Bristol Zoo Project Wild Place Project News 2019
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Zooreviewsuk
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Pretty sure that the old Wolf paddock is basically the ending of Bear Wood and that this is the paddock where the Wolverines will be in, as you walk down the hill into Bear wood from this way, you'll then come to the Lynx on your right before the Bears and then the wolves which will be in the first wooded section after the Gelada.
On the opposite side will be a large wooded section, which I believe will be a rotated Brown Bear and Wolf paddock, with tunnel access from each of the smaller paddocks with housing they have, so you'll be able to either see them in the paddocks by their housing or in the larger wooded paddock.
There was talk at one stage of Red Deer or Elk but that doesn't appear to have transpired.
charliejb
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There's a new news article covering the Weavers which have now joined the collection, along with a photo: New colony of exotic birds arrive at Wild Place Project - Wildplace
An article on Wild Place's website about the arrival of a series of bear statues to form a 'trail' from April to September in the park grounds has said that the European brown bears will arrive and Bear Wood will open in July.
The article is included below:
New colony of exotic birds arrive at Wild Place Project - Wildplace
The article is included below:
New colony of exotic birds arrive at Wild Place Project - Wildplace
charliejb
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Video gives glimpse into the new Bear Wood exhibit currently under construction:
New video gives first glimpse of new Bear Wood exhibit - Wildplace
New video gives first glimpse of new Bear Wood exhibit - Wildplace
littleRedPanda
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I dont know where the pdf is, but there is a nice 'video' on facebook
littleRedPanda
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I think the paddocks (outlined yellow) clockwise from the top are
- shared bear and wolf? maybe alternating
- wolf
- bear
- lynx
- wolverine
Zooreviewsuk
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Correct
A teaser regarding Bear Wood was posted on social media today saying an announcement is imminent. Bear Wood was always due to open in July so I would assume it I s now built and the Bears are getting used to their surroundings before the visitors are let in. Anyone have any more details?
Bear Woods due to open 25th July: Countdown to opening the 'best bear exhibit in the country' - Wildplace
charliejb
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The Bristol Post website has got a little more information on the new Bear Wood exhibit including details on the bears themselves. I'm pleasantly surprised that it suggests there will be 4 bears, 3 of which are male and one female. The article also suggests there will be 2 Lynx and 2 Wolverine so quite a good increase in their mammal collection.
A link to the article is below: First look inside Bear Wood at Wild Place Project
A link to the article is below: First look inside Bear Wood at Wild Place Project
Sverige!
The Omaha Zoo has done it with black bears and wolves at their North American-themed safari park.
Quite a few places do. To name a few off the top of my head: Woburn, Pairi Daiza, Ouwehands, and Dierenrijk all exhibit them together. (Pairi go so far as to mix two species of bear with one of their groups of wolves...)