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I have had a lot of luck with leopards at yorkshire wildlife park it is very rare that I don't see one but I couldn't say that there is a common trend in when they are most active as it is at random points throughout the day.
 
Keelan said:
Visited yesterday and there are a few things to note. First of all the sea lions are separated with dominic and his sons living in the larger pool and the 2 females Bailey and Lara in the smaller pool. I didn't manage to ask a keeper why but my best guess is that it is breeding season and dominic would probably be very persistent with them and perhaps they aren't breeding the sea lions any more.

The second smaller leopard enclosure has some boards up against it which must be for some extra privacy. Drake was very active in the main enclosure.

The giraffes are still separate with the 2 reticulated giraffes living together and the rothschilds giraffe on his own. There was new feeding posts put up in the into africa reserve. The Emu was a no show on both my visits to this area.

There are updated map boards around the zoo and all of the old signage has been taken down in lion country and replaced with new

Finally the amazon as reserve. This has now got to be one of the best enclosures I have ever seen. I wasn't too sure how the marmosets and tamarins would react to being in a walk through enclosure but it works so well. Both species were incredibly active and I think this is a great addition to the park. The Capybara and Agouti are back in there aswell. Just the titi monkeys to arrive and mara to move back in now. Also I did see a saki monkey in the off show area opposite the Meerkats.
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Any reason why the mara haven’t moved back in yet.
 
Or, more likely, the fact that (as the name Patagonian Mara would tend to suggest) they are not an Amazonian species :p and biogeographically occur in regions closer both in proximity and habitat to the Cerrado grasslands which form the bulk of the Maned Wolf distribution. As such they are more appropriate where they are.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Or, more likely, the fact that (as the name Patagonian Mara would tend to suggest) they are not an Amazonian species :p and biogeographically occur in regions closer both in proximity and habitat to the Cerrado grasslands which form the bulk of the Maned Wolf distribution. As such they are more appropriate where they are.
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...except that where they are, they are more-or-less invisible. ;)
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Or, more likely, the fact that (as the name Patagonian Mara would tend to suggest) they are not an Amazonian species :p and biogeographically occur in regions closer both in proximity and habitat to the Cerrado grasslands which form the bulk of the Maned Wolf distribution. As such they are more appropriate where they are.
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If that’s the case, then are the mara able to live with the tapir, or is the tapir pool too deep for them.
 
Just to add. There were interp signs in the amazonas enclosure about the maras so I'm sure they will be moving back in soon.
 
Fantastic news! :) Hopefully this could lead to the leopards being more visible as the cub begins to explore :D
 
Brilliant :) The ranger I did the leopard experience with in April was very hopeful she was pregnant due to the aggression she'd started to show towards Drake
 
Called into YWP today and noticed quite a bit of work being done behind the otters and Geldas. Looks like fencing going up and a metal cargo container with scaffolding around. Wondered if anyone had heard anything about it?upload_2023-6-29_17-18-44.jpegupload_2023-6-29_17-19-10.jpeg

top photo from opposite sea lion buildings and bottom photo from across otter pool.
 

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Called into YWP today and noticed quite a bit of work being done behind the otters and Geldas. Looks like fencing going up and a metal cargo container with scaffolding around. Wondered if anyone had heard anything about it?View attachment 631731View attachment 631732

top photo from opposite sea lion buildings and bottom photo from across otter pool.
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In the expansion plans, this area was listed as an asian forest area.
 
This is a pure guess - and probably a lot of wishful thinking on my part! - but what about Pallas Cats? This building is right next to the Himalayan Pass area so could fit with the theming. There was mention on this forum recently of another UK zoo getting them in the near future so maybe its YWP? I'll cross my fingers and hope!!!
 
What would be great in the area is snow leopards but I doubts this very much because the fences definitely don't look big cat proof.
 
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