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The Hedgehog said:
@pipaluk do you think Yorkshire Wildlife Park will acquire thease Semi-Aquatic species of Mammals from the now defunct Living Coast’s in Torquay? I would not be at all shocked if thease species are arriving from Living Coast’s.I say this as following the closure The Wild Planet Foundation which owned Living Coast’s announced that all of the animals within the collection had been found new home’s. With Yorkshire Wildlife Park welcoming both Penguin‘s and Fur-Seal’s the obvious place of coming from would be Living Coast’s. This is as it would make more sense for Yorkshire to receive two species from the same destination if possible rather than from two separate destinations.

Kind regards The Hedgehog
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Penguins from Living Coasts have already gone to Paira Daiza in Belgium, 66 of them...
 
The Hedgehog said:
With Yorkshire Wildlife Park welcoming both Penguin‘s and Fur-Seal’s the obvious place of coming from would be Living Coast’s. This is as it would make more sense for Yorkshire to receive two species from the same destination if possible rather than from two separate destinations.
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- Fur Seals and Sealions are not the same thing.
- You don't receive something from its destination!
- it would not make any more sense to receive two species from one source, than from more than ones source, probably the opposite.
 
Alex64 said:
First post outside of the welcome forum - hi all. I went to YWP last week for the first time despite living in York for a year. Shame on me. Cracking place but went literally the day before they opened up the Himalayan pass - sods law!
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Sounds like you're due another trip back then! Welcome to for forum :)
 
Andrew Swales said:
- Fur Seals and Sealions are not the same thing.
- You don't receive something from its destination!
- it would not make any more sense to receive two species from one source, than from more than ones source, probably the opposite.
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Sorry @Andrew Swales I misread the post. This mistake is incredibly embarrassing as I corrected a fellow Zoochatter regarding the fact that Fur-Seal’s and Sealion’s are two separate spiecies. The misreading probably occurred because @pipaluk wrote in thier post that quote “Looks like the Sealion and/or penguin exhibits mentioned previously for the expansion will be happening!”.

@Andrew Swales once again I apologise for any confusion caused by my post that was written due to the error in @pipaluk’s post.

Kind regards The Hedgehog
 
The Hedgehog said:
Sorry @Andrew Swales I misread the post. This mistake is incredibly embarrassing as I corrected a fellow Zoochatter regarding the fact that Fur-Seal’s and Sealion’s are two separate spiecies. The misreading probably occurred because @pipaluk wrote in thier post that quote “Looks like the Sealion and/or penguin exhibits mentioned previously for the expansion will be happening!”.

@Andrew Swales once again I apologise for any confusion caused by my post that was written due to the error in @pipaluk’s post.

Kind regards The Hedgehog
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I don't understand why my post caused your error?!! I mentioned Sealion & penguin because they have been mentioned in the past regarding exhibits for the expansion at YWP! It was you who made the error and mentioned Living Coasts, I know they weren't getting anything from LC!
 
pipaluk said:
I don't understand why my post caused your error?!! I mentioned Sealion & penguin because they have been mentioned in the past regarding exhibits for the expansion at YWP! It was you who made the error and mentioned Living Coasts, I know they weren't getting anything from LC!
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Yes absolutely. There is no way that any zoo would start and progress such major expensive developments without the sourcing of the stock being an early and integral part of the plans.
 
Went for my first ever visit today, and wow! Honestly, I absolutely loved it. I went with my family who normally get very fed up after about an hour of visiting a zoo, but to my surprise they too loved today!
Firstly, going to just say the animals we didn't manage to see; sulcata tortoises, mongoose, hyena, leopard, agouti and the smooth coated otters. The hyena were according to a keeper hiding behind the back of a mound in the exhibit and I was told the otters were inside. Due to social distancing the leopard viewing tower wasn't accessible so maybe I would have been able to spot them if it was.
The highlights for me were, the painted dogs who were barking at each other through the fences two of them were constantly running after each other and diving in and out of the pool which was good fun to watch too! Another highlight for me were the lions who were roaring at one another.
The quality of all the enclosures were absolutely superb; everything from the cotton-top tamarin to the polar bears. I also loved the raised walkway past the tigers and okapi.
One thing that did confuse me was the Emu in the African reserve? Could they not obtain another Emu and build a separate enclosure for them near the wallaby's or somthing? The only reason it annoyed me was because so many people seemed to be calling at a younger ostrich or male ostrich. Having said that though, I did see the Emu swimming which was pretty cool to see!
Also, the area known as the rescue and rehabilitation reserve/project polar 2 seemed empty, I'd be interested to know if there was anything in there that I didn't spot?
Genuinely I have so much praise for YWP, I was just blown away, I absolutely loved it and will definitely be going back soon even though it is one hell of a treck of me to get up here :)

EDIT- forgot to mention the food was great, had some churos and this lovely pineapple ice cream thing.
 
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Alex64 said:
First post outside of the welcome forum - hi all. I went to YWP last week for the first time despite living in York for a year. Shame on me. Cracking place but went literally the day before they opened up the Himalayan pass - sods law!
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Whoops. Get yourself back and see the adorable red panda sisters and the cute smooth otter lovers.
 
zoosafari123 said:
Went for my first ever visit today, and wow! Honestly, I absolutely loved it. I went with my family who normally get very fed up after about an hour of visiting a zoo, but to my surprise they too loved today!
Firstly, going to just say the animals we didn't manage to see; sulcata tortoises, mongoose, hyena, leopard, agouti and the smooth coated otters. The hyena were according to a keeper hiding behind the back of a mound in the exhibit and I was told the otters were inside. Due to social distancing the leopard viewing tower wasn't accessible so maybe I would have been able to spot them if it was.
The highlights for me were, the painted dogs who were barking at each other through the fences two of them were constantly running after each other and diving in and out of the pool which was good fun to watch too! Another highlight for me were the lions who were roaring at one another.
The quality of all the enclosures were absolutely superb; everything from the cotton-top tamarin to the polar bears. I also loved the raised walkway past the tigers and okapi.
One thing that did confuse me was the Emu in the African reserve? Could they not obtain another Emu and build a separate enclosure for them near the wallaby's or somthing? The only reason it annoyed me was because so many people seemed to be calling at a younger ostrich or male ostrich. Having said that though, I did see the Emu swimming which was pretty cool to see!
Also, the area known as the rescue and rehabilitation reserve/project polar 2 seemed empty, I'd be interested to know if there was anything in there that I didn't spot?
Genuinely I have so much praise for YWP, I was just blown away, I absolutely loved it and will definitely be going back soon even though it is one hell of a treck of me to get up here :)

EDIT- forgot to mention the food was great, had some churos and this lovely pineapple ice cream thing.
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Elvis, the emu has been at YWP for ever and has been in the Into Africa reserve with the ostrich etc. He’s a happy little soul. The Rescue and Rehab area was first used for the rescued Ussuri Brown Bears. Since their sad demise, it was empty until early this year when Rasputin, a beautiful polar bear, came from France. He had recently sired three baby bears and had to be rehomed due to the risk he was to the youngsters. He had to spend 4 months in quarantine and has now been identified as a potential mate for a female in Estonia, thus putting on hold the intended integration with the other four bears. A shame because he is a lovely bear full of character and has become a firm favourite with the visitors. Hope this helps.
 
YWP fan said:
Elvis, the emu has been at YWP for ever and has been in the Into Africa reserve with the ostrich etc. He’s a happy little soul. The Rescue and Rehab area was first used for the rescued Ussuri Brown Bears. Since their sad demise, it was empty until early this year when Rasputin, a beautiful polar bear, came from France. He had recently sired three baby bears and had to be rehomed due to the risk he was to the youngsters. He had to spend 4 months in quarantine and has now been identified as a potential mate for a female in Estonia, thus putting on hold the intended integration with the other four bears. A shame because he is a lovely bear full of character and has become a firm favourite with the visitors. Hope this helps.
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How do you find out this stuff. Awesome knowledge!
 
Stayed for a couple of days/nights at the roar and snore campsite from the 10th to the 12th. It was at half capacity, which was pleasantly quiet and no problems with social distancing. It’s situated behind the Bactrian camel paddock. Tent pitches are very big and there are large spaces in between each pitch. Well executed overall. After ‘quiet time’ at 9pm, the lions and tigers were both very vocal, and surprisingly, so were the hyenas. I’ve only ever heard hyenas vocalise once before in a zoo, at Singapore night safari. An amazing sound.
In the park, every animal showed, even if it was only for 5 seconds (leopards). Except Tortoises. Again, the hyenas were the favourites, despite their extremely shy behaviour.
 
Azubaa said:
Stayed for a couple of days/nights at the roar and snore campsite from the 10th to the 12th. It was at half capacity, which was pleasantly quiet and no problems with social distancing. It’s situated behind the Bactrian camel paddock. Tent pitches are very big and there are large spaces in between each pitch. Well executed overall. After ‘quiet time’ at 9pm, the lions and tigers were both very vocal, and surprisingly, so were the hyenas. I’ve only ever heard hyenas vocalise once before in a zoo, at Singapore night safari. An amazing sound.
In the park, every animal showed, even if it was only for 5 seconds (leopards). Except Tortoises. Again, the hyenas were the favourites, despite their extremely shy behaviour.
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How warm/comfy are the tents? I was thinking of trying this at some point but my wife gets cold VERY easily!
 
Alex64 said:
How warm/comfy are the tents? I was thinking of trying this at some point but my wife gets cold VERY easily!
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You have to bring your own tent and camping gear. They provide facilities, food/drink and the pitches. If camping isn’t the one (which it isn’t for me, I often despise camping, but I did enjoy it) then the hotel that they plan in the new retail area where all the development is occurring would be the other option to stay at the park. No idea when that opens however, just remember that it’s planned.
I also was under the impression at first that they provided tents. Nevertheless, it was a good few days.
 
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