Tour of Welsh Zoos
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bloodycurtus
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will be nice to hear what these are like as im doing the same trip in july, i have only been to borth animalarium out of these
Next week i will be visiting Manor House Wildlife Park, Folly Farm, Borth Animalarium and Cefn yr erw Primate Sanctuary. Any requests for pictures or information welcome
Hope you enjoy your visits . I visit Manor House , Folly Farm and Cefn-yr-Erw most years but have only once been to Borth quite a while ago .
The Silent World collection - aquarium , reptiles and amphibians , inverts. -at Tenby is also interesting and I always enjoy a visit to it .
I will be interested to hear what you think of the collections . I will probably go to FF , MH and SW in a few weeks once the school holidays are over and they are quieter for a while .
bloodycurtus
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i've not heard of silent world. Is there any other collections in the area? whats the welsh hawking center like?
I have not been to the Welsh Hawking Centre for a while now . It is on the site of the former Barry Zoo and most of the old enclosures are still there , converted to house birds of prey . There are some photos in the gallery which will give you an idea .
Silent World , Tenby , is based on what was a chapel in the middle of a graveyard ! The aquarium is on the ground floor with the rest upstairs , not very big but some very nice specimens on show and friendly owners .
There is a WWT Centre near Llanelli with the usual collection of ducks , geese and swans plus breeding flamingos , also a large reserve area with good views and lots of wild birds .
Swansea has a large greenhouse called Plantasia which has a small collection including cotton-top tamarins ex-Penscynor , birds , reptiles , fish etc.
Margam Park near Port Talbot has large deer herds including some Pere David's .
Silent World , Tenby , is based on what was a chapel in the middle of a graveyard ! The aquarium is on the ground floor with the rest upstairs , not very big but some very nice specimens on show and friendly owners .
There is a WWT Centre near Llanelli with the usual collection of ducks , geese and swans plus breeding flamingos , also a large reserve area with good views and lots of wild birds .
Swansea has a large greenhouse called Plantasia which has a small collection including cotton-top tamarins ex-Penscynor , birds , reptiles , fish etc.
Margam Park near Port Talbot has large deer herds including some Pere David's .
lloyd200
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Its a persian leopard rescued from a house in Cardiff
lloyd200
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some sort of sailor kept it as a pet and somehow ended mup in a house in cardiff thats all that i know
lloyd200
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Next week i will be visiting Manor House Wildlife Park, Folly Farm, Borth Animalarium and Cefn yr erw Primate Sanctuary. Any requests for pictures or information welcome
you need to go to welsh mountain zoo if you are touring welsh zoos, thats where the zoological society of Wales is based.
Johnny Morris.
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That's a fair trek from the others though.
Apart from good links from England into South and West Wales ( M4 and A48 ) and into North Wales ( A55) , the Welsh road system is not brilliant , getting from South to North is a slow journey , particularly if you get stuck behind slow vehicles .
I have only once visited the Animalarium at Borth because it would take hours to get there from Swansea .
Thank you very much for the photos. Both the Animalarium and Cefn yr Erw establishments appear to be disaster zones for captive animals, but perhaps many of the inhabitants of the cages at those parks have been rescued from worse fates.
Both the Animalarium and Cefn yr Erw establishments appear to be disaster zones for captive animals, but perhaps many of the inhabitants of the cages at those parks have been rescued from worse fates.