Or you UK posters could just catch the Eurostar to Paris and see amur, sumatran, malayan and white tigers in one place at Parc Felins! 
Rare Species Conservation Centre RSCC animal transfers and general news
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Facebook page shows they have a black leopard cub.
It seems to imply that they have a pair of cubs - the photo is captioned "our female Black Leopard Cub" and the comments mention that "they" were hand-reared.
Would these be generic? If so I'm surprised Todd has them as it tends to go against the ethos of rare species and I don't think the current North-Chinese race that they hold are known for melanism?
Would these be generic? If so I'm surprised Todd has them as it tends to go against the ethos of rare species and I don't think the current North-Chinese race that they hold are known for melanism?
I was thinking/wondering exactly the same thing, though there have been black Amur Leopards in the past so who knows Black North-Chinese Leopards might not be impossible (though I'm not saying that's necessarily the case). I'd be very interested to know if they were a pure sub-species or just "zoo leopards".
If they are from another European zoo, I would think generic. If they were imported from a source country in Asia, then perhaps pure subspecies. Considering the amount of imports this facility does, the latter is certainly possible (even if it is unlikely).
If you're meaning the cubs were imported from another European zoo then surely that zoo would have hand-reared them themselves rather than passing to RSCC
. If you're meaning the parents (who knows what RSCC hold there?) then there's no reason I can imagine why the cubs couldn't be pure bred.
My (completely unfounded) assumption was that the cubs had been imported from a rescue centre in their range country.
This is complete speculation, but the range of P. p. delacouri covers much of mainland SE Asia, where many of the Sandwich imports have originated. I have seen this subspecies only once (at Hoyerswerda) and one of those animals was melanistic.
This is complete speculation, but the range of P. p. delacouri covers much of mainland SE Asia, where many of the Sandwich imports have originated. I have seen this subspecies only once (at Hoyerswerda) and one of those animals was melanistic.
If you're meaning the cubs were imported from another European zoo then surely that zoo would have hand-reared them themselves rather than passing to RSCC
I am only guessing because I do not think RSCC has any adult black leopards for the cubs to have been born on premises. Of course I only know what I have read here about RSCC, so I could be entirely mistaken.
Talking of RSCC, there is now a photograph of the completed Malayan Tiger enclosure on Facebook.
And today (24/10/2013), a pair of Malayan tigers (named Cicip and Momo) arrived at the RSCC from Malaysia.
What is the origin of their new Malayan tigers?
2 new inhabitants on way from Cambodia to RSCC, picture just posted on Facebook.
Any ideas anyone? I'm hoping for Marbled Cat
Can you link me? I can't seem to get on on my own.
~Thylo
CambsVet
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Can you link me? I can't seem to get on on my own.
~Thylo
Here you go
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...74621976.15660.115581248471432&type=1&theater
mstickmanp
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2 new inhabitants on way from Cambodia to RSCC, picture just posted on Facebook.
Any ideas anyone? I'm hoping for Marbled Cat
Crate looks too big to be a Marbled Cat. I am going to say it's a Sun Bear.
That's what I was thinking, especially considering they work with orphaned Sun Bears in Cambodia. It just makes sense.
On a side note, I'm still laughing at the stupidity of the person who said it was a Giant Panda coming
~Thylo
Hope it's sun bears, from what I've read and seen its almost a signature species, so would be natural following Jo-Jo and Srey-Ya's move to Colchester. Marbled cat would be great to see but the crate does seen big for that. Will definitely visit next year, as I only found out about the place soon after it had closed.
Just seen a UK zoo Guide Facebook post that says the new tigers have come from a Malaysian zoo. No further detail available, but at least they aren't wild caught. I wonder if anyone would be able to narrow it down?
Just seen a UK zoo Guide Facebook post that says the new tigers have come from a Malaysian zoo. No further detail available, but at least they aren't wild caught. I wonder if anyone would be able to narrow it down?
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On a side note, I'm still laughing at the stupidity of the person who said it was a Giant Panda coming
~Thylo
I don't think they thought giant pandas were in there
they were comparing sizes of the crate for a similar sized bear species.- Status