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I see from a press release that one of the black rhinos recently sent to Africa , female Zawadi , was born in Berlin . I would assume she was sent to Port Lympne with the agreement that she was to be exported to Africa .
 
Bele said:
I see from a press release that one of the black rhinos recently sent to Africa , female Zawadi , was born in Berlin . I would assume she was sent to Port Lympne with the agreement that she was to be exported to Africa .
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Probably the agreement. PL have done well releasing Black Rhinos back to Africa, the last ones sent were 0.2 (?) and one was seen mating with a wild male.
 
0.1 Red Panda has arrived from Copenhagen to partner with the male who arrived from Dortmund in 2011. She's called Wanmei
 
Rosie the Black Rhino.

Does anybody have any updates on Rosie (Ex Chester) has she been mixed with any females or even possibly a male? I know that she has behavioral problems mixing with other Rhinos.
 
Port Lympne's facebook page have announced that they've added fossa to the collection - nice to see one of my favourite little species on the up :)

Edit: They came from a private collection and are housed in the former red panda enclosure in Carnivore Territory.
 
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Jordan-Jaguar97 said:
Does anybody have any updates on Rosie (Ex Chester) has she been mixed with any females or even possibly a male? I know that she has behavioral problems mixing with other Rhinos.
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I went to port lympne August 11th and on the african experience just as it goes up the main drive at the start it goes past two rhino paddocks and the driver said Rosie was in the paddock on the left.

She was on her own, im not sure if they have tried to mix her with any of the others or if they will in the future though.

GB
 
The new male Drill has also arrived (I assume from Valencia, as previously mentioned) His name is "Nbosja"
 
Javan Rhino said:
Port Lympne's facebook page have announced that they've added fossa to the collection - nice to see one of my favourite little species on the up :)

Edit: They came from a private collection and are housed in the former red panda enclosure in Carnivore Territory.
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Bit of further information released by the park today...
The Fossa are a pair, Both born at San Diego in 2006 and transfered to Port Lympne from Endangered Madagascar in Bath recently. :cool:
 
Came across this festival, called The Zoo Project, which is to be held within the grounds of Port Lympne this month. I'm not sure of the exact location within the grounds but the prospect of a music festival in a zoo sounds a bit dodgy to me. Anyone else got any thoughts?

The Zoo Project Festival UK 2012
 
AdamD601 said:
Came across this festival, called The Zoo Project, which is to be held within the grounds of Port Lympne this month. I'm not sure of the exact location within the grounds but the prospect of a music festival in a zoo sounds a bit dodgy to me. Anyone else got any thoughts?

The Zoo Project Festival UK 2012
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I think music festivals are annual events now. There is plenty of space beside the main drive before you reach the car park area. As PL visitors will know, there is a footbridge across a minor road between the car park and the actual entrance to the zoo. The spare male baboons, in the old enclosure at the end of the bridge, will probably be the only animals that can hear much.

Alan
 
Drills.

Now PL have moved 0.2 Drills out (Afi and Kaduna) how many do they now have? I think it's 2.1, they have the castrated male and his mother (?) as well as the newly arrived male. I hope PL can get some breeding out of them before the adult female is too old.
 
Jordan-Jaguar97 said:
Now PL have moved 0.2 Drills out (Afi and Kaduna) how many do they now have? I think it's 2.1, they have the castrated male and his mother (?) as well as the newly arrived male. I hope PL can get some breeding out of them before the adult female is too old.
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I believe they still have 3 females, as in May there were five (Bibundi and four daughters). If two have now left to go to Munich(?) as I was told, that leaves Bibundi and two daughters at PL. I suspect Bibundi isn't too old to breed again, but the two remaining daughters will only just be mature anyway.

Total; 2.3.
 
AdamD601 said:
Came across this festival, called The Zoo Project, which is to be held within the grounds of Port Lympne this month. I'm not sure of the exact location within the grounds but the prospect of a music festival in a zoo sounds a bit dodgy to me. Anyone else got any thoughts?

The Zoo Project Festival UK 2012[/QA

A quick look at International Zoo News no.394[june] will give you Damian Aspinalls explanation for the festival and its non-impact on the animal collection.Its sad to see that the old standbys of zoo communication and literature are now largely ignored by the computer generation...it costs to keep up with these things i know,but if you want them enough you will find a way.I bought the International Zoo Yearbook when i was still at school...i simply found work to pay for it[might be why i ended up being a reasonably successful businessman].
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On a completely unrelated note, i'm curious as to how many gorillas there are at port lympne and how they are grouped. Would anyone be able to provide a list of the names/ages/sexes of the gorillas in each PL group please? Additionally how many batchelor groups are there at the park? 2? are any males keep on their own?

Thanks in advance......
 
Djalas group:
Djala Male born 1982
Foufou Female born 1992
Kishi Female born 1988
Kibi Female born 1992
Mumba Female born 1987
Tamki Female born 1989
Emmie Female born 1991
Mwambe female born 2006
Djongo Male born 2006
Louna Male born 2008
Akou female born 2011
Djemba female born 2012

Bachelor Group 1:
Mataki(Bonz) Male Born 1988 - Living Solitary
Ambam Male born 1990
Djimu Male born 1992
Kush Male born 1992
Timbou Male born 1990 - Living Solitary

Bachelor Group 2:
Ujiji Male born 1994 - Living solitary
Kangu Male born 1999
Kebu Male born 2000
Kouyou Male born 2002
Fubu Male born 2003

Hope this helps

GB
 
Thank you so much gorillaboy. Do you know of any particular reason why those males are kept in batchelor groups asides from there being too many captive males? i.e, do any have genetic problems or too closely inbred, or behavioural probs etc? Are many of those males related too each other?
 
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i.e, do any have genetic problems or too closely inbred, or behavioural probs etc? Are many of those males related too each other?
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1. These males represent many of the surplus ones bred in the breeding groups at Howletts/PL. A number of their other surplus males have gone in small groups to zoos in France, Hungary(?) and South east Asia as well as Boulas, now at Longleat and Oumbie at Twycross..

2. None of them are inbred so no genetic problems.

3. A lot of them, both the past and present ones, are related to each other, either full or halfbrothers from the same breeding groups.

4. The ones Gorillaboy lists as 'living alone' have mostly had to be split due to fighting, not really a behavioural problem as such as its not very natural for adult males to live closely together like this.
 
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