I was there last week and there was a group of two and a group of three in two separate enclosures. I think they are looking for some new blood and will move one of the groups on.
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I was there last week and there was a group of two and a group of three in two separate enclosures. I think they are looking for some new blood and will move one of the groups on.
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I was lucky enough to speak to someone at YWP in June time, when I done an experience and they worked in fundraising/marketing and when I asked if they planned to bring in any animals in the near future, it was a categoric no. They said the priority was on completing the hotel and function rooms and they needed the co-operate areas to be getting booked near to capacity to consider any further animal developments. I asked if the plan to have Gorilla's was on hold, and they repeated that there was no plans at present for any further animal developments.
I took this as a basic, they didn't want to discuss certain things, formerly planned things, but they were very clear that there would be no further animal developments until the co-operate side was completed and running successfully.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park have announced the birth of a gelada, the first in the park's history.
This is the first offspring born to mother 'Feven'. The father of the baby, named 'Obi' arrived with his brother 'Taylor' at the park from Colchester Zoo in 2020.
In a first in Europe, the two new males were introduced to an already-established group with a dominant male (named 'Harry'). This resulted in a split in the group - the result is Harry's larger harem of ten, and a smaller harem of five belonging to the two brothers, both sharing the same enclosure. It may be that, with the successful birth, more females may switch from Harry's to the brother's group.
More information can be found in the link below:
The first ever Gelada Monkey baby has been born at award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park
This is the first offspring born to mother 'Feven'. The father of the baby, named 'Obi' arrived with his brother 'Taylor' at the park from Colchester Zoo in 2020.
In a first in Europe, the two new males were introduced to an already-established group with a dominant male (named 'Harry'). This resulted in a split in the group - the result is Harry's larger harem of ten, and a smaller harem of five belonging to the two brothers, both sharing the same enclosure. It may be that, with the successful birth, more females may switch from Harry's to the brother's group.
More information can be found in the link below:
The first ever Gelada Monkey baby has been born at award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park
it's worth noting that a big part of the hotel plan was based on promoting it as an airport hotel for Doncaster Sheffield Airport and - well... that turned out to be not such a great plan....
Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Final flights due unless last-minute buyer found - BBC News
Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Judicial review over airport closure refused - BBC News
Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Airspace to be downgraded - BBC News
I did an experience recently and the keeper mentioned one task being monitoring sound levels and animal behaviour during events to assess whether it caused any problems.
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