Twycross Zoo Twycross Zoo news 2013 #1

TARZAN said:
Personally, ideally I would have liked to see the old green mile cages demolished, considering their great age, however, if they are being refurbished to house the leopards then I will reserve my judgement until I have seen it, the exterior of the green mile didn't actually look to bad as it had glass viewing added in more recent times, also I suppose having the leopards in there will be better than just having a grass lawn if they have no immediate plans to do anything else with this area. Regarding the relocation of the chimps into the three houses, I am of coarse pleased that this has happened, better late than never, although this task has been, in a way, been made easier doing this now than in previous years, I estimate that there are ten to twelve chimps less currently living at Twycross than what there were ten to twelve years ago.
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I rather agree with that sentiment but am not clear as to whether the existing Leopard cage will then be vacated- or Leopards kept in both? If its the former, that presumably will leave that enclosure free for another species- primates?

Re the Chimps, I think at least four have died in the last two or three years, the last being 'Ricky' just a few weeks ago after his move into the 2nd(by age) ex Gorilla House.
 
I suspect the Amur Leopard's will all move into the Green Mile,while what is the Amur Leopard enclosure I will guess could be become the new home for the Yellow-throated Martens,that so many of us have been wanting them to see properly since they got them!!
 
zoogiraffe said:
I suspect the Amur Leopard's will all move into the Green Mile,while what is the Amur Leopard enclosure I will guess could be become the new home for the Yellow-throated Martens,that so many of us have been wanting them to see properly since they got them!!
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If that happens then I may actually venture back to Twycross! :D
 
zoogiraffe said:
I suspect the Amur Leopard's will all move into the Green Mile,while what is the Amur Leopard enclosure I will guess could be become the new home for the Yellow-throated Martens,that so many of us have been wanting them to see properly since they got them!!
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That's a great idea, let's hope it comes to fruition. It seems a relatively cheap idea, would put the Leopards in a larger enclosure and (most importantly, to me) finally get the fabulous Yellow-throated Martens on display. I'd imagine this would then be one of the best Marten enclosures around (though I must admit I've only seen a small handful).

One slight point, would some of the existing mesh on the Leopard enclosure be a little big (I'm desperately trying to envisage mesh and Marten sizes)?
 
TARZAN said:
Personally, ideally I would have liked to see the old green mile cages demolished, considering their great age, however, if they are being refurbished to house the leopards then I will reserve my judgement until I have seen it, the exterior of the green mile didn't actually look to bad as it had glass viewing added in more recent times, also I suppose having the leopards in there will be better than just having a grass lawn if they have no immediate plans to do anything else with this area. Regarding the relocation of the chimps into the three houses, I am of coarse pleased that this has happened, better late than never, although this task has been, in a way, been made easier doing this now than in previous years, I estimate that there are ten to twelve chimps less currently living at Twycross than what there were ten to twelve years ago.
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I agree I hoped to see the green mile gone too, but who knows it might become great.

Chimps that have passed way in the last few years: Jilloch, Mekwundi, Ricky and Becky that I can think of. I also have Evie in my head but I'm not sure if she's a twycross chimp or not (Saturday morning brain storm).

On a different track: saw the coati out and about last week, they are very busy girls, lots of digging and climbing and they seemed to enjoy the rain. Saw the bush dogs last week too, they didn't seem as settled as the coati and were travelling round the enclosure a lot (though I think it was near tea time). Haven't seem them out together yet. I must say they have done a great job on a limited budget transforming the sealion area. It looks huge now its got such tiny animals in it. A much better feeling in that area now.
 
mazfc said:
I also have Evie in my head but I'm not sure if she's a twycross chimp or not (Saturday morning brain storm).

On a different track: saw the coati out and about last week, they are very busy girls, lots of digging and climbing and they seemed to enjoy the rain..... I must say they have done a great job on a limited budget transforming the sealion area. It looks huge now its got such tiny animals in it. A much better feeling in that area now.
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'Eve' was another Twycross chimp who died a few years ago now. She was I think the last Chimp to be born at Bristol (parents Buttons x Elizabeth) and probably the last survivor of their small group before they discontinued with Chimps.

Coatis can really denude an enclosure of all edible vegetation and excavate the soil etc, depending on the ratio of number of animals kept/space so be prepared for it to start looking rather tatty or bare in due course. But it seems to be a sensible conversion.

Twycross seem to have undertaken a number of these enclosure/species swaps recently;

Lions to Hyaenas(sometime ago now)
Sealions to Coati /BushDog.
Giraffe to Camels
Chimpanzees to Leopards(?)
Leopards to Martens(or other?)

Anyone think they know where the Lemurs or Langurs will fit in?
 
Is it true that the last tapir at Twycross was put down within the last couple of weeks? Is this another long term species that has disappeared?:confused:
 
There was an amazingly cute baby (Brazilian) Tapir there a couple of hours ago. It was shut in the Tapir house on it's own, no sign of parents.
 
FINALLY said:
Is it true that the last tapir at Twycross was put down within the last couple of weeks? Is this another long term species that has disappeared?:confused:
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No idea but, given most visitors seem unaware it's there or ever wander over, I don't think it would make much difference to most people (myself not included, I love Tapirs even though they're not usually very showy).

To be fair (if the above is true) species movements have not all been in one direction -there has been some new species coming in of late -Coatis, Bush Dogs, Dik Dik (the first two of which will probably be more active and appealing to Joe Public).
 
Shorts said:
There was an amazingly cute baby (Brazilian) Tapir there a couple of hours ago. It was shut in the Tapir house on it's own, no sign of parents.
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It was out & about with mother last Sunday but not in the enclosure where you can see in the house I don't think.
 
FINALLY said:
Is it true that the last tapir at Twycross was put down within the last couple of weeks? Is this another long term species that has disappeared?:confused:
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I really hope this is incorrect, there are too few malayan tapir holders as it is, & i never have much luck seeing them at London. Seeing the tapir at Twycross before i even went in the zoo was probably the highlight of my last visit.
 
pipaluk said:
I really hope this is incorrect, there are too few malayan tapir holders as it is, & i never have much luck seeing them at London. Seeing the tapir at Twycross before i even went in the zoo was probably the highlight of my last visit.
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Well if the Malayan Tapir has died,it just means they have gone out species soon than they planned to!As I heard she was leaving to go to a collection in mainland Europe later this year any way!
 
zoogiraffe said:
Well if the Malayan Tapir has died,it just means they have gone out species soon than they planned to!As I heard she was leaving to go to a collection in mainland Europe later this year any way!
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A shame for me either way then! Thanks for the info anyway
 
Right as requested by a few people this is what is where in the non Great-Ape Primates,

Gibbon Nursery has L'Hoests Monkey/Lar Gibbon/Mueller's Gibbon/White-faced Saki/Columbian Black Spider Monkey.

Gibbon Complex has Pileated Gibbon x2 groups/Lar Gibbon/Siamang x 5 groups/Agile Gibbon x 2 groups/Northern White-cheeked Gibbon

Colobus House has Francois Langur/Western Colobus

Langur House has Black Howler/Lowes Guenon/Spectacled Langur/De Brazza Guenon

Primate House has Red-faced Spider Monkey x 2 groups/Diana Monkey/Red-bellied Lemur/Lesser Spot-nosed guenon/Crowned Guenon/Roloway Monkey/Javan Langur.

Amazon Monkey House has Green Iguana/Brown Spider Monkey/Red Titi/Golden-headed Lion Tamarin

World of Small Primates has Silvery Marmoset/Golden-headed Lion Tamarin/Emperor Tamarin x 2 groups/Black-eared Marmoset/Geoffroys Marmoset/Pygmy Marmoset/Red-handed Tamarin.

Lemur House has Ring-tailed Lemur/Crowned Lemur/Red-bellied Lemur/Black and White Ruffed Lemur.

The old Red Howler House has Red Ruffed Lemur.
 
Thanks for this zoo giraffe, any signs of where new developments will be?
 
Item says they don't know the baby's sex yet , though previously it was suggested it may be male.
 
Al said:
Thanks for this zoo giraffe, any signs of where new developments will be?
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It very much looks like they are using the Green Mile,to make the new Amur Leopard enclosure.As for anything else new saw no signs of any other building work,but did see a few Aviarys that will need to be re-roofed as a result of the snow!
 
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