Marwell Wildlife What Happened To them or where were they?

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So what I want to know what happened to these or where they were in the zoo. That include the following:
  • Second Common Eland group
  • Red Squirrel
  • Senegal Galago
  • Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
  • Fennec Fox
  • Geoffroy's Tamarin
  • Impala (question in the bottom)
  • Guernsey Cattle
  • Chinese Painted Quail
  • Greater Hill Mynah
  • Kori Bustard
  • Red Billed Hornbill (and that is all)
Question: Were the Impala allowed to go in the Giraffe paddock? In the 1977 guidebook it shows a picture of them grazing.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum.

I did see your post in the other thread, so this reply is more to show that it isn't being ignored.

The questions you are asking are going back some time, so most people will not be able to answer. I started visiting Marwell when I moved to the area in 2002 and the only species I potentially recall from that list is the squirrel monkey. I believe they may have once been on the island on the pond as you enter the zoo, but I am not 100% sure on that.

Apologies for not being more help, most of those had gone when I started visiting.

There are a few people on here who do go back to the early days of Marwell so it is likely they can help, but it will be a case of waiting for them to see the message.
 
Thanks. I know the Bolivian Squirrel Monkeys lived and died in 2004. But maybe someone else know the others? And the question?

I will wait for a reply.

Thanks again.
 
Kori Bustard were held in what is the former Cheetah enclosure its now used by Roan, Zebra, Giraffe, the last one died in 1982 I do not know what you mean about a second common Eland group there was only one, they were housed where the Banteng are now the last ones left in 1982
 
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AdamT said:
okapis, The second Eland group were the ones mentioned in the 2021 and 2022 news. Not sure they ever arrived.
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No they did not, due to come in from a Safari Park but just before they were due in one died,so the move was called of. Red Billed Hornbill were in the walk through aviary.
 
AdamT said:
So what I want to know what happened to these or where they were in the zoo. That include the following:
  • Second Common Eland group
  • Red Squirrel
  • Senegal Galago
  • Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
  • Fennec Fox
  • Geoffroy's Tamarin
  • Impala (question in the bottom)
  • Guernsey Cattle
  • Chinese Painted Quail
  • Greater Hill Mynah
  • Kori Bustard
  • Red Billed Hornbill (and that is all)
Question: Were the Impala allowed to go in the Giraffe paddock? In the 1977 guidebook it shows a picture of them grazing.
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As Okapis has already clarified, Marwell only kept eland once as the intended second ones never arrived.
Red squirrel (1997/1998) were in a purpose built cage on the higher level of the Walled Garden (the first cage nearest the Hall).
Senegal galago (1998 to 2000) went straight into the then incomplete Night Life prior to it being opened in 1999.
Bolivian squirrel monkeys. Marwell kept common squirrel monkeys (Samuri sciurus) from 1983 onwards, for almost every year until 2020.. But they had no squirrel monkeys at the start of 2004 and the annual report says 3 common squirrel monkeys and 1 Bolivian squirrel monkey arrived that year and, slightly mysteriously, 2 Bolivian squirrel monkeys left during the same year. I can only suspect that one of the new common squirrel monkeys had been correctly re-identified as a Bolivian. I think around this time they were on the Black Swan pond island but squirrel monkeys had been kept elsewhere around the Zoo.
Fennec fox. There is a reference that this species was kept in 1998, but it is not listed in the Annual Report for that year. Do you have any other information? 1998 would make sense as that year would fit in with the creation of Night Life, opened the next year.
Geoffrey's tamarin (1983-1992) would have been in the range of cages in the back garden of the Hall.
Impala; location has already been answered. My understanding is that they were found to carry TB hence the need to avoid close contact with other ungulates. They were, for most of the time, therefore kept in the house and hardstand. I suspect that they would not have beeneasy animals to move from the paddock back into the hardstand and housing.
Guernsey cow. 1998 only. She was kept in a "zero grazing shelter" in Encounter Village to promote the "Send a Cow" African charity work.
Chinese painted quail. At Marwell from 2003 to 2008 but I cannot recall where, so will be interested if someone can provide the answer.
Greater hill mynah. Arrived in 1982 but location also unknown.
Kori bustard (1977-1980), located, as previously stated, in the former cheetah paddock area.
Red-billed hornbill were initially (1977) kept in with pheasants at the Pheasantry (located opposite the recent bush dog enclosure) before moving elsewhere.
 
Thanks, zoo boy, seems like that someone will know where the Fennec Fox, Chinese Painted Quail and Greater Hill Mynah.

Edit: It kept Kori Bustard from 1972 to 1981 according to The Barlett Soceity. What you wrote is meant to be for Red Billed Hornbill.
 
AdamT said:
Thanks, zoo boy, seems like that someone will know where the Fennec Fox, Chinese Painted Quail and Greater Hill Mynah.

Edit: It kept Kori Bustard from 1972 to 1981 according to The Barlett Soceity. What you wrote is meant to be for Red Billed Hornbill.
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Correct; I should have put Red-billed hornbill (1977-1980), while the Kori bustard was 1972-1981.The Bartlett Society list may be incorrect for greater hill mynah though, as these appear to have arrived in 1982 and not 1981.
 
zooboy said:
Correct; I should have put Red-billed hornbill (1977-1980), while the Kori bustard was 1972-1981.The Bartlett Society list may be incorrect for greater hill mynah though, as these appear to have arrived in 1982 and not 1981.
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The Annual Report for 1982, says the last Kori Bustard was alive in 1982 and died that year.
 
okapis said:
The Annual Report for 1982, says the last Kori Bustard was alive in 1982 and died that year.
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I am sure the Annual Report is the correct one. This is another example of the record being different from that on the Bartlett Society list thus confirming why at least two different sources should be checked whenever practical to do so.
 
AdamT said:
I wonder who will know the others.
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I hope there will be some answers. I am curios to know why you are interested in establishing the information for this particular diverse selection of animals.
 
okapis said:
The Annual Report for 1982, says the last Kori Bustard was alive in 1982 and died that year.
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zooboy said:
I am sure the Annual Report is the correct one. This is another example of the record being different from that on the Bartlett Society list thus confirming why at least two different sources should be checked whenever practical to do so.
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Was the 1982 annual report published in 1982 though (i.e. the information within is for 1981) or was it published for 1982 (i.e. in 1983, or at least at the very end of 1982)?
 
Fennec Fox were in Aridlands, fairly obviously.

Chinese Quail are cheap as chips common small aviary birds. They could have been anywhere.

Never ever saw a Mynah at Marwell.

Pro Tip. Try explain why you want this info, and don't be demanding. If you are relying on other people's goodwill, don't start saying you are bored. It's ungrateful. This is not Facebook or a resource, it is a fan site.
 
GaryA said:
Fennec Fox were in Aridlands, fairly obviously.

Chinese Quail are cheap as chips common small aviary birds. They could have been anywhere.

Never ever saw a Mynah at Marwell.

Pro Tip. Try explain why you want this info, and don't be demanding. If you are relying on other people's goodwill, don't start saying you are bored. It's ungrateful. This is not Facebook or a resource, it is a fan site.
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Where were the fennec foxes in Aridlands? The only enclosures that seem suitable are those used for the locusts today. I thought that Desert Carnivores would have been appropriate housing for fennec foxes, but that was not built until 2002.
 
zooboy said:
Where were the fennec foxes in Aridlands? The only enclosures that seem suitable are those used for the locusts today. I thought that Desert Carnivores would have been appropriate housing for fennec foxes, but that was not built until 2002.
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Fennec Foxs two arrived in 1999,I never saw them, and I wonder if they were ever on show,or off show moving on to another zoo, as they left at some time the same year.
 
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