Zoo News Archive
Winter 2012
Arrival: Welsh Mountain Zoo
January
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A group of 11 Ring Tailed Lemurs has arrived, to join the Red Fronted Lemurs in the new walk-through enclosure. |
Birth: Port Lympne: The Aspinall Wild Animal Experience
January
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A baby Black and White Colobus Monkey has been born. Its sex won't be known until it's old enough to be separated from its mum. |
Birth: Marwell Wildlife (Marwell Zoological Park)
January
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A baby Rothschild's Giraffe called Ruby has been born to first-time mum Irsula, who arrived last summer from Woburn Safari Park, where the calf's dad remains. |
Birth: Linton Zoological Gardens
January
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A Red-necked Wallaby joey has been born, and has begun emerging from its mother's pouch. A trio of Wallabies (a male and two females) arrived earlier this year from Woburn, and one of them proved to have a joey in its pouch. |
Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park
January
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Three Wolverine cubs have been born, to mum Sharapova and dad Sarka. These are the first such cubs to be born in captivity in the UK. They have been given Finnish names: Ensin, Nalka and Niemi. |
Arrival: Exmoor Zoological Park
Winter
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A pair of Southern Tamanduas, a type of Anteater, have arrived. They are one of only about 5 pairs in European zoos. |
Arrival: Exmoor Zoological Park
Winter
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Two Arabian Sand Cats have arrived. The brothers were born in a private collection in Saudi Arabia. |
Arrival: Exmoor Zoological Park
Winter
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A pair of Caracal, a type of Cat, have arrived from private collections in Europe. |
Arrival: Exmoor Zoological Park
Winter
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Two male Maned Wolves have arrived from Parken Zoo, Sweden. The brothers were born in December 2010, so are still very young, and have arrived to replace Inca, the zoo's previous adult male who passed away last year. |
Arrival: Exmoor Zoological Park
Winter
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Three young Jaguarundi have arrived: one from Krakow Zoo, Poland, and a brother and sister from the Rare Species Conservation Centre, Kent. |
Birth: Paradise Park
Winter
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Three Kea chicks have hatched, and are being hand-reared by keepers. Since they are from a different bloodline to those born last year, they will be placed with them to form new breeding pairs. |
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.