Who'll be next?

Zambar

Zambar

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Port Lymnpe once had the UK's only red river hogs. Likewise, in 1999 Giant Anteaters went on show at London and Warthogs arrived at Marwell, and the time the only ones of their kind in the UK.

Cut to today, anteaters are steadilly making their way, conquering seven collections in ten years, warthogs pop up near anually and red river hogs are by far the most commonly kept wild pig species in zoos. So who do you reckon is gonna be next?

I think aardvarks are going to be more reguarly seen within the UK. Blackpool and London follwed the likes of Colchester and Africa Alive! very quickly, and their unique appearence is going to be something zoos want to proclaim like anteaters
 
Aardvarks are a good call; I'd like to see more endangered animals becoming commonplace. I guess current candidates are bali starling and mountain chickens. African wild dogs are another possibility.
 
Visayan wart hogs are another hot candidate, and phillipine spotted deer have already become more frequent in the last 5 years.
 
Marwell Dalek said:
Port Lymnpe once had the UK's only red river hogs.
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I think Belfast received their pair at the same time. The pair at Port Lympne have never bred, neither did the Belfast ones until one died and a new mate was provided. Now a similar situation has happened with PL's pair(old male died and has been replaced) so will they breed too, or is the old female now too old? It seems that some pairs that have been together since they were very young( such as litter mates) won't breed in this species.
 
As i have said on another thread, bongo were once only represented in the late 70's by an imported group at Woburn, then slowly spread to Howletts, London and Marwell, and are now one of the commonest antelope species in the UK, in some 15 or so collections.
 
kiang said:
As i have said on another thread, bongo were once only represented in the late 70's by an imported group at Woburn, then slowly spread to Howletts, London and Marwell, and are now one of the commonest antelope species in the UK, in some 15 or so collections.
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I can remember a time- the 1960's- when I think the only Bongo in captivity anywhere were a pair at a zoo(I forget which one) in the USA.....
 
I think it was Cleveland Pertinax, they claimed they had the first ever pair in captivity but it turned out that Rome had a pair in their collection at the same time many years earlier, whether they were kept together i don't know.
 
kiang said:
I think it was Cleveland Pertinax, they claimed they had the first ever pair in captivity but it turned out that Rome had a pair in their collection at the same time many years earlier, whether they were kept together i don't know.
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Great minds think alike- Cleveland was my thought too so that's where it was, their names were 'Karen' and 'Biff' I remember that. I didn't know about the Rome pair and presumably Cleveland didn't either. ;)

I'm trying to remember where I first saw Bongo(at least in the UK) but it escapes me...:confused:
 
Cusimanse are popping up everywhere, not that they're a particularly big species that people will really notice, but still.
 
ashley-h said:
Cusimanse are popping up everywhere, not that they're a particularly big species that people will really notice, but still.
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I noticed Paignton had some the other week, they'd got them from Shaldon. It's the first time i recall seeing them. I went to shaldon the next day (I love that place.) The ones at Paignton were kept in a temporary enclosue in Monkey Heights. I think they are going to go in the enclosure where they used to keep the water voles. (Have Paignton given up on the Water Vole?)
 
Marwell Dalek said:
Port Lymnpe once had the UK's only red river hogs. Likewise, in 1999 Giant Anteaters went on show at London and Warthogs arrived at Marwell, and the time the only ones of their kind in the UK.

Cut to today, anteaters are steadilly making their way, conquering seven collections in ten years, warthogs pop up near anually and red river hogs are by far the most commonly kept wild pig species in zoos. So who do you reckon is gonna be next?

I think aardvarks are going to be more reguarly seen within the UK. Blackpool and London follwed the likes of Colchester and Africa Alive! very quickly, and their unique appearence is going to be something zoos want to proclaim like anteaters
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I hope it's Brush tailed Porcupines. I've just seen them for the first time at Shaldon. (Have i mentioned i love that place?) There were about seven of them and i've never seen Porcupines so active, (Well apart from the one at Porfell.) Porcupines are normally so boring but these were full of energy. Why any of the other zoos exhibit the normal Porcupines rather than these, is quite beyond me having seen these delightful creatures.
 
The first UK bongo in modern times were at Southampton zoo , imported by the Chipperfield organisation . They subsequently moved to Woburn SP where they bred up to a nice herd .
 
When i first went to London zoo i saw it as a treat to see the only giant anteaters in the U.K now they are all over the place. Difficult to say but as others have said the Visayan wart hogs and philippine spotted deer seem to be making a move in this country. I would love to see more varieties of marmosets and tamarins especially pied tamarins. Aardvarks are also a popular candidate. Animals like komodo dragons and gianttortoises are also ever increasing. Am i right in thinking marwell is planning to bring in komodo dragons in their future plan?
 
It was only a speculation a few years ago, so I don't think it's very likely.
 
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