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The Facebook page of Wild Zoological Park has announced the arrival of a young serval named Nala, previously one of the demonstration animals at Colchester Zoo. She is currently settling in to her new enclosure and will also be participating in the animal demonstrations at Wild Zoological Park.
 
New for 2020 will be an extension to the African section (being very generous there) that will be home to Cape hyrax and crested porcupines. It will loop around the back of the macaw aviary and take over the skunk off-show enclosures, going by the map.
 
I made a trip to Wild Zoological today as part of their 7th Birthday celebrations.

Few changes have happened since my last visit.
  • Number of reptile exhibits in the entrance area appears to have decreased markedly and failed to see any Gecko's. In the Bird Show, the Zoos director Zack said how their energy bill had gone from £1500 a month to £6000 a month, so it would not surprise me if this had led to them cutting back on reptiles, as the gift shop now takes up an area where Vivs used to be.
  • The exhibit which once held Jaguarundi, and then a Toucan, is being renovated for the Caiman which are currently in the entrance area.
  • The old Kinkajou exhibit has had the arboreal sections removed and now is home to a pair of Large Hairy Armadillo, with Spectacle Owls in their old exhibit.
  • There appears to only be 2 pelicans now, having previously been three.
  • Construction of a new aviary at the back of the Outback Paddock is well underway with ground work complete. No idea if this is for a new species, or to create more room for some of the show birds.
  • Eastern Crowned Cranes are now part of the bird show
  • The zoo now hosts a new show called Bugz Live, which like all of Zacks shows is very humorous with adult humour packed in, in places.
  • The zoo only has one mob of Meerkats now, with the smaller mob moved on to another collection, the zoo plan to combine the two exhibits to make one larger exhibit for the current mob.
  • Finally, really good news that Baloo, the Binturong returned to the show arena for the first time today after he had been away for the last few months. Earlier in the year he was diagnosed with cancer, and the vets were not sure he would make it. Whilst Cancer can be quite common in Civets, Baloo is very much an ambassador for his species, as to Zacks knowledge, he has been the first Binturong to recover from Cancer, and has now had the all clear. He has been in his exhibit for the last few weeks, but today was the first time he returned to the mammal show. He didn't do anywhere near as much as he used to, and Baloo Experiences remain unavailable, but it was lovely to see his dedicated keepers posing for a group selfie with him, which I'm sure will end up on the social media pages. Baloo is a very much loved animal at the zoo, and it's brilliant he has made a full recovery.
 
Alwaysevergreen said:
I made a trip to Wild Zoological today as part of their 7th Birthday celebrations.

Few changes have happened since my last visit.
  • Number of reptile exhibits in the entrance area appears to have decreased markedly and failed to see any Gecko's. In the Bird Show, the Zoos director Zack said how their energy bill had gone from £1500 a month to £6000 a month, so it would not surprise me if this had led to them cutting back on reptiles, as the gift shop now takes up an area where Vivs used to be.
  • The exhibit which once held Jaguarundi, and then a Toucan, is being renovated for the Caiman which are currently in the entrance area.
  • The old Kinkajou exhibit has had the arboreal sections removed and now is home to a pair of Large Hairy Armadillo, with Spectacle Owls in their old exhibit.
  • There appears to only be 2 pelicans now, having previously been three.
  • Construction of a new aviary at the back of the Outback Paddock is well underway with ground work complete. No idea if this is for a new species, or to create more room for some of the show birds.
  • Eastern Crowned Cranes are now part of the bird show
  • The zoo now hosts a new show called Bugz Live, which like all of Zacks shows is very humorous with adult humour packed in, in places.
  • The zoo only has one mob of Meerkats now, with the smaller mob moved on to another collection, the zoo plan to combine the two exhibits to make one larger exhibit for the current mob.
  • Finally, really good news that Baloo, the Binturong returned to the show arena for the first time today after he had been away for the last few months. Earlier in the year he was diagnosed with cancer, and the vets were not sure he would make it. Whilst Cancer can be quite common in Civets, Baloo is very much an ambassador for his species, as to Zacks knowledge, he has been the first Binturong to recover from Cancer, and has now had the all clear. He has been in his exhibit for the last few weeks, but today was the first time he returned to the mammal show. He didn't do anywhere near as much as he used to, and Baloo Experiences remain unavailable, but it was lovely to see his dedicated keepers posing for a group selfie with him, which I'm sure will end up on the social media pages. Baloo is a very much loved animal at the zoo, and it's brilliant he has made a full recovery.
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Haven't been to this place, visted Tropical Birdland recently after you recommended that so will have to give this one a go too :)
 
Other 2023 News:

On February 7th, the zoo announced that they acquired a (0.1) milky eagle owl named Zola in 2022.

INTRODUCING Zola - Milky Eagle Owl If you’ve been to WILD before then you have sure to met our male milky eagle owl Mbali. Zola joined WILD last... | By WILD Zoological Park | Facebook

On March 16th, the zoo announced that their (1.0) kinkajou named Sullivan/Sully passed away at age 19 due to a decline in health.

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On March 21st, the zoo announced that a (1.0) bare-eyed cockatoo named Ned escaped the facility and was returned the following morning.

On May 16th, the zoo announced that (1.1) bare-eyed cockatoo Ned (again) and Sugar escaped the facility, with Ned recaptured on May 18th.

UPDATE NED IS HOME ❤️ Ned was retrieved this morning! A massive thank you to everyone who shared over 700 of you shared which meant over 70,000 people... | By WILD Zoological Park | Facebook
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On May 7th, the zoo announced that they named (0.0.2) golden conures Nico and Pedro.

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On May 11th, the zoo announced that a (1.0) Australian boobook named Groggy hatched. On July 2nd, the zoo announced that they transferred (1.1) Australian boobooks (Groggy and Unnamed) to other unspecified facilities.

Well it’s official, our Boobook residents have become parents for the first time! Keepers have been keeping keeping a close eye over the past week... | By WILD Zoological Park | Facebook
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On May 31st, the zoo announced that (0.0.2) blue-throated macaws named Bailey and Bobby hatched in February, a first for the facility.

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On August 10th, the zoo announced that they acquired (0.0.2) burrowing owls named Raffi and Rufus which are on display with the spectacled owls in the Wild Amazon area.

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Alwaysevergreen said:
Construction of a new aviary at the back of the Outback Paddock is well underway with ground work complete. No idea if this is for a new species, or to create more room for some of the show birds.
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On August 13th, the zoo opened the new aviary, called Cockatoo Ranch, to the public. Species in the new exhibit include lesser sulphur-crested cockatoos, bare-eyed cockatoos, and rose-breasted galahs.

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On August 22nd, the zoo announced that a (0.1) yellow-crowned Amazon named Eva hatched, another first for the facility.

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On August 28th, the zoo announced that a (0.1) bald eagle named Cremorne escaped the facility but was recaptured the following day.

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On September 9th, the zoo announced that (0.0.3) golden conures named Flora, Fred, and Margarine, and a (0.0.1) scarlet macaw named Eric hatched.

On September 29th, the zoo announced that (0.0.3) golden conures escaped the facility.

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On January 10th, 2024, the zoo announced they are currently revamping the Amazon Aviary exhibit, which was finished by January 28th.

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Smaggledagle said:
I'm gonna be completely honest here, there is an unusually high number of bird escapes, maybe the facility should invest in making free-flighted aviaries instead of the bird show?
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The site is very small, it's on a Vineyard just outside of Wolverhampton. The actual Zoo is around an acre, and probably double that for the bird show area and training (but this around the vineyard, so couldn't have stuff built on it). Some birds are brought in for the shows, in that they have holding aviaries on site and live with the owner off site. People will say they have a lot of escapes, but it's often more they announce them and ask for help of the public to locate.

The site certainly isn't anywhere near big enough to have free flight aviaries.
 
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