Zoo News Archive
Winter 2008
Arrival: South Lakes Wild Animal Park
March
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Two female and one male Reindeer have arrived from Rhenen Zoo in the Netherlands. |
Birth: Hamerton Zoo Park
March
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Three separate litters of Corsac Fox cubs have been born. Several baby Meerkats have also been born. |
Birth: Chester Zoo
March
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A baby Babirusa pig has been born to parents Majene and Sausa, the first birth of this species for the zoo. |
Arrival: Chester Zoo
March
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A 21-year-old Okapi called Kiburi has arrived to partner the existing resident Stuma. |
Arrival: Chester Zoo
March
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An Indian Rhino call Batschii has arrived as a potential mate for the resident Patna. |
Birth: Chester Zoo
March
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A baby female Sumatran Orang-Utan called Indah has been born to experienced, 20-year-old, parents Emma and Puluh. This brings the number of Sumatran Orang-Utans at the zoo to seven, and the zoo also has four Bornean Orang-Utans. |
Arrival: Bristol Zoo Gardens
29
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A male Asiatic Lion called Kamal has arrived from Twycross Zoo, to replace the zoo's existing male Lion, Chandra, who has moved to Cotswold Wildlife Park (to replace their male who died in November). These moves have been coordinated by the European breeding programme for this species, which is critically endangered with only about 350 left in the wild. |
Birth: Colchester Zoo
26
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Twin Southdown lambs have been born to mum Mathilde, one male and one female. |
Arrival: Isle of Wight Zoo
21
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Eight young Marbled Rain Frogs have arrived from Durrell Wildlife, Jersey. |
Birth: Chessington World of Adventures
20
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Two rare Sumatran Tiger cubs, called Kabus (male) and Kelabu (female), have been born to parents Ratna and Batu, and are their second set in two years. The smallest of the Tiger species, the Sumatran Tiger is highly endangered due to poaching and habitat loss, with less than 500 left in the wild on their native Indonesian island of Sumatra. |
Depart: Edinburgh Zoo
11
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Babu and Jodie, the pair of Red Pandas, have moved to the Highland Wildlife Park. |
Birth: Colchester Zoo
10
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A baby Chevrotain has been born, a rare and important birth for this endangered species. |
Birth: Marwell Wildlife (Marwell Zoological Park)
9
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A baby Douroucouli (Owl Monkey) called Curraray has been born, to experienced parents Xingu and Tigre. |
Birth: Port Lympne: The Aspinall Wild Animal Experience
February
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A baby male Malayan Tapir called Copasih has been born to mother Lidaeng. Other births include: an Agouti, a Blackbuck Antelope, and a Red Lechwe calf. |
Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park
February
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A Sheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon chick has hatched, the fourth for the parents since their arrival at the Park in 2004. The species is the largest of the Pigeon family, and only lays one egg at a time. |
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.