Closest I've seen in Europe is that Zoo and Tierpark Berlin keep them all between them (or at least did until recently - as far as I'm aware they're all still there). Whether they are all in 'modern, good enclosures' is a different matter!
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Closest I've seen in Europe is that Zoo and Tierpark Berlin keep them all between them (or at least did until recently - as far as I'm aware they're all still there). Whether they are all in 'modern, good enclosures' is a different matter!
Ahh, it was just a matter of curiosity. I could never choose between them if I were a zoo director
Gentle Giant
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Mixed species exhibit design usually focuses on the display of animals from a specific ecosystem. When designing a mixed species exhibit it is most important that the needs of all of the animals in the exhibit are met. The integration of animals in a simulated natural habitat facilitates a more effective communication of basic biological principles such as adaptive evolution, competition, behaviour patterns.
Interesting article - Pros and Cons of Mixed Species Exhibits (Page 14-15)
http://www.eaza.net/News/EAZA_Magazine/EAZA NEWS Magazine/ZA71.pdf#page=14
Interesting article - Pros and Cons of Mixed Species Exhibits (Page 14-15)
http://www.eaza.net/News/EAZA_Magazine/EAZA NEWS Magazine/ZA71.pdf#page=14
Thanks. It seems the distribution of the bears needs altering a bit, Belfast have two males, South Lakes have four females of which two aren't really supposed to be there, while Chester has only one female- or is this too obvious? (studbooks and EEP recommendations notwithstanding)?
mazfc
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Are the new Colchester ones spectacled beats as well?
zoogiraffe
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No they are the pair of Sun Bears that used to be at RSCC.
Jordan-Jaguar97
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what is happing with the sumatran tiger's and jaguar's are they knocking down the barrier for the jaguar's tohave the whole enclosure and build the sumatran tigers a new enclosure
Gentle Giant
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BBC News - Rare tiger arrival surprises Cumbria animal park
Rare tiger arrival surprises zoo, but the cub is being hand-reared.
Rare tiger arrival surprises zoo, but the cub is being hand-reared.
Ahhh, another press-office mistake to sensationalise the story. "Sumatran tigers are the rarest subspecies of tiger." I'm sorry BBC, but was there an undocumented baby boom in the South China population that could make up the 600+ tigers difference between South Chinas and Sumatrans?
Of course, this is the BBC's fault, so I'm not blaming South Lakes or Gentle Giant (thanks for posting by the way
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Ahhh, another press-office mistake to sensationalise the story. "Sumatran tigers are the rarest subspecies of tiger." I'm sorry BBC, but was there an undocumented baby boom in the South China population that could make up the 600+ tigers difference between South Chinas and Sumatrans?
Of course, this is the BBC's fault, so I'm not blaming South Lakes or Gentle Giant (thanks for posting by the way
Unless the BBC journo who put the story together got that from South Lakes' press release.
Unless the BBC journo who put the story together got that from South Lakes' press release.
Maybe, I don't know how these stories are done. I always assumed that the journalists did the digging for research and the only parts from the mouth of the zoos were whatever the journalists quoted.
For a lot of the 'regional' type stories it quite often seems to be more-or-less entirely rehashed from the press release. Any errors in that will often get reproduced. Not having seen the original release I can't say who's at fault here!
Ahh right. If anybody sees it, would be interesting to know where the mistake came from (though Sumatran tigers being the rarest ssp is a mistake I hear quite often, from most zoos that have...Sumatran tigers).
Did anyone know that the Pygmy Hippos had bred at South Lakes? Just been on their facebook page and in the 'My Pets' album there is a pic of the hippos with what looks like a tiny calf. Don't know if it is an old pic or poss of the pygmy hippos he had at his park in Australia
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Instead of constantly asking each other questions about policy or animals and getting either no answer or a completely wrong one from a wild guess, why dont you all consider actually asking the zoos concerned directly , because all you are doing here is speculation. I will comment on the Tiger commet however. As far as I am aware there has been no sightings or recording of wild South China Tigers for a very long time now so the comment that sumatran Tigers are the rarest sub species in the wild is an acurate statement based upon knowledge available. Captive populations are not considered in population numbers as they will never be released into the wild as far as can be forseen. The male pigmy hippo was born in 2008 at South Lakes.
So the statement that Sumatrans are the rarest in the wild is based on assuming the South China is now extinct in the wild?
(just checking I've understood)
i did actually put a message on the South Lakes facebook so I have contacted the zoo in question. I only put a message on here because i thought i might get an answer quicker. This is the 'South Lakes news' thread after all so if this was a newborn then i see no problem with putting it in this thread.