Port Lympne Wild Animal Park Port Lympne 2017
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Rukuru is a female. Born to Nyasa and sired by Sammy
A cheetah got out of it's enclosure on Sunday
Cheetah escapes from its enclosure at British zoo | Daily Mail Online
Cheetah escapes from its enclosure at British zoo | Daily Mail Online
simon lloyd
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maybe it was one of the cubs that escaped last time from the same enclosure , in all honesty nothing surprises me at port lympne , it seems all the new lodges are so much more important than anything else :-(
As part of my yearly pass i get a members email and in this edition. There is some very interesting news (text taken from the article)-
"2017 will see a variety of new animal enclosures at the Reserve and our Head Keepers and Animal Manager have been busy planning and developing a number of ideas.
Work has already started on a brand new Scottish Wild Cat enclosure in Carnivore Territory and upgrades to various enclosures are planned throughout the year, whilst the Persian leopard enclosure is set to have new residents as a breeding pair are scheduled to arrive in the latter part of 2017.
This May, will see the opening of our brand new South American Experience and visitors will be able to see animals including Kent’s only spectacled bear pair – Oberon and Rina, our popular capuchin family, plus new species including alpaca’s, Brazilian tapirs and capybara.
Meanwhile, in our new mixed enclosures, visitors will be able to see black rhino sharing their home with red lechwe antelope and later this summer, cheetah will be introduced into a further black rhino paddock."
The last point is particularly interesting considering the only other known zoo to have sucessfully mixed rhino and cheetah is Boras zoo
"2017 will see a variety of new animal enclosures at the Reserve and our Head Keepers and Animal Manager have been busy planning and developing a number of ideas.
Work has already started on a brand new Scottish Wild Cat enclosure in Carnivore Territory and upgrades to various enclosures are planned throughout the year, whilst the Persian leopard enclosure is set to have new residents as a breeding pair are scheduled to arrive in the latter part of 2017.
This May, will see the opening of our brand new South American Experience and visitors will be able to see animals including Kent’s only spectacled bear pair – Oberon and Rina, our popular capuchin family, plus new species including alpaca’s, Brazilian tapirs and capybara.
Meanwhile, in our new mixed enclosures, visitors will be able to see black rhino sharing their home with red lechwe antelope and later this summer, cheetah will be introduced into a further black rhino paddock."
The last point is particularly interesting considering the only other known zoo to have sucessfully mixed rhino and cheetah is Boras zoo
So will this become a pedestrianised section again? I hope so as passing quickly in a bumpy truck isn't really an 'experience' IMO.
I would certainly hope so otherwise you have no hope in seeing half of those species
Surely the word should be 'reopened'.
I really hope so too - I'm not a big fan of the safari truck thing in general tbh.
Does this mean you can now access the original indoor roundhouse area of the first bachelor Gorilla group?
My brain seems to have glossed over this bit on the first reading. That is interesting and my main hope is that it improves the photography opportunities re the cheetah rather than compromise the photography opportunities re the rhino. Any thoughts on which paddock it is likely to be?
I bloody hope so, this will allow hopefully for Timbou and Mataki to go back onshow!! Despite me saying I likely wouldn't return to Port Lympne anytime soon upon my visit late last year I feel another visit soon may be necessary...
Lemurs
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I went today for the first time since 2014. It's the first time I've bothered with the truck 'safari', although I remember going on the old trailer in the 90s.
Regarding the spectacled bears and others you can only see on the truck. I wonder if that's to further to promote the lodges? Like there is a bear lodge where you can presumably overlook their (very impressive) enclosure. Spending hundreds is the only way to see the bears for more than 30 seconds, and I'd imagine enough people pay it to make it worthwhile.
Also, how long have there been civets (between the cheetahs and fossas)? I don't remember them being at PL. Cheers.
Regarding the spectacled bears and others you can only see on the truck. I wonder if that's to further to promote the lodges? Like there is a bear lodge where you can presumably overlook their (very impressive) enclosure. Spending hundreds is the only way to see the bears for more than 30 seconds, and I'd imagine enough people pay it to make it worthwhile.
Also, how long have there been civets (between the cheetahs and fossas)? I don't remember them being at PL. Cheers.
Was the walk between the gorilla garden and the primates open? Someone said it was.....
Lemurs
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I'm not sure sorry! If I'd checked this thread before going I would have looked.
There was a path directly down the hill I don't remember being open before, from the howler monkeys I think. And I'm pretty sure you can get behind the old gorilla pavilion (and on to the rhinos & bush dogs?), but we were knackered and figured we'd seen everything.
There was a path directly down the hill I don't remember being open before, from the howler monkeys I think. And I'm pretty sure you can get behind the old gorilla pavilion (and on to the rhinos & bush dogs?), but we were knackered and figured we'd seen everything.
If you mean past the outdoor areas for the bachelors then that's been there before. If you mean the one by the circular pavilion then that's the one I mean!!
They have been there about 3 years.