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TeaLovingDave said:
Next time you visit, keep your eyes peeled for any sign of them - the species is rapidly disappearing from Europe and as such, it is one that you will not see again in a hurry once they *have* died out at SLWAP :)
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I'm visiting South Lakes tomorrow, so will give you an update when I return - when the Saddleback Tamarins first arrived (Which was in November 2012) there were three, however I'm not sure if any arrived since.
 
11jadaway said:
I heard that south lakes has barbary lions is this true?
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No it's not, all "Barbary" lions have been proven to be generic. Unfortunately the subspecies is now extinct, well unless someone's hiding a pride in their private collection! ;)
 
I personally think that this decision is a good one. It means that Kordofan giraffes will be moved into the African section in the expansion which rules out any more breeding confusion in possible further pregnancies, which can only be a good thing yes?

It also allows a place for more giraffes to live rather than a repeat of the Marius situation. Putting SL's present giraffe house to good use.
 
SmallestGiraffe said:
I personally think that this decision is a good one. It means that Kordofan giraffes will be moved into the African section in the expansion which rules out any more breeding confusion in possible further pregnancies, which can only be a good thing yes?

It also allows a place for more giraffes to live rather than a repeat of the Marius situation. Putting SL's present giraffe house to good use.
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Yes but if the collection had done what the studbook wanted there would never had been any doubt about the purity of the giraffe births to come at the place!Because if they had they wouldn't have had any hybrid males at the place!

Isn't funny when the first Giraffe was put down a certain Mr Gill posted in support of Copenhagen Zoo and there decision as soon as there was rumours of a second he offers to create a second group to house surplus males!Jumping into get some good will from people just like YWP did the first time round!I use the words rumours because if what I have heard is correct it was the collection trying to force the hand of the studbook to give them a female,which they will not as the housing is not up to standard for a breeding group!
 
Yes i'll agree with that as there shouldn't be any doubt about the upcoming births, but i do sort of feel like whatever they do they can't win.
 
SmallestGiraffe said:
Yes i'll agree with that as there shouldn't be any doubt about the upcoming births, but i do sort of feel like whatever they do they can't win.
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Well thats what happens when you have an owner that thinks only he knows the best way of doing things!It happened with Howletts when the late Mr Aspinal set that place up,but then he proved through his breeding results and how long he kept some of the animals alive that his way was right,I am afraid that SLWAP is along way from proving that any of its ways are better than the rest of the zoo world!
 
See i think he is his own worst enemy with the fact that he won't take any advice/thinks that he knows best. And i fully acknowledge it being a long, long way from perfect but in this i think it is a positive decision, everything else aside.
 
Very pleasant visit today which is a shock :p - a lot of new developments since my last visit.

Snow leopards are now together, the enclosure is nice for them but a mess for the lions.

Southern caracara are now in the African Gray Parrot walk through.

Two of the Kordofan giraffes are confirmed as pregnant, a third is suspected.

No sloths are on-show anymore, not too sure what happened to them.

A new European Red Squirrel exhibit is now situated outside the Rhino/Bear house, a very nice one I must say.

The former meerkat/porcupine exhibit is now home to a pair of Raccoons, I do like the way they've adjusted to make an outdoor exhibit.

Extension work is really coming on, cat enclosures can be seen with class viewing windows already in place.

And to top it off, a King Vulture sat on my Grandmother's head! :D
 
The sloths are always in with the fennec foxes, you just gotta know where to look for them as they like to sit up on the heater pipes at the very top above the viewing window which means they're impossible to see through the windows.

Forgot to mention the other day that the bears have been mating a lot too, despite the hysterical shouting and screaming of annoying teenagers.
 
Some good news for a change... fingers crossed for the Babirussa in particular

Two very important births this week... a tiny new Babirussa born on Friday. We are the most successful breeders of Babirussa in the European endangered species Programme, a "pig" with the insides of a hippo, living on Sulawesi in Indonesia, they are extremely rare and births in captivity very rare. They usually have one young and are not usually good mothers adding to the risk they face in the wild.

A new Colombian Black Spider Monkey was born on Saturday. The second birth at the park in recent months and the mother is one of our younger females for the first time.
 
Nisha said:
Some good news for a change... fingers crossed for the Babirussa in particular

Two very important births this week... a tiny new Babirussa born on Friday. We are the most successful breeders of Babirussa in the European endangered species Programme, a "pig" with the insides of a hippo, living on Sulawesi in Indonesia, they are extremely rare and births in captivity very rare. They usually have one young and are not usually good mothers adding to the risk they face in the wild.
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This would explain why I only saw one Babirusa and why one enclosure was shut. Great news for the Babirusa.
 
For those members intending to visit the South Lakes Wild Animal Park in the future may be interested in doing what I did when in the Lake District, for as well as going to the zoo I also visited The Cumberland Pencil Museum, which is situated at Keswick, very interesting. Good news about the Babirusa.
 
Nisha said:
They usually have one young and are not usually good mothers adding to the risk they face in the wild.
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I presume they mean 'not usually good mothers in captivity'

Aren't twins as/ more common than singles in Babirusa?
 
Noris Cole said:
For those members intending to visit the South Lakes Wild Animal Park in the future may be interested in doing what I did when in the Lake District, for as well as going to the zoo I also visited The Cumberland Pencil Museum, which is situated at Keswick, very interesting. Good news about the Babirusa.
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Personally, if I was that near Keswick I'd rather visit the Lake District Wildlife Park (formerly known as Trotters World Of Animals) but each to their own.

Another nice non-zoo attraction in the Lake District is the Penrith Museum which had a Thylacine on exhibit last time I visited (around eight years ago).
 
SmallestGiraffe said:
The sloths are always in with the fennec foxes
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So a rainforest species with a desert species? I can't imagine the enclosure environment suits them both equally well (or well at all):eek:.

Where's Yoric when you need a defence of SLWP? I'd love to here this one explained/justified (maybe it's the classic, "temporary measure").
 
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