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News Archive
Below are the news reports for Woburn Safari Park, covering significant events concerning the animal collection, such as births, arrivals, departures, and deaths.
Birth: 9 June 2008
A female Przewalski foal called Itani has been born.
Birth: April 2008
Baby Patas Monkeys have been born, to three different mothers.
Birth: 15 March 2008
A female Rothschild Giraffe calf has been born to parents Savannah and Doto. This is the second birth of this species at the Park in just 5 months.
Birth: Winter 2008
Three African Lion cubs have been born, to mum Tambi.
Birth: Winter 2008
A female Bongo calf has been born to mum Cherise. Named Hope, she is half-sister to Hasina who was born last May.
Birth: October 2007
A male Rothschild Giraffe called Harris has been born to mum Acacia.
Birth: Summer 2007
A Yellow Asian Pond Turtle has hatched, the first time this critically endangered species has bred in Europe.
Birth: Summer 2007
More births this year:
A second Przewalski foal
Several baby Barbary Monkeys
Several baby Marmosets
Several baby Squirrel Monkeys
Several baby Wallabies
Birth: May 2007
A Bongo calf has been born, good news for the species which is predicted to become extinct in the wild within 10 years.
Birth: 29 April 2007
A colt Przewalski Horse foal has been born, good news for this highly endangered species. Until recently, when a reintroduction programme was initiated in China, Mongolia and Kazakstan, the species was extinct in the wild. The entire world population is descended from the 31 horses that were in captivity in 1945, and most of those are descended from the 15 brought to Woburn by the 11th Duke of Bedford in the 1900s.
Arrival: 3 March 2007
A female Red-Bellied Lemur has arrived to join the existing three males. It is hoped they will soon breed, and help the survival of this highly endangered species.
Closure: 30 November 2006
The Adventure Ark playground is now closed for refurbishment over the winter. It should reopen 17 March 2007 as the Mammoth Play Ark (it will also be about 40% bigger).
Birth: 20 October 2006
Another Rothschild's Giraffe has been born, a male, and making him the second in less than a month, and the fourth in less than 2 years! His predecessor has now been named Goliath.
Birth: 25 September 2006
Three babies were born last night - a male Rothschild's Giraffe, the third calf to be born at Woburn in less than two years, and Cotton-eared Marmoset twins.
Birth: 17 February 2006
Four African Lion cubs have been born, and are now being allowed out into the reserves with the rest of the pride, including the five youngsters born early last year. This makes the Woburn pride 16 strong, similar in size to prides in the wild and one of the largest (if not the largest) in captivity in Europe.
Birth: 10 January 2006
A baby Rothschild's Giraffe was born just before Christmas, and is now venturing out into the reserves. She is the second calf of this endangered species to be born at Woburn within a year.
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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