Themonkeyguy1
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According to the Facebook live today, the red panda cub born in 2021 to Tink and Pan is a male. A new enclosure has been developed in the Worldwide Safari, species will be revealed soon according to the Facebook live.
South Lakes Wild Animal Park South Lakes Safari Zoo News 2022
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Jambi
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Sounds interesting, I wonder if it will be a new species, or just a new enclosure for something they already have? I was thinking about a revisit some time either this month or next, but I think I'll hold back until the walkthrough aviaries are back open.
Themonkeyguy1
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Judging by the way it is set up, I have in my head binturong or something civet like. I suspect its something new!
The new species at South Lakes (revealed on the zoo's Facebook page on 26th January) are brush-tailed bettongs.
A very nice species, which I saw at the collection a few times before they ceased to keep them about four or five years ago.
Themonkeyguy1
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the female went to France, the male currently still resides at South Lakes with his mother, Bonita.These are jaguar
Thanks!!
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I have a suspicion that the female jaguar cub died during the tenure of David Gill, as a matter of fact - or rather, according to him, was one of the several species which moved to an unspecified collection "deep in Europe" which he refused to be drawn on
Themonkeyguy1
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I have a suspicion that the female jaguar cub died during the tenure of David Gill, as a matter of fact - or rather, according to him, was one of the several species which moved to an unspecified collection "deep in Europe" which he refused to be drawn on
Are you not referring to the Sumatran tiger cub born in 2010, Kadi?
No, there were numerous other animals which this happened to - including lions, mandrills, the aforementioned jaguar and (if memory serves me correctly) the *other* Kadi - the snow leopard
It was basically Gill's go-to excuse!
Themonkeyguy1
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The jaguar in question is listed as alive as of October 2021 as Zoo de Bordeaux-Pessac posted an image of her as can be seen:Log into Facebook
Jambi
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The first thing I thought when I read this was "Yep, they ended up as kebab meat".an unspecified collection "deep in Europe" which he refused to be drawn on
I'm glad that South Lakes has well and truly moved past those times now, it was a fantastic place last time I visited, and I plan on going back this Summer, depending on where we're at with the bird flu outbreak by then.
The Hedgehog
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Hi is South Lakes still owned by David Gill,or at least linked to him?
Jambi
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No, the zoo is now owned by Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd., managed by Karen Brewer. David Gill lost his licence in 2017, but retained ownership of the land the zoo is on until January last year, when it was sold to the Zoo Investment Company.
The Hedgehog
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@Jambi this would explain why the Zoo is improving. I think that Gill should be banned of keeping animals for life. I’m glad that Gill had his license revoked,lots of animals mysteriously died during his ownership. I believe Gill was secretly killing the animals. I think the Zoo should change its name to cut the link between itself and David Gill.
Jambi
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Other than the lions and baboons that were euthanized due to lack of space to keep them, I doubt any animals were killed intentionally, despite the kebab meat joke in my earlier post. It was more down to general incompetence and ignorance, Gill hired his own wife to be the zoo's veterinary coordinator, a job she wasn't qualified for, and animal welfare declined likely as a result of that.
Gill had a lot of big ideas and great ambitions, but he was also a dumb, ignorant narcissist who wasn't good at business management and hated the town council for having concerns about how he ran his business.
As for a name change, they've already sort of done this, with the name "Safari Zoo Cumbria" without the "South Lakes" prefix being much more prominent these days.
Zoo utsi leon
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Does anyone know how old Bonita is?These are jaguar