Manor House Wildlife Park Rhinos
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Neither male has yet arrived or is expected to come for at least another couple of weeks. The Rhino facility at MH is finished and they are ready to recieve them, just waiting on the transport atm which is holding things up
The first of Manor House's Rhinos is en-route as a I type and should be in place by tomorrow. Neither of the two we were expecting, but this one is called Jambo and coming from GaiaZoo in the Netherlands after the Rhino group over there refused to accept him
As for Zimba and Zamba now.... South Lakes have updated via their facebook that Zimba is not expected to transfer until the Autumn due to delays with his crate training and as for Zamba at Colchester..?
Edit: Slight update that Jambo was born at Erfurt in October 2009 and has only been at GaiaZoo since November 2011
As for Zimba and Zamba now.... South Lakes have updated via their facebook that Zimba is not expected to transfer until the Autumn due to delays with his crate training and as for Zamba at Colchester..?
Edit: Slight update that Jambo was born at Erfurt in October 2009 and has only been at GaiaZoo since November 2011
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The first of Manor House's Rhinos is en-route as a I type and should be in place by tomorrow. Neither of the two we were expecting, but this one is called Jambo and coming from GaiaZoo in the Netherlands after the Rhino group over there refused to accept him
As for Zimba and Zamba now.... South Lakes have updated via their facebook that Zimba is not expected to transfer until the Autumn due to delays with his crate training and as for Zamba at Colchester..?
Edit: Slight update that Jambo was born at Erfurt in October 2009 and has only been at GaiaZoo since November 2011
I would expect one or the other to move up to GaiaZoo in reverse!
Both Jambo and Zamba (from Colchester) arrived at Manor House today according to Facebook.
cliffxdavis
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If the aim is to breed White Rhinos in captivity why an all male group?
These paticular males are too young to breed yet (reach maturity at 5 to 7 years) so some EEP collections are requested to hold batchelor groups/pairs for a few years until places become avaliable for them in breeding situations and they reach maturity. Eventually these males that MH have received will move on, so it's just a temporary arrangement
Plus in many instances nowadays new holders of a species, such as Manor Park with Rhinos, are often allocated 'spare' males first and gain experience with the species that way. Sometimes they then continue as just a 'male holder', in other situations females are acquired later on as they become available, to form a breeding unit.
cliffxdavis
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Good to know, thanks for explaining.
There are simply not enough females. In fact my understanding (from the keepers at Flamingo Land, who also have just males), is that the only way to get females is to import from Africa. Any surplus females are going to existing breeding groups. So new holders must take males only, unless they are willing to import females. Flamingo Land have held just males now for about 10 years, so Manor House have a long way to go yet.