Zoo News Archive
Spring 2009
Birth: ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
April
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Two Highland Cattle calves have been born, to mums Flora and Faye. |
Arrival: Cotswold Wildlife Park
April
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Two young male Reindeer have arrived from Blackpool Zoo. They will initially be held off-show while they settle in before moving into the Children's Farmyard later this year. |
Death: Colchester Zoo
April
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Shadow, the zoo's last remaining Zeedonk, has sadly been put to sleep due to rapidly deteriorating health. At 34 years old she was also extremely elderly. Three Zeedonks were born in the early 1970s as a result of accidental mating between a male Chapman's Zebra and a female Black Ass. |
Birth: Tropical Wings Zoo, A World of Wildlife
April
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Spring births so far include 10 Wallaby joeys, 4 Otter pups, a baby Marmoset, 5 Raven chicks, and several Little Owl Chicks are due to hatch very soon. |
Arrival: South Lakes Wild Animal Park
April
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A group of young Flamingos have arrived. |
Birth: The Butterfly and Wildlife Park
April
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Two Eurasian Eagle Owl chicks have been born, to parents Sybil and Basil. |
Arrival: Port Lympne: The Aspinall Wild Animal Experience
April
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A pair of Brown Hyenas have arrived from Prague, the first in the UK for over 15 years. |
Arrival: Beale Park
April
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A group of four Racoons have arrived from Newquay Zoo, and are now on display in their new enclosure. |
Arrival: Belfast Zoo
April
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A Giant Anteater has arrived from Edinburgh Zoo. A Capybara has also arrived. |
Birth: Longleat Safari Park
April
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A baby male Scimitar Horned Oryx has been born. Great news for this endangered species. |
Arrival: London Zoo
April
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A group of baby tropical White-Spotted Jellyfish have arrived from The Deep, Yorkshire to take up residence in the BUGS exhibit and hopefully breed in the future. |
Arrival: Longleat Safari Park
April
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An Argentine Black and White Tegu (a type of reptile) called Diego has arrived and taken up residence in Pets Corner. |
Birth: London Zoo
April
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Two female baby Meerkats have been born and are being hand-reared by keepers after being abandoned by their mother. They will join the Animals in Action demonstrations once they are old enough. |
Arrival: London Zoo
April
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Four Burbot fish have arrived. This species is the only freshwater member of the Cod family, and became extinct in British waters in the 1970s. |
Birth: Knowsley Safari Park
April
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Further births this year include: 4 Meerkats, an Axis Deer, another Baboon and more Pere David's deer. |
Notes:
Where possible, the dates given are for the event itself, but some zoos do not make this information available, when the date of announcement is used instead.
Seasons: Winter = Jan - Mar, Spring = Apr - Jun, Summer = Jul - Sept, Autumn = Oct - Dec.