ZSL London Zoo ZSL London Zoo News 2019
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I remember grey-winged trumpeters, Montserrat oriole and sunbitterns in the enclosure
Vividly remember the trumpeter(s) and sunbitterns now, thanks!
Don't think I ever saw an oriole in there, sadly.
I think the Sunbittern currently in the Blackburn Pavilion used to be in the Clore Rainforest. It is missing a few toes, so is quite distinctive!
Saw a sunbittern in the Blackburn pavilion last Friday (13 Dec)
A new Tamandua has been born
A Star is born…
A Star is born…
Only 8 Red River Hogs, the 9th was euthanased prior to move I believe..
Very sad news
Glad I got a good view of them outside feeding back in November. So this leaves the Casson outside enclosures mostly empty, just the Muntjacs still in residence in one section. There was a lot of work going on laying fresh concrete hard stands for the arrival of the Red River Hogs in the old Bearded Pig sections.
So sad to hear about the passing of London Zoo’s last tapir
This also makes me wonder what the future of the Casson building will be now that it is mostly empty. Although it’s quite unrealistic, I wish that both it and the Mappins could be demolished to make way for new exhibits since, in my opinion, they are both unfit for purpose now and just take up too much of London Zoo’s limited space.
This also makes me wonder what the future of the Casson building will be now that it is mostly empty. Although it’s quite unrealistic, I wish that both it and the Mappins could be demolished to make way for new exhibits since, in my opinion, they are both unfit for purpose now and just take up too much of London Zoo’s limited space.
So sad to hear about the passing of London Zoo’s last tapir
This also makes me wonder what the future of the Casson building will be now that it is mostly empty. Although it’s quite unrealistic, I wish that both it and the Mappins could be demolished to make way for new exhibits since, in my opinion, they are both unfit for purpose now and just take up too much of London Zoo’s limited space.
Both are listed buildings so won't be demolished any time soon, if at all! Hopefully new tapirs may come!
Just because a building is listed doesn’t mean it cannot be demolished, especially if it is becoming dilapidated and unfit for purpose like the Mappins are, as long as a good case is made by ZSL. Although it is unlikely to happen, it is still possible and I think it is needed in order to help spur on meaningful development at the zoo.
Organisations like English Heritage can be difficult to deal with, not saying any case would be unsuccessful.
I do remember ages ago on her someone saying how they had insisted on London putting penguins back in the old penguin pool which didn't happen obviously
Thank God they didn’t go through with it!
Shame about the Tapir's wonder what will replace them or will they acquire another pair.
I hope they don't get more Malayan tapirs. They seem to markedly prefer the indoors, possibly because of light intensity, and in both the Cotton Terraces house and in the Casson building, because the indoors areas are/were so often closed to visitors, they were pretty invisible a lot of the time.