They're in an off-show quarantine facility behind the kudu/impala paddock, destined for Regents Park. The chances of Whipsnade exhibiting Asian lion are about the same as the dodo coming back from the dead!
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They're in an off-show quarantine facility behind the kudu/impala paddock, destined for Regents Park. The chances of Whipsnade exhibiting Asian lion are about the same as the dodo coming back from the dead!
Didn't make the post clear enough, I meant when they go to London
I know that Whipsnade has no chance of getting Asiatic lions!!!Or will both of them even stay at ZSL longterm......
What it means is when looking for a new male. it's important to keep the breeding programmes going
Unfrortunately I couldn't post photos of the construction site of the African Hunting Dogs as I can't find the add photos button
Gigit
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It's now called 'Add Media' (this had me puzzled for a while!).
The Lions at Whipsnade haven't bred for over 10 years, I don't think these are part of any breeding programme.
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Pipaluk is correct, the lions are hybrids of different subspecies and therefore were a non-breeding pride to begin with. This is why the kids never left the pride and the boys were castrated.
Pipaluk is correct, the lions are hybrids of different subspecies and therefore were a non-breeding pride to begin with. This is why the kids never left the pride and the boys were castrated.
Work will begin shortly on improving the sealion accommodation, with a view to building an entirely new exhibit in the long term.
Wolves WILL return to Whipsnade, with a commitment from ZSL to build a brand new exhibit.
Wolves WILL return to Whipsnade, with a commitment from ZSL to build a brand new exhibit.
Sounds fabulous as their was talk both females were pregnant in July that's why they stopped performing in the show but no successful births? So maybe new accommodation will help?
Love to see wolves back at whipsnade this time less open paddock more forest , so it's like a natural environment like they have at longleat!
Love to see wolves back at whipsnade this time less open paddock more forest , so it's like a natural environment like they have at longleat!
Where do you think the Wolves would go? Because the African Hunting Dogs are now Being Housed in the former Wolf enclosure.
Hopefully the Current Sealion House and Pool will stay the Same but they will extend them like the Big Cat Terrace and the Land of the Lions at London Zoo
Also I Hope there will be More Developments or New Exhibits Coming to Whipsnade (such as More Mammals like Giant Anteater, Banteng, Bush Dog, More Apes and Monkeys Like Orangs or Gorilla, or Okapi in a Rainforest Section) in the New Year to Make it feel more like a Zoo and not Random Enclosures Placed here and there
Hopefully the Current Sealion House and Pool will stay the Same but they will extend them like the Big Cat Terrace and the Land of the Lions at London Zoo
Also I Hope there will be More Developments or New Exhibits Coming to Whipsnade (such as More Mammals like Giant Anteater, Banteng, Bush Dog, More Apes and Monkeys Like Orangs or Gorilla, or Okapi in a Rainforest Section) in the New Year to Make it feel more like a Zoo and not Random Enclosures Placed here and there
I wonder how they could improve the current sealion accommodation? Its not as if theres alot of space and whats the point if they are planning on building a brand new exhibit for them in the future!.. either way it needed to be done, the current exhibit is rather dated! Out of intrest, When are they planning on building the new exhibit?
By turning it into a new penguin enclosure; a refrigerated area in doors and do away with the seating, replaced by rocks and cliff faces, beach area immediately round the pool itself and bring back the Kings!
Its good to hear of the intention to bring back/continue with Wolves. As pointed out above, hopefully they'll choose at least a partially wooded enclosure for them next time- perhaps in the area near the Wild Boar/Bears/lynx to keep their geographic theme. I think there is still some undeveloped in the woodland strip along the roadside boundary. (The original 'Wolf Wood' enclosure in the Conifer wood where the Siberian tigers are, was far more effective visually than the later one.)
SeaLions- good news also though if they are going to improve the current accomodation first, then the 'longterm' timeframe of a new exhibit could be a long way off.
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I agree with you; it is good news that there are plans to bring back wolves to Whipsnade.
I also concur that the old Wolf Wood, where the tigers are now, was a very much better exhibit than the recent one.
Sorry to be pedantic but the enclosure we both remember wasn't the original Wolf Wood; it was the second one.
Whipsnade's original Wolf Wood was close to the area where the brown bears are.
FunkyGibbon
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It's interesting to hear the rather lukewarm opinion of the most recent wolf enclosure; when I saw it for the first time I really thought it was one of the finest exhibits in the UK. The pines in the background, the sunken fence at the front, the outcrop in the middle with one wolf sat up whilst the others silently padded around the vast area...
Maybe I just caught it at a good time
As others have said, it's a little surprising that they would announce improvements and a new exhibit for the sealions, particularly as I believe the current one was renovated quite recently.I wonder if surveys have revealed poor public response to it; to my eyes it is comfortably the weak point of Whipsnade.
Although it wouldn't make sense zoogeographically, I'd love to see ZSL kill two birds with one stone and build an aquatic area with new exhibits for sealions, common hippos and some other bits and bobs on the base camp lawns, possibly overlooked by the old elephant house.
Maybe I just caught it at a good time
As others have said, it's a little surprising that they would announce improvements and a new exhibit for the sealions, particularly as I believe the current one was renovated quite recently.I wonder if surveys have revealed poor public response to it; to my eyes it is comfortably the weak point of Whipsnade.
Although it wouldn't make sense zoogeographically, I'd love to see ZSL kill two birds with one stone and build an aquatic area with new exhibits for sealions, common hippos and some other bits and bobs on the base camp lawns, possibly overlooked by the old elephant house.
I've always thought that the indoor sealion (formerly dolphin) pool should be converted for manatees........don't think it will ever happen though
I think I knew about another one but had forgotten. I wonder exactly where the first/original one was sited and if that space, or an adjacent one, could be used again next time around. The second one worked so well because of the 'forest feel' provide by the dense conifer trees- this was lacking in the later much more open enclosure- however I think that site will work perfectly okay for the new Hunting Dogs.
Just a thought...what about utilising the old Woodland Walk area for wolves?