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There is video of the new lion cubs. They are crawling round in the den with not only the mother but the three grown up cubs of the last litter too (and father is there too). The older cubs seem mildly interested in the tiny ones and the male cub sufficiently so to (gently) bat at one too. Haven't seen this before. With the mother sharing the den with the rest of her family like this, what are the chances of survival here- good or poor?
 
Was really worried they would get squashed as they were being sat on etc but they seem well this morning x
 
Very sad news again cameras are down but another cub has died not sure if the other is ok yet x
 
Other cub ok at the moment but a lot of people disagreeing with the event that happened such sad news either way x
 
Two elderly lions from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom will be moving to Port Lympne in the next few days
 
pipaluk said:
Well, as the sign says- Port Lympne is not a zoo! :p
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Even so, it is fast becoming a far cry from the place it once was.

I heard this persistent rumour DA wants to disband the elephants at PL / Howlett's and send these also back to Africa.

The black rhinos, or some of these, are also candidates for release. I just wish they stay part of the breeding consortium with Europe. Mind you, their current breeder is on loan so all offspring ... are not owned by PL.

The latter project I do support, but only for allowing some individuals go there, with others staying within the EEP/EAZA program, which is functioning very well.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Even so, it is fast becoming a far cry from the place it once was.

I heard this persistent rumour DA wants to disband the elephants at PL / Howlett's and send these also back to Africa.

The black rhinos, or some of these, are also candidates for release. I just wish they stay part of the breeding consortium with Europe. Mind you, their current breeder is on loan so all offspring ... are not owned by PL.
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He would probably send everything away if he could!
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Now the zoo is becoming a rescue facility ... What a joke.
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When he(?) appeared on here some weeks ago, DA did indicate that this was more of his intention for the future, with Bears and some other Lions due to arrive from two different closed/closing establishments in Europe. Borth say they approached something like 600 zoos to take them before PL offered a home, and have indicated their move is permanent, due mainly to age. So whether they have taken up the space the other Lions expected from Europe would have used remains to be seen, or maybe that has been factored in too. It will mean several enclosures with different lions at PL again though as they are unlikely to be able to mix them.

Meanwhile PL are receiving flack due to the deaths of two of their own new litter of Lion cubs, born while the previous cubs are still present- there is (or was) a live feed camera in the dens and two of them appear to have been squashed by the older male cub, which subsequently ate one of them. I did query above how having cubs of her previous litter with their mother might affect their survival prospects. A lot of people saying they should have been seperated out, but very possibly they didn't have the ability to do so, or didn't want to stress their mother by a sudden seperation. But its not turning out well.
 
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Pertinax said:
When he(?) appeared on here some weeks ago, DA did indicate that this was more of his intention for the future, with Bears and some other Lions due to arrive from two different closed/closing establishments in Europe. Perhaps the Borth Lion 'rescue' is only a temporary interim measure, or maybe they won't return to Borth.

Meanwhile PL are receiving flack due to the deaths of two of the new litter of Lion cubs, born while the previous cubs are still present- there is (or was) a live feed camera in the dens and two of them appear to have been squashed by the older male cub, which subsequently ate one of them. I did query above how having cubs of her previous litter with their mother might affect their survival prospects. A lot of people saying they should have been seperated out, but very possibly they didn't have the ability to do so, or didn't want to stress their mother by a sudden seperation. But its not turning out well.[/
what’s annoying is that they have released a statement saying it wandered outside when a lot of people watched what happened live and it wasn’t pleasant the remaining cub then spent the whole day outside with its mum who was obviously upset at what had happened someone has said that the mum and cub were later put in a separate enclosure last night but there have been no further news I feel for the keepers as they must be very sad it’s all got very unpleasant and unnecessary x
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Gelada said:
Two elderly lions from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom will be moving to Port Lympne in the next few days
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How old are these lions and where did they originally come from? Obviously of no genetic importance im guessing?
 
I wouldn’t consider them elderly just the composition of one male and female is hard to house as they can’t be introduced to other individuals. New individuals are zulu ( of linton zoo’s safina & zuri ) and wilma from heythrops zoological centre. Their full siblings are a breeding pair at noah’s ark zoo. One would hope no breeding takes place as zulu’s relatives have a questionable genetic history and resultant degenerative conditions.
 
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