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News Archive
Below are the news reports for Welsh Mountain Zoo, covering significant events concerning the animal collection, such as births, arrivals, departures, and deaths.
Birth: 16 March 2012
Three of the group of Ring Tailed Lemurs that arrived back in January have given birth, one of them to twins.
Arrival: January 2012
A group of 11 Ring Tailed Lemurs has arrived, to join the Red Fronted Lemurs in the new walk-through enclosure.
Arrival: December 2011
A pair of Red Fronted Lemurs have arrived from Edinburgh Zoo, to take up residence in a new walk-through Lemur enclosure.
Arrival: November 2011
A female Margay (cat) has arrived from Amsterdam Zoo and has now completed her quarantine period and is being introduced to Jack, the resident male.
Arrival: November 2011
Two female Emperor Tamarins have arrived.
Birth: October 2011
Three Azara's Agoutis have been born
Birth: September 2011
Two Chilean Flamingo chicks have hatched and are being hand-reared. They actually arrived as eggs from Slimbridge WWT.
Birth: September 2011
Cotton Top Tamarin twins have been born.
Birth: September 2011
Four Royal (or Ball) Pythons have hatched.
Birth: 24 June 2011
A baby female Bactrian Camel called Delilah has been born, to experienced parents Flanka and Lock.
Arrival: April 2011
A large group of Amazon Parrots have arrived.
Birth: April 2008
A baby rare Welsh Mountain Goat called Scooby has been born. He is being hand-reared after rejection by his mother Stumpy.
Birth: 17 March 2008
A baby male Bactrian Camel called Grand Slam (Slammy for short) has been born, the second for parents Lock and Flanka.
Arrival: July 2007
Two female European Brown Bears have arrived from Greece to join the existing female Yoghi. The new arrivals are 3-year-old sisters, called Athina and Fivi.
Birth: June 2007
Three Great Grey Owl chicks, called Graffite, Slate and Glacier, have been born.
Birth: May 2007
Four baby Polecats have been born.
Arrival: April 2007
Chico the Macaw and Johnny Rock the Caracara have arrived to join the flying display.
Birth: March 2007
A baby Welsh Mountain Goat called Barney has been born, to parents Nellie and Jack.
Birth: March 2007
Three Humboldt Penguin chicks have been born.
Open: 31 March 2006
Sealions Rock, a new pool and activity area for the Califorian Sealions, complete with underwater viewing windows, is now open.
Birth: 16 February 2006
A Bactrian Camel called Scrummy has 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.
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