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News Archive
Below are the news reports for South Lakes Wild Animal Park, covering significant events concerning the animal collection, such as births, arrivals, departures, and deaths.
South Lakes Wild Animal Park Details
Birth: 11 September 2008
A second baby White Rhino has been born, to mum Tala. This one's a boy and has been named Zimba.
Birth: 1 June 2008
A baby White Rhino has been born to mum Ntombi.
Update: the calf is female and has been named Nyala.
Birth: May 2008
Two baby Reindeer have been born, to mums Prancer and Dasher who only arrived at the Park in March.
Arrival: March 2008
Two female and one male Reindeer have arrived from Rhenen Zoo in the Netherlands.
Birth: December 2007
Black-Footed Penguin chicks have hatched.
Birth: 25 November 2007
Twin baby Emperor Tamarins have been born.
Birth: November 2007
More Otter cubs have been born.
Birth: September 2007
More births:
Twin Babirusa piglets have been born, one of the most important births in the Park's history.
Another Ring Tailed Lemur, making 13 this year.
Macaw chicks have hatched.
Birth: July 2007
White-Fronted Brown Lemur twins have been born, the first babies of this species at the Park.
More baby Ring-Tailed Lemurs have been born, making a total of 12 this year.
Two more Grey Kangaroo joeys born, making 8 this year.
Three Red Kangaroo joeys have been born.
Two more White-Fronted Wallaby joeys born, making 12 this year.
Two Agile Rock Wallaby joeys born.
Two Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby joeys born.
Birth: 4 June 2007
Baby Aloatran Gentle Lemur has been born.
Arrival: June 2007
A male Aloatran Gentle Lemur has arrived from Mulhouse, France, to form a second pair.
Arrival: June 2007
A young female African Lion has arrived, following rescue by authorities in Europe from a circus where she was being badly treated.
Birth: 26 May 2007
Baby Coatis have been born.
Arrival: 14 April 2007
A male Andean Bear called Snoopy has arrived from France to join the existing 4 females.
Arrival: April 2007
A young female Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby has arrived from Holland, to join the existing group of 7 of this extremely rare species.
Birth: April 2007
Sacred Ibis and White Stork chicks hatched.
More lemur babies born: 4 Black & White Ruffed, and 2 Red Ruffed
Six Grey Kangaroo joeys born.
10 White Fronted Wallaby joeys born
3 baby Otters born.
Birth: Spring 2007
Nine baby Ring-Tailed Lemurs have been born, to 6 different mothers.
Birth: Spring 2007
Two baby Black Lemurs, the first for the park, have been born, to different mothers.
Arrival: Spring 2007
Three Orange Rumped Agoutis have arrived from Switzerland to form a new breeding group.
Birth: 3 March 2007
Female baby Babirusa born. The second for the Park.
Arrival: March 2007
Two Emperor Tamarins have arrived from the Czech Republic and Denmark, to form a new breeding pair.
Arrival: 16 October 2006
Two young Giraffes called Sillan and Sentanta have arrived.
Arrival: Autumn 2006
Eleven African Spurred Tortoises (the 3rd largest species) have arrived from the Netherlands, having been confiscated by the authorities there as illegal pets.
Birth: June 2006
A very rare Aloatran Gentle Lemur has been born. This species is critically endangered and one of the rarest on the planet.
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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