Zoogiraffes tongue in cheek look forward to 2013

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This year I have decided to have very much a tongue in cheek look forward to 2013,and will look at a far greater number of collections,but at the same time there could be a few nuggets that could be true,and other bits that have happened this year that could benefit 2013!!

First off Suffolk Wildlife Park finally gets rid,of all its South East asian species and actually lives up to the name Africa Alive!!

Amazon World adds to its already superb collection of Armadillos by adding Giant to the collection.

Amazona Zoo opens all year for the first time and adds yet more South American Cats to the collection.

Arundel WWT some how manages to get its hands on some more Blue Ducks

Axe Valley Bird and Animal Park this fast growing collection adds African Lion to its collection.

Right thats it for A,B to follow later tonight!
 
Right on to collections starting with B

Banham Zoo nothing actually happens in 2013 just like 2012.

Belfast Zoo as normal they throw a few surprises with new species arriving and continue breeding the Red-backed Bearded Saki,and again achieve a UK first breeding,so no pressure to our friends at Belfast from me then!!!

Birdland keep Edinburghs King Penguins and have their best breeding year for over 10 years with the species,also the new owners start re-building the park and improve facilities for both the visitors and the birds.

Birmingham Nature Centre continue to add to an already superb small collection,and towards the end of the year they surprise us by offering to host a zoochat day at the centre.

Blackbrook Zoo bring in more waterfowl and the collection goes from strength to strength after all its money problems!

Blackpool Zoo annouces that the Dinosaur's will leave at the end of the year and a large new exhibit built on the site.

Blair Drummond Safari Park decides to start doing geographic exhibits insted of anything goes at present.

Bristol Zoo to add Mishmi Takin to the collection,and demolish the South American area.
 
Right on to C and D

Chessington adds yet more African hoofstock to its new savannah and imports a pair of Yellow-backed Duiker from the USA.

Chester Zoo annouce that 2013 will be the year of the Mammoth instead of the Dinosaur's!

Colchester Zoo annouce the death of Rajang,and successfully bred the Red-backed Bearded Saki,after this years set back with them!

Cotswold Wildlife Park continues to become one of the UK's leading collection,and adds a semi-aquatic mammal to its collection!

Crocodiles of the World moves to its new home late in the year and reaches 15 types of crocodilians.

Dartmoor Zoo annouce its has money problems yet again.

Drayton Manor Theme Park has a change of zoo manager,and exciting new plans annouced as a result,including a new Reptile Breeding Centre which is named after the late John Foden!

Dudley Zoo merges with the Black Country Museum and as a result Peter Suddock leaves the zoo.
 
[Tongue in cheek - emphatically]

Chester moves its entire animal collection off-show "to enhance our breeding programmes". Visitors pay £29.95 each to view animatronic elephants, animatronic dinosaurs and animatronic keepers, and lots of 'interesting' plants.





Attendances break the 2million mark.
 
Howletts & Port Lympne:

Damian Aspinall announces that not only are Howletts & Port Lympne not zoos, but the specimens on display are not animals!
 
Twycross reduces its collection of primates to 2 gorillas, one lar gibbon, and 62 chimps.




It rebrands itself as The Universal Primate Centre.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Right on to collections starting with B

Banham Zoo nothing actually happens in 2013 just like 2012.

Belfast Zoo as normal they throw a few surprises with new species arriving and continue breeding the Red-backed Bearded Saki,and again achieve a UK first breeding,so no pressure to our friends at Belfast from me then!!!

Birdland keep Edinburghs King Penguins and have their best breeding year for over 10 years with the species,also the new owners start re-building the park and improve facilities for both the visitors and the birds.

Birmingham Nature Centre continue to add to an already superb small collection,and towards the end of the year they surprise us by offering to host a zoochat day at the centre.

Blackbrook Zoo bring in more waterfowl and the collection goes from strength to strength after all its money problems!

Blackpool Zoo annouces that the Dinosaur's will leave at the end of the year and a large new exhibit built on the site.

Blair Drummond Safari Park decides to start doing geographic exhibits insted of anything goes at present.

Bristol Zoo to add Mishmi Takin to the collection,and demolish the South American area.
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Agree with Blackpool, get rid of the dinosaurs and build something which involves the display of live animals.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Right on to C and D

Chessington adds yet more African hoofstock to its new savannah and imports a pair of Yellow-backed Duiker from the USA.

Chester Zoo annouce that 2013 will be the year of the Mammoth instead of the Dinosaur's!

Colchester Zoo annouce the death of Rajang,and successfully bred the Red-backed Bearded Saki,after this years set back with them!

Cotswold Wildlife Park continues to become one of the UK's leading collection,and adds a semi-aquatic mammal to its collection!

Crocodiles of the World moves to its new home late in the year and reaches 15 types of crocodilians.

Dartmoor Zoo annouce its has money problems yet again.

Drayton Manor Theme Park has a change of zoo manager,and exciting new plans annouced as a result,including a new Reptile Breeding Centre which is named after the late John Foden!

Dudley Zoo merges with the Black Country Museum and as a result Peter Suddock leaves the zoo.
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Disagree with Colchester, I hope Rajang lives for many years to come.
 
Murderer :p are you trying to start a riot :rolleyes: Long live Rajang :D

Also Banham opened a lemur walk through in 2012, radical I know!
 
TARZAN said:
Disagree with Colchester, I hope Rajang lives for many years to come.
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I too hope you're wrong about Rajang! Another one for Colchester- they announce further delays in the completion of the sun bear enclosure, it will now open in the summer......... Of 2015! But dont worry in the meantime they are bringing in a much more exciting species- Blackpool's dinosaurs, and the bears will be ok to live in their current cage for another 2 1/2 years!
 
Oops looks like I have up set the cult of Rajang yet again,hate to say it he is not getting any young and he will die someday,and i'm sure we will all know it when he does by the amount of crying from his cult followers on this forum!:p:o
 
zoogiraffe said:
Oops looks like I have up set the cult of Rajang yet again,hate to say it he is not getting any young and he will die someday,and i'm sure we will all know it when he does by the amount of crying from his cult followers on this forum!:p:o
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Never mind upsetting Rajang's fans mister, get on with your list, I wonder will be getting up to the letter T tonight I wonder:):)
 
TARZAN said:
Never mind upsetting Rajang's fans mister, get on with your list, I wonder will be getting up to the letter T tonight I wonder:):)
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I never have bothered about up setting the cult of Rajang,don't worry I will start again with some more tonight,you might have to wait for T,though as there are a good number of collections between there and where I have got to!!
 
Have to say not surprised by the response about Rajang,but please remember this is tongue in cheek with a few snippets of things that will happen,next year and hints at some that have happened this year that people missed!

Right now on with E to L

Edinburgh Zoo annouce that the King Penguins will not be returning to the zoo,and that the Giant Pandas will leave the collection at the end on 2014,because they haven't bred but will be replaced by Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys.Also a primate with an even bigger nose than the snub-noseds arrives from Sinagpore,a species arrives that has to be kept in quarantine all the time,and Warthog sausage appear on the menu in the cafe!!

Exmoor Zoo adds yet nore un-usual species when RSCC has yet another clear out.

Fife Animal Park annouce that they are going to go back to being an Ostrich Farm.

Five Sisters Zoo park add European Lynx to the collection and bred them in their first year of keeping the species!

Flamingoland annouce that the Fun fair will shut at the end of year and the place will become a serious zoo.

Folly Farm adds Lions to the collection.

Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park quitely closes with out any one noticing as its so far off the beaten track,just like the owners previous collection!

Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre the ownwer wins the lottery and buy the Garden Centre that they rent the land off!

Hamerton Zoo Park complete the covered walk round the Park,and a species arrives that has zoonerds flocking to see them before they die out!

Harewood House annouce that the Bird Garden will close at the end of the season,but date is brought forward to easter.The Lear's Macaws that they don't have move to RSCC as a result.

Highland Wildlife Park surprise everyone by getting Marco Polo Sheep and Saiga.

Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Park the staff buy out the trust!

Knowsley Safari Park create a new walk through Lion enclosure.

Linton Zoological Gardens have Sun Bears arrive and they build yet another Lion enclosure.

Living Coasts have more Bank Cormorants arrive from a private collection in the UK,they also get a male Red-legged Kittiwake from the same place.To add the the gene pool of the Cormorants they also import more eggs from South Africa.Wonderpuss also return to the collection and surprise everyone by breeding.

London Zoo annouce the arrival of a group of Giant Pandas to go on the Mappins.

Longleat Safari Park annouce the arrival of Walrus from 2014.

Lotherton Hall Bird Garden breds Andean Condor for the first time.
 
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zoogiraffe said:
Have to say not surprised by the response about Rajang,but please remember this is tongue in cheek with a few snippets of things that will happen,next year and hints at some that have happened this year that people missed!

Right now on with E to L

Edinburgh Zoo annouce that the King Penguins will not be returning to the zoo,and that the Giant Pandas will leave the collection at the end on 2014,because they haven't bred but will be replaced by Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys.Also a primate with an even bigger nose than the snub-noseds arrives from Sinagpore,a species arrives that has to be kept in quarantine all the time,and Warthog sausage appear on the menu in the cafe!!

Exmoor Zoo adds yet nore un-usual species when RSCC has yet another clear out.

Fife Animal Park annouce that they are going to go back to being an Ostrich Farm.

Five Sisters Zoo park add European Lynx to the collection and bred them in their first year of keeping the species!

Flamingoland annouce that the Fun fair will shut at the end of year and the place will become a serious zoo.

Folly Farm adds Lions to the collection.

Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park quitely closes with out any one noticing as its so far off the beaten track,just like the owners previous collection!

Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre the ownwer wins the lottery and buy the Garden Centre that they rent the land off!

Hamerton Zoo Park complete the covered walk round the Park,and a species arrives that has zoonerds flocking to see them before they die out!

Harewood House annouce that the Bird Garden will close at the end of the season,but date is brought forward to easter.The Spix Macaws that they don't have move to RSCC as a result.

Highland Wildlife Park surprise everyone by getting Marco Polo Sheep and Saiga.

Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Park the staff buy out the trust!

Knowsley Safari Park create a new walk through Lion enclosure.

Linton Zoological Gardens have Sun Bears arrive and they build yet another Lion enclosure.

Living Coasts have more Bank Cormarants arrive from a private collection in the UK,they also get a male Red-legged Kittiwake from the same place.To add the the gene pool of the Cormarants they also import more eggs from South Africa.Wonderpuss also return to the collection and surprise everyone by breeding.

London Zoo annouce the arrival of a group of Giant Pandas to go on the Mappins.

Longleat Safari Park annouce the arrival of Walrus from 2014.

Lotherton Hall Bird Garden breds Andean Condor for the first time.
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Stick the warthog sausages where the monkey sticks its nuts:),Regarding Flamingo Land, seriously, if things had have been different, this zoo had the potential of being a first class zoological garden without the fairground rides, it certainly has the acreage, it could have been on a par with Chester, however, in its present state it does give the folk of North Yorkshire and the North East the opportunity to view an interesting A.B.C. collection when also going on the rides, Harewood House Bird Garden, sad how that place has turned out, again, this had the potential of being a first class establishment.
 
While on the letter L, one closed establishment that I would like to see reopen is Lambton Lion Park in County Durham, another one that had the potential of being a good place zoologically, alas, closed at the end of the 1980 season. A garden centre situated near to the entrance of the safari park, continued trading until it even closed this year, I used to go there to buy not only plants etc. but in 2000 purchased two budgies, who I am delighted to say are still going strong and are next to me now while I write this, they were £10 each, I payed cash, didn't get them on "higher perches".
 
zoogiraffe said:
Blackpool Zoo annouces that the Dinosaur's will leave at the end of the year and a large new exhibit built on the site.
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I hope that this does happen if true. The Dinosaur's are very boring, if they were animated like Chester's they'd be more interesting, however I as well as some of the Zoo staff wish it would be an Animal exhibit rather than a Dinosaur exhibit.
 
Loving this thread, just trying to work out what is fact and what is fiction lol
 
zoogiraffe said:
This year I have decided to have very much a tongue in cheek look forward to 2013,and will look at a far greater number of collections,but at the same time there could be a few nuggets that could be true,and other bits that have happened this year that could benefit 2013!!

First off Suffolk Wildlife Park finally gets rid,of all its South East asian species and actually lives up to the name Africa Alive!!

Amazon World adds to its already superb collection of Armadillos by adding Giant to the collection.

Amazona Zoo opens all year for the first time and adds yet more South American Cats to the collection.

Arundel WWT some how manages to get its hands on some more Blue Ducks

Axe Valley Bird and Animal Park this fast growing collection adds African Lion to its collection.

Right thats it for A,B to follow later tonight!
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How absurd is your reality?!
 
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