Zoo News Archive
Spring 2010
Depart: Belfast Zoo
April
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Boulas the silverback Western Lowland Gorilla has moved to Twycross Zoo as part of the European breeding programme. His departure should allow the younger Gugas to become the silverback for the Gorilla group, and hopefully produce young in the future. |
Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park
April
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Pallas Cat kittens have been born, to parents Hopalong and Tsara. |
Arrival: Howletts: The Aspinall Wild Animal Experience
April
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A male Honey Badger called Tyson has arrived from Edinburgh Zoo, to join resident female Winnie and replace her long-time mate Boris, who sadly died last year. |
Birth: Paradise Park
April
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Early spring births in the Fun Farm include Rabbits, two Bagot Goat kids and three Ouessant Sheep lambs. A Berkshire pig called Bessie an her eight piglets have also arrived, on loan from Chy-an-Besow farm. |
Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park
April
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Two baby Oryx, a male and a female, have been born. A Miniature Donkey foal has also been born. |
Birth: Chester Zoo
April
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Three baby Meerkats have been born. |
Birth: Highland Wildlife Park
April
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A baby female Snow Monkey called Bishoujo has been born, the second birth at the park since the Snow Monkeys arrived three years ago. |
Arrival: Paradise Park
April
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A pair of Goldie's Lorikeets have arrived, and taken up residence in the Tropical House. |
Birth: Bristol Zoo Gardens
April
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Fifteen Partula faba Tree Snails have been born. This colony of 88 snails is the only one in the world; the species is extinct in the wild, due to the introduction of other snail species to its native French Polynesian island of Raiatea and loss of habitat. |
Birth: Blackpool Zoo and Dinosaur Safari
April
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Six baby Ring-Tailed Lemurs and a baby Spider Monkey have been born. |
Arrival: Newquay Zoo
April
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A pair of Crowned Lemurs called Altaire and Nicole have arrived from The Rare Species Centre in Kent, to take up residence in the new Madagascan Walkthrough enclosure. |
Arrival: Newquay Zoo
April
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Two White Storks called Sylvia and Maggie have arrived from Colchester Zoo, to take up residence in the African Savannah enclosure, where they will also join another recent arrival, a Waterbuck called Jenny, who came from the former Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park. |
Birth: Port Lympne: The Aspinall Wild Animal Experience
April
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Margay kitten twins have been born to mum Ququm and dad Balancanche, their 5th litter and believed to be the first twins to be born in Europe. |
Arrival: Tropical Wings Zoo, A World of Wildlife
Spring
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A Hairy Armadillo called Tank has arrived, as have three rare breed Mangalitsa Pigs. |
Arrival: Linton Zoological Gardens
Spring
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A young female Bengal Eagle Owl (also known as a Rock or Indian Eagle Owl) has arrived from the World Owl Trust, Cumbria, to join resident male Angus. |
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.