Alwaysevergreen
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When I posted at the end of January, this was the animal I was alluding to. However I was told that two were pregnant, so either one has lost one, or another will drop soon.
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When I posted at the end of January, this was the animal I was alluding to. However I was told that two were pregnant, so either one has lost one, or another will drop soon.
Alwaysevergreen
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Have heard that sadly Wilma, one of the two lions who joined Port Lympne from Borth, has passed away.
Do we know how old she is?
A new pride male
We're thrilled to announce the arrival of a new member of the pride - Hunter!
Hunter, who arrived last month, has been settling in well to the 8-acre enclosure and is already a firm favourite with visitors, staff and the rest of the pride.
With his impressive presence and undeniable majesty, there's never been a better time to visit Port Lympne and marvel at Hunter's impressive size and strength first-hand.
We're thrilled to announce the arrival of a new member of the pride - Hunter!
Hunter, who arrived last month, has been settling in well to the 8-acre enclosure and is already a firm favourite with visitors, staff and the rest of the pride.
With his impressive presence and undeniable majesty, there's never been a better time to visit Port Lympne and marvel at Hunter's impressive size and strength first-hand.
Baringogiraffe12
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Yes he did, he was born in 2019.
Bachelor Silverback gorilla Mataki but more commonly known as Bonz, has sadly passed away.
Animal park mourns ‘quirky and sweet’ gorilla
Animal park mourns ‘quirky and sweet’ gorilla
Article states he was one of the original Pavilion batchelor gorillas. What was the family history?
Bonz arrived in 1997 alongside Timbou, Boumi and Ambam. Three more slightly younger males joined the following year, these were Djimu, Kush and Djanghou. The enclosure was occupied by Djoums group up until his death in 1997, the remaining members of his group were transferred to other groups at Howletts and the Pavillion enclosure was then occupied by bachelor males which was its intended use anyway.
Bonz was born October 21st 1988 to Bitam and Killa Killa, but had to be handreared. He lived at Howletts until his transfer mentioned above and remained with the bachelor group until 2011 when he had to be permanently separated from the rest of the group due to aggression from Silverbacks Kush and Djimu. The only remaining male from this original bachelor group is now Djimu.
animallover22
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Hey guys. Does anyone know if Port Lympne is planning on any new species?
I saw this was posted yesterday
We're delighted to announce the newest addition to our tower of giraffes, Zabuni!
4-year-old male Zabuni arrived at Port Lympne Reserve on Wednesday after a nearly 24-hour journey from Dublin Zoo.
We are pleased to report he is doing well and currently mixing with our female giraffes.
Anyone know what's happened to Valentino, presume he's still there?
(Btw I'm the same Embu had to create new account)
We're delighted to announce the newest addition to our tower of giraffes, Zabuni!
4-year-old male Zabuni arrived at Port Lympne Reserve on Wednesday after a nearly 24-hour journey from Dublin Zoo.
We are pleased to report he is doing well and currently mixing with our female giraffes.
Anyone know what's happened to Valentino, presume he's still there?
(Btw I'm the same Embu had to create new account)
Was Valentino previously at Paignton? Will the Aspinall Giraffe be ‘re-wilder’ one day too as part of their master plan?
Yes Valentino was born at Paignton back in 2012(ish) Yoda x Janica.
Don't know why their giraffes would need to be rewilded
cerperal
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...Why would any of the animals need to be rewilded?
I wasn’t sure if the end-game was to rewild their whole collection & wind down?
cerperal
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But this isn't what's happening with the Aspinall collection, and even more importantly that is often a death knell for the animal. The elephants could have been sent around Europe and those not needed for breeding sent to non-breeding collections. I would put money on the moment those animals step into the wild, they are on a quickly diminishing timer. Animals raised in captivity and accustomed to humans do not survive long, look at his gorillas. And that's not even starting on the honey badgers, of which one is a bloody hybrid.
No, these animals should have either stayed put or been sent to more level-headed collections. If an animal in unneeded for a breeding program, then there are zoos holding the species specifically for that purpose.
In regards to the elephants I agree with you, I do believe that they should have been sent to another collection.
I, perhaps like other members on here, do find that certain collections/individuals do like to use situations(rewilding in this case) to paint themselves in a really good picture.
In relation to other individuals depending on species, if a full history is known & there's no hereditary issues then personally(this is just my view on it) I don't see an issue with sending certain animals back to the wild as long as it's planned & organised thoroughly
I, perhaps like other members on here, do find that certain collections/individuals do like to use situations(rewilding in this case) to paint themselves in a really good picture.
In relation to other individuals depending on species, if a full history is known & there's no hereditary issues then personally(this is just my view on it) I don't see an issue with sending certain animals back to the wild as long as it's planned & organised thoroughly
I can't imagine any scenario where there that would happen. The percentage of species they hold- at both parks- that have never been part of any rewilding schemes, probably outweighs the number that have. Of course those that have, like the Gorillas, Elephants, rhinos, lions, cheetahs, langurs, honey badger etc, are the ones that get featured most in their publicity. And even with these it is only a relatively small number of individuals out of those they hold, for most of these species. But to try and rewild all the stock they have would be way beyond their powers I think.
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