Zoo News Archive
Winter 2008
Birth: ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
17
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A male Asian Elephant calf has been born, the second for mum Azizah. |
Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park
January
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Twin White-Lipped Peccary babies have been born. |
Birth: Chester Zoo
January
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A female baby Rothschild Giraffe called Margaret has been born to mother Fay. Born two weeks early, and one of the smallest Giraffes born at the zoo, she is being hand reared by keepers after having trouble suckling from her mother. There are only 600 Rothschild Giraffes left in the wild. |
Arrival: Highland Wildlife Park
January
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A group of Himalayan Tahr (similar to a wild goat) have arrived. |
Arrival: Highland Wildlife Park
January
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A group of Afghan Urials, a rare type of wild sheep, have arrived |
Arrival: Cotswold Wildlife Park
January
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A male Greater Bamboo Lemur has arrived to join the resident female, in the hope that they will form a valuable breeding pair for this Critically Endangered species, one of the rarest mammals in the world. |
Arrival: Highland Wildlife Park
January
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A male Elk has arrived, to join the existing female, Lisa. |
Birth: Drusillas Park
January
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Twin baby Azara's Agoutis have been born, to parents Antonio and Inti. Inti arrived from Shaldon Wildlife Trust in October last year, as part of the European breeding programme for this vulnerable species. |
Arrival: Highland Wildlife Park
January
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A group of Mashmi Takin have arrived from Edinburgh Zoo. These animals look like a cross between a Wildebeest, Bison and Moose, and are endangered in the wild due to habitat loss. |
Birth: London Zoo
January
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A baby Red Titi Monkey called Vale has been born to parents Yara and Thiago. |
Birth: Belfast Zoo
January
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A baby Emperor Tamarin called Alex has been born. |
Birth: Belfast Zoo
January
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Three baby Agoutis have been born. |
Birth: London Zoo
January
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Two baby Gila Monsters have been born. However, they will be kept backstage until found new homes in other zoos as part of the European breeding programme for this species, which is under severe threat from loss of habitat and illegal hunting for the pet trade. |
Birth: London Zoo
January
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Eleven baby Beaded Lizards have been born. However, they will be kept backstage until found new homes in other zoos as part of the European breeding programme for this vulnerable species. |
Birth: Hamerton Zoo Park
January
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Seven baby Vlaamse Reus rabbits have been 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.