zootierliste now says that they no longer keep the species.
Species on the brink of disappearing from U.K Collections
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I'd still enquire next time you visit if I were you - someone may well have edited ZTL to reflect your comments about not having seen any without actually knowing themselves whether they are indeed gone.
They probably are gone, mind you
but it is always worth checking.
They probably are gone, mind you
but it is always worth checking.
My recent visit to Newquay produced no evidence of the cloud rats still being held in the collection - which tends to suggest that this is another taxa which has disappeared from the UK
Furthermore, they are down to only 1.0 Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth, rendering this another precarious species in the UK.
That is very good news indeed 
animalsbeebee
Active Member
We keep and breed northern luzon cloud rats,may consider getting southern in the future,although they are only active at night,so not an interesting species to keep,but very easy .
Hexaprotodon
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Are there any collections in the UK still holding Leadbeater's Possum? I remember Frank breeding them in the Clore back in the 1990's but didn't notice any there during a recent visit.
Also, are these Cloud rats that you refer to the same as the Panay Cloud rats that used to frequent the Clore?
Also, are these Cloud rats that you refer to the same as the Panay Cloud rats that used to frequent the Clore?
zoogiraffe
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Leadbeater's Possums died out around the mid 90's,and the Southern and Northern Luzon Cloud Rats are not the same as the Panays that London still keep!
The former being one of the biggest losses of recent decades, considering how precarious the species now is.
CiaranDUK
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AA has 1:1 Striped Hyaena, and I believe has been successful with breeding this species in the past. Whether or not the current pair have mated or not is beyond me, but the pair have been together for at least two years.
The UK could certainly do with more hyaena holders, of all species. From my visit last summer, i believe one arrived summer 2011, they were still seperated, but it waa said they hoped to breed them.
CiaranDUK
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I definitely agree; Hyaenas are rather interesting animals.
You're probably right about one arriving in 2011, I believe it was the female. I was nearly right with the time-frame.
Some further updates - bracketed annotations in bold are to clarify comments quoted...
This species is still entirely absent from Europe, however there are reports based on the official map for the collection indicating that Edinburgh has Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby now - if so, the first UK collection with the species in a century.
Now entirely gone from the UK.
I'll be checking this one in a week, when I visit PL for the first time.
Still the case, although limited breeding has occurred.
The geriatric Asian at Dudley is still hanging on; however Woburn have imported a fair few new Americans, which hopefully means this species will be around in the UK a while yet.
Still the case, and judging by my observations last week down to two individuals.
Unsure as to this one.
At least one individual is still held by this collection.
Sadly lost in the fire earlier this year.
Still clinging on, as far as I am aware
Now gone.
This species is still entirely absent from Europe, however there are reports based on the official map for the collection indicating that Edinburgh has Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby now - if so, the first UK collection with the species in a century.
Now entirely gone from the UK.
I'll be checking this one in a week, when I visit PL for the first time.
Still the case, although limited breeding has occurred.
The geriatric Asian at Dudley is still hanging on; however Woburn have imported a fair few new Americans, which hopefully means this species will be around in the UK a while yet.
Still the case, and judging by my observations last week down to two individuals.
Unsure as to this one.
At least one individual is still held by this collection.
Sadly lost in the fire earlier this year.
Still clinging on, as far as I am aware
Now gone.
Some further updates - bracketed annotations in bold are to clarify comments quoted...
This species is still entirely absent from Europe, however there are reports based on the official map for the collection indicating that Edinburgh has Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby now - if so, the first UK collection with the species in a century.
Now entirely gone from the UK.
I'll be checking this one in a week, when I visit PL for the first time.
Still the case, although limited breeding has occurred.
The geriatric Asian at Dudley is still hanging on; however Woburn have imported a fair few new Americans, which hopefully means this species will be around in the UK a while yet.
Still the case, and judging by my observations last week down to two individuals.
Unsure as to this one.
At least one individual is still held by this collection.
Sadly lost in the fire earlier this year.
Still clinging on, as far as I am aware
Now gone.
Do Folly Farm have Marsh mongoose?
And a few updates regarding species which have been lost, or which are on the brink....
Further to my visit to Amazonworld, I can confirm that the Mountain Paca and the Greenish Acouchy, among a few other probable species which I was unable to get 100% confirmation regarding, are now absent from the UK. In the case of the Paca, this means the species is absent from Europe.
My visit to Owl and Monkey Haven the same day revealed that the last Whiteside's Guenon in the UK is still alive, albeit advancing in age - this will likely be another species to disappear within the decade from the UK, a story which can be said in Europe as a whole for many guenons.
Another species which is further from the brink than thought is the White-throated Capuchin - the pair at Owl/Monkey Haven have recently had a successful birth.
Reports indicate that the Black-footed Cats at Port Lympne, the last in Europe, have also recently bred.
Further to my visit to Amazonworld, I can confirm that the Mountain Paca and the Greenish Acouchy, among a few other probable species which I was unable to get 100% confirmation regarding, are now absent from the UK. In the case of the Paca, this means the species is absent from Europe.
My visit to Owl and Monkey Haven the same day revealed that the last Whiteside's Guenon in the UK is still alive, albeit advancing in age - this will likely be another species to disappear within the decade from the UK, a story which can be said in Europe as a whole for many guenons.
Another species which is further from the brink than thought is the White-throated Capuchin - the pair at Owl/Monkey Haven have recently had a successful birth.
Reports indicate that the Black-footed Cats at Port Lympne, the last in Europe, have also recently bred.
If you read a few pages back, this has already been discussed; their Marsh Mongoose died some years ago.
Thanks, should have checked back
BongoHardwood
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Regarding Hamlyn's monkey, as far as I can remember from a couple of days ago when writing the proposed species list, the NWCP plans/planned to hold this species. Whether this will come to fruition or not is another matter. I am not familiar with the species, are they doing well in the rest of Europe?
Blossom- folly farm sent their last individual to curraghs, does anyone know where randers(Denmark) got there individual/s?.
Steppe polecat weren't on show, which means they are off show or absent, I did ask a particularly unhelpful keeper about the polecats.
As of Easter 2013, camperdown still have there genet.
Anyone have any idea on black wildebeest numbers in the uk? LDWP got two, but one died and was promptly replaced, so they have 1.1 (I also believe they will be mixing them in with various hoofstock). How many do the other collections have?
Steppe polecat weren't on show, which means they are off show or absent, I did ask a particularly unhelpful keeper about the polecats.
As of Easter 2013, camperdown still have there genet.
Anyone have any idea on black wildebeest numbers in the uk? LDWP got two, but one died and was promptly replaced, so they have 1.1 (I also believe they will be mixing them in with various hoofstock). How many do the other collections have?
