Twycross Zoo Twycross Zoo news 2017 #1

ShonenJake13 said:
First off some great news; the smaller group of chimpanzees have been integrated for over a month so the plans to introduce both groups can now go ahead.

A lot of monkey moves have occurred

The elephants were still at the zoo, all four hanging around outdoors.
Click to expand...

Chimps- that is excellent news about the small group,:) Success now proves they could have done this before but now is better than never. But is there still no sign of any building starting on Chimp Eden?:(

Monkey moves- some always seem to be in different places each time I visit, but there seem to have been more moves than usual since Xmas. So the L'Hoests guenons are now in where the Francois' Langurs were, near the Martens? (Their previous indoor area near Himalaya suffered extreme condensation on the glass making them effectively invisible)

It seems the Elephants will be there for a few more months yet.
 
Pertinax said:
Chimps- that is excellent news about the small group,:) Success now proves they could have done this before but now is better than never. But is there still no sign of any building starting on Chimp Eden?:(

Monkey moves- some always seem to be in different places each time I visit, but there seem to have been more moves than usual since Xmas. So the L'Hoests guenons are now in where the Francois' Langurs were, near the Martens? (Their previous indoor area near Himalaya suffered extreme condensation on the glass making them effectively invisible)

It seems the Elephants will be there for a few more months yet.
Click to expand...

Indeed, I had to rub my eyes a couple of times just to see what was going on when I was stood by the indoor picnic area and saw across the lawn what appeared to be five chimps clambering around outside in the Complex!! Dashed over and my hopes were proven to be true :) unfortunately, no sign of Chimp Eden being built, though it probably won't be much longer now since the chimps are integrated.

Yes the L'Hoest's monkeys are where the François' langurs formerly were, by the martens.
 
ShonenJake13 said:
I think all the moves have happened as a result of the langur house being emptied and refurbed.
Click to expand...

The langur house was already empty when I visited at Xmas. Several of these moves (Dianas, Spectacled Langurs, Lowes) were because of that but the Francois Langurs and L'Hoests monkeys have been relocated since then.
 
I have been looking at the plans for the new elephant house at Blackpool Zoo and they are very impressive I must say, due to be finished later this year,could the Twycross elephants go there as they are also having a bull?
 
The Blackpool plans do look impressive. Going to be honest, pretty guttered the elephants are going to be leaving Twycross - they're probably one of my favourite animals.

I'm secretly hoping the zoo do a Giraffe's on us with this. Move them out for a few years, then when all the first few phases of the redevelopment are done and the zoo are ready to expand onto the fields next to the car park - we get a nice big new elephant enclosure.
 
Having looked at the space on my last visit, pocket and I agreed that the space could easily house Indian rhino. Not much would have to be done about the theming of the path, the grassy paddock could be used to house one and the main paddock the other, the access to the pool wouldn't have to be changed either.
 
Pertinax said:
I could see Rhinos in there, they would probably be the animals requiring least changes to the enclosure. And EEP are/were recently looking for new holders for Indian Rhino....
Click to expand...

Shonenjake- note I made a similar observation here...;) IMO it would be the most straightforward transformation, but of course we don't know if that will be the case or not yet.
 
Rhino is the obvious choice and they did feature on the development plan.

Worth noting also, the vision/plan referred to both elephants and Rhino together in elephant creek which means they believed there was space in that area for both. So could we see Rhino take up home in the elephant enclosure and a second species on the secondary paddock? Hippo maybe?
 
Last edited:
Bornean orang utan born

Twycross Zoo is excited to welcome into the world a critically-endangered Bornean orangutan baby, third offspring to father Batu and mother Maliku.

The new arrival is the first great ape baby to be born at the Leicestershire visitor attraction this year and an important part of a European-wide breeding programme to conserve the iconic orangutan species which faces an uncertain future in the wild.

The baby, born on 27 March 2017, is in the safe hands of experienced and attentive mum Maliku, who came to Twycross Zoo with her mother, Kibriah, in 1996.

She has since given birth to Miri, who now lives in Rostock Zoo in Germany, and Molly, who is still at Twycross Zoo and who is looking forward to playing with her new sibling.

The new baby will be growing up within a wide family group, including grandmother Kibriah and dad Batu.
Click to expand...

New Baby Orangutan | Twycross Zoo
 
rubymurray said:
The final application is here - 16/01085/NOMAT | Non-material amendment to planning permission 16/00251/FUL to building elevations of chimpanzee house | Twycross Zoological Park Burton Road Norton Juxta Twycross Atherstone Leicestershire CV9 3PX

It is underway on the scrub land, to the left hand-side of the Napier Centre, as originally intended.
Click to expand...
Thanks for that I will have a look at home when not on the phone. Let's hope this time they don't have to change things like they did with the gibbons.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Thanks for that I will have a look at home when not on the phone. Let's hope this time they don't have to change things like they did with the gibbons.
Click to expand...
Let's hope they get a wriggle on so that they can finally begin making this intended super group of 19!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top