Zoo News Archive

Autumn 2011

Birth: Edinburgh Zoo

31
December
2011

A baby female Pygmy Hippo called Eve has been born, to mum Ellen, her second.

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Birth: Colchester Zoo

29
December
2011

A baby Goeldi's Monkey has been born, to mum Hazel and dad Willow.

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Birth: Beale Park

24
December
2011

Baby female Alpaca born, to mum Inka.

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Birth: Bristol Zoo Gardens

21
December
2011

A baby Goeldi's Monkey has been born, the fourth for it's parents and the second this year.

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Birth: Drusillas Park

9
December
2011

A baby male Lar Gibbon has been born to mum Tali.

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Arrival: Bristol Zoo Gardens

8
December
2011

Two venomous Black Widow spiders have arrived, having been discovered in a 1964 Ford Falcon car that had been imported from California. They were only discovered when the car was stripped down for restoration. One of the spiders is now on show in Bug World, replacing the zoo's previous Black Widow that died (of old age) in October; the other is being kept off-show.

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Birth: Twycross Zoo

7
December
2011

A baby Variegated Spider Monkey has been born, the first for mum Magdalena and also the first at the zoo for 10 years. The baby's sex is unknown as the keepers do not want to disturb mother and baby.

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Arrival: Edinburgh Zoo

4
December
2011

A pair of Giant Pandas called Tian Tian ("sweetie", the female) and Yang Guang ("sunshine", the male) has arrived from the Giant Panda Conservation and Research Centre in Sichuan Province, China. Both were born in 2003 and they are on loan for an initial period of 10 years; it is hoped that in that time they will breed successfully. They are the first Giant Pandas to reside in the UK for 17 years, since Ming Ming returned to China in 1994.

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Arrival: London Zoo

December
2011

Four Reindeer called Rudolph, Dancer, Prancer and Blitzen have arrived, to take up residence in the new Reindeer Lodge exhibit.

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Birth: Curraghs Wildlife Park

December
2011

A Penguin chick has hatched.

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Birth: Linton Zoological Gardens

December
2011

A total of 45 baby Sulcata Giant Tortoises have been born this year, from two clutches of eggs. Laid in March and April, hatching started in August and continued into September.

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Depart: Dudley Zoological Gardens

December
2011

Two female Reindeer, Willow and Drizzle, have moved to Chessington World of Adventure.

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Birth: Dudley Zoological Gardens

December
2011

Two baby Squirrel Monkeys have been born, to mums Stumpy and Mrs Elvis, and dad Oscar.

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Birth: Dudley Zoological Gardens

December
2011

Four baby Capybaras have been born, to parents Peanut (mum) and Pumpkin (dad).

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Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park

December
2011

Two Arapwa Goat kids, a boy and a girl, have been born.

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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.