbill
4 Yellow-billed Stork
1 Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
5 Gentoo Penguin (from Edinburgh)

departures
1 Giraffe (to Edinburgh, exchange for penguins)

September-December 1983
bred
2.0 Red Kangaroo
0.1 Western Wallaroo
1.0 Grey Ground Cuscus
3.2 Red-necked Wallaby
1.2 Ring-tailed Lemur
5 Red-billed Magpie

January-April 1984
bred
5 Red-necked Wallaby
1 Red Kangaroo
1 Dwarf Zebu

departed
0.1 Giraffe (to Twycross)

September-December 1984
bred
1.0 Red Kangaroo
2.3 Red-necked Wallaby
0.1 Arabian Gazelle
1.0 Potoroo
1.0 Bruijn's Pademelon

arrived
2.1 Reeves Muntjac (from London)
1.1 Rock Cavy (from London)
0.2 Emu (from Harewood)
1.2 Hog Deer
2.2 Rock Hyrax
1.1 White-fronted Lemur

departed
1.0 Siamang (to Marwell)
1.1 Ground Cuscus (to London)

January-April 1985
bred
1.0 Ground Cuscus
1.0.1 Hog Deer
1.0 Damara Zebra
4(3) Ring-tailed Lemur
7(1) Hawaiian Goose
1 Western Sledner-billed Cockatoo

arrived
2.2 Hog Deer
2.2 Red-breasted Goose
1.1 Parma Wallaby
1.1 Springhare
2.2 Rock Hyrax

construction
Wattled Crane enclosure

September-December 1985
bred
0.1 Ground Cuscus
2.1 Western Wallaroo

departed
0.1 Orang Utan Victoria (to London)

May-August 1986
bred
0.2 Ground Cuscus
1 North American Porcupine
3 Rock Hyrax
0.3(1) Arabian Gazelle
0.2(1) Chamois
(1) Demoiselle Crane
5(1) Roseate Cockatoo
1 Indian Blue Roller
7(3) Red-billed Magpie
5 Laysan Teal
4 Blue-winged Goose

arrivals
1.0 Ground Cuscus (from Frankfurt)
1.3 Meerkat (from Ravensden)
1.3 California Sealion (from Mexico)
6 Hermann's Tortoise
1 Marginated tortoise
13 Spur-thighed Tortoise

departed
2.1 Ground Cuscus (to London)
0.1 Patagonian Sealion (to Dudley)
0.1 Black Swan
 
I believe the Damara Zebra bred in 1999, two of which are still at Colchester.

Another past species which I believe (Don't quote me on this) went to Highland WP are Markhor.
 
I was recently given a copy of a Blackpool Zoo guide, with Ring-tailed Lemurs on the cover. Not sure of the date, possibly mid-1980s, but the first species shown inside is a Wombat. I didn't know they ever kept them.

Also, Great Hornbills were kept around the same time.
 
camel leopard said:
Forgot about the arabian oryx and damara zebra there used to be about a herd of nine i think. Where was the bison kept? wonder where the oryx and zebra went to?
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Bison were behind the sea lion exhibit which did have both Patagonian and California sea lions at one time.
 

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Bwassa said:
I was recently given a copy of a Blackpool Zoo guide, with Ring-tailed Lemurs on the cover. Not sure of the date, possibly mid-1980s, but the first species shown inside is a Wombat. I didn't know they ever kept them.

Also, Great Hornbills were kept around the same time.
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It's the 1985 edition. I don't think Blackpool ever kept wombats.
 
Past animals at Blackpool Zoo.

Amur tigers:

Nadia (f) and Anchar (m) born 23rd July 1991 at Howletts, they left in 1992/93.

Jagasar (m) born 30th April 1992 at Helsinki Zoo.

Sheya (f) born 8th October 1991 at Marwell Wildlife.

Jagasar and Sheya had 1.2 cubs (Turlouch now at Longleat, Tazmin now at Dartmoor and Tammy at Parc Des felines) on 26th January 1996.

Zambar (m) born 19th March 2004 at Marwell Wildlife to Yenna and Gamin.

African lions:

Zoe (f) and Negus (m)
 
I have just noticed this thread and I hope this list below helps as I was sent a list from the zoo via e-mail about 18 months ago when I requested a list of previous species kept at the collection they responded as usual with a very detailed reply and I would like to thank them again for this I have also checked on zooterliste and some of the species mentioned on and on the e-mail are not on the zooterliste list.

I would also like to thank zoogiraffe for helping me put a few names to old photographs I had from Blackpool also a thank you to Camel Leopard for confirming they used to have leaf cutter ants in the collection.

Thanks again to Rob for the detailed response this helps fill in quite a few gaps in the dating of arrivals at the zoo (Doing a list the same as I did for Dudley date arrived date left)

Here is the list sent below

Aardwolf
African Purple Swamphen
Agile Gibbon
Agile Wallaby
Buffalo
Andaman White-headed Myna
Australian White Ibis
Baer’s Pochard
Bare-Faced Curassow
Bengal Tiger
Black Lemur
Black Wildebeest
Black-Tailed Waxbill
Brahminy Starling
Bristle-Crowned Starling
Brown Dorcopsis
Brown & Yellow Marshbird
Burchell's Zebra
Cape Sparrow
Bottlenose Dolphin
Tree Shrew
Wombat
Cuvier's Toucan
Dark Tufted Capuchin
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Dusky Wallaby
Eastern Mueller's Gibbon
Mouflon
Yellow-Bellied Toad
Golden Tanager
Grants Zebra
Great Indian Hornbill
Great Kiskadee Flycatcher
Great-Billed Parrot
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Green Magpie
Green-Backed Heron
Green-Backed Tit
Himalayan Monal Pheasant
Indian Pitta
Indian Roller
Island Collared-Dove
Jackass Penguin
Kurrichane Thrush
Madagascar Green-Pigeon
Malayan Banded Pitta
Matschie's Tree-Kangaroo
North American Porcupine
North-African Mastigure
Northern Pintail
Northwestern Carpet Python
Orange Weaver
Picui Dove
Pygmy Marmoset
Red-Bellied Macaw
Red-Billed Blue Magpie
Shetland Pony
Short-Tailed Spotted Cuscus
Siberian Chipmunk
Siberian Thrush
Silver-Throated Tanager
Smooth-Backed Gliding gecko
South American Sea Lion
Southern White Rhinoceros
Spot-billed Toucanet
Spotted Imperial-Pigeon
Turkomen Markhor
Vicuna
Wattled Crane
Western Crowned-Pigeon
White Woodpecker
White-Headed Bulbul
Yellow-Billed Stork

I would like to hear from other members if they can remember any other species mainly the reptiles as again these seem to be missing from every list I have recieved

Many thanks for the past help everyone.
 
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Beluga? I find that unlikely. The current sealion pool was designed with dolphins in mind, but these were never kept in the enclosure.
 
tetrapod said:
Beluga? I find that unlikely. The current sealion pool was designed with dolphins in mind, but these were never kept in the enclosure.
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Have to admit that one surprised me as well I wonder if somebody at the zoo was having a laugh when they sent the e-mail!!
 
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