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News Archive
Below are the news reports for Curraghs Wildlife Park, covering significant events concerning the animal collection, such as births, arrivals, departures, and deaths.
Curraghs Wildlife Park Details
Arrival: Summer 2008
Some Marine (or Cane) Toads have arrived, to go on show in The Ark.
Arrival: Winter 2008
Recent arrivals include: a pair of European Beavers, European Otters, and two female Spider Monkeys (mother and baby) to join the resident males Danny and Keiron.
Death: August 2007
The female Red Panda that gave birth last month has sadly had to be put to sleep due to suffering from an aggressive cancer. The baby, now called Maggie, is being hand-reared by keepers and doing well.
Birth: 1 July 2007
Baby Red Panda born.
Arrival: November 2006
Large group of male Rodrigues Island Fruit Bats arrived. These are one of the rarest bats in the world, and are now housed in the Life on Islands exhibit, with both indoor and outdoor enclosures.
Birth: July 2006
Red Panda cub 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.
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