Zoo News Archive
Spring 2010
Birth: Colchester Zoo
May
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Five Wolf cubs have been born, to mum Akila. |
Birth: Banham Zoo
May
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Three Snow Leopard cubs have been born to parents Rocky and Enif. Two of the cubs are female, the other is male. |
Birth: Belfast Zoo
May
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A pair of Ring-Tailed Lemur twins have been born, to first time mum Ringo. |
Arrival: Belfast Zoo
May
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A pair of Red Titi Monkeys have arrived, from Blackpool and London Zoos, to form a new breeding pair as part of the European breeding programme for this species. The male is called Aztec and the female is called Inca. |
Birth: Belfast Zoo
May
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Lady, the Gloucestershire Old Spot Pig, has given birth to a litter of 8 piglets. |
Arrival: Blair Drummond Safari Park and Adventure Park
May
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Bimbo, a mature male California Sea Lion has arrived on temporary loan, for the duration of the breeding season (May to July). |
Birth: Drusillas Park
27
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A baby Dwarf Mongoose has been born, to parents Mufasa and Sarabi. |
Birth: Edinburgh Zoo
23
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A male baby Malayan Tapir called Kamal has been born, to mum Sayang. Good news for this Endangered species. |
Depart: Blair Drummond Safari Park and Adventure Park
22
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Mazumba, the female White Rhino who was born at the park in 2007, has moved to Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands, as part of the European breeding programme for this species. |
Arrival: Colchester Zoo
21
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Three young African Lions have arrived from Woburn Safari Park, where they were slowly being rejected by their pride. The group consists of a 3-year-old male called Bailey and two 6-year-old females called Malika and Naja. They are too closely related to form a breeding group. |
Birth: Edinburgh Zoo
19
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A baby L'Hoest's Monkey has been born, the second for it's mum. The baby has yet to be sexed, and therefore named. |
Birth: Marwell Wildlife (Marwell Zoological Park)
19
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A baby female Rothschild Giraffe called Nsia has been born, the sixth for mum Matilda and the first pure-bred birth at the zoo since 1997. |
Arrival: Twycross Zoo
13
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Boulas, a 23-year-old male silverback Western Lowland Gorilla , has arrived from Belfast Zoo, to join the two elderly resident females, Biddy and Bongo. |
Birth: ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
12
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A baby male Elephant has been born, the first for mum Karishma. |
Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park
10
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A baby Red-bellied Lemur has been born. |
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.