Zoo News Archive
Spring 2009
Birth: Newquay Zoo
June
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Four baby Meerkats have been born, to parents Peggy and Scampy. They have been named Snippet, Bumble, Titch and Fraggle. |
Birth: Knowsley Safari Park
June
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A baby Camel has been born, as has a North American Bison calf and an Ankole calf. Two more Axis Deer calves have also been born, bringing this year's total up to 7. |
Birth: Belfast Zoo
June
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Three Californian Sea Lion pups have been born, to mothers Stella, Holly and Ariel, and Dad Wesley. Snickers, who was born in 2007, has also moved to Rotterdam Zoo as part of the European breeding programme. |
Birth: Chester Zoo
June
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This year's births so far include: Yellow Mongoose triplets, Red River Hog triplets, Four Banded Mongoose. |
Arrival: Chester Zoo
June
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Two Bactrian Camels, Ider and Shanshan have arrived from Denmark, to join the resident Becky. |
Arrival: Chester Zoo
June
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Two Californian Sealions, Hella and Lara, have arrived from Munich and Nuremburg (respectively), Germany, |
Arrival: Chester Zoo
June
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Dicky the Okapi has returned after a 2-year secondment to London Zoo. |
Arrival: Cotswold Wildlife Park
June
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A family of Red-bellied Lemurs arrived from Paris Zoo in December, and have now moved into the Madagascan Walkthrough exhibit following completion of their quarantine period. This includes an adult male and female, two young males, and a baby that was born on 21 April while in quarantine. |
Birth: Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park
June
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Nine baby Coatis have been born, to two different mothers. |
Birth: Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park
June
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Further births this year include Asian Small-clawed Otters and Tree Porcupine. |
Birth: Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park
June
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Twin baby Red Pandas have been born. Update: the cubs have now been named Cai (female) and Liang (male). |
Arrival: Cotswold Wildlife Park
June
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A male Crowned Sifaka called Youssou has arrived from Besancon Museum in France, and is currently undergoing quarantine before joining the Madagascar exhibit. |
Birth: London Zoo
June
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A pair of Tawny Frogmouth chicks have hatched. |
Death: Chester Zoo
27
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Fey, the 7-year-old female Giraffe has sadly died during an operation to investigate a serious abdominal problem. |
Birth: Chessington World of Adventures
27
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A male Andean Condor chick has hatched and is being successfully reared by his parents, Quito and Chester. This makes him the first such chick to be parent reared in the UK for 12 years. |
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.