Zoo News Archive
Summer 2008
Birth: Knowsley Safari Park
July
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Marmoset triplets have been born. Their mother only has two teats and only produces enough milk for two babies, so the third baby is being hand-reared.. |
Birth: Longleat Safari Park
July
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Two female Californian Sea Lion pups have been born to mums Zook (her first) and Sealia (her eighth). |
Arrival: Paignton Zoo
July
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A pair of Red River Hogs, called Pablo and Pumba, have arrived from Chester Zoo, in exchange for Rick, Paignton's existing male, who has gone to Chester to form a new breeding group with Pablo and Pumba's daughters. |
Birth: Hamerton Zoo Park
July
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Four baby Capybara have been born. Another baby male Alpaca has been born. |
Birth: ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
July
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A baby female Przewalski's Horse called Ula has been born to parents Jane and Nicky. |
Birth: Tropical Wings Zoo, A World of Wildlife
July
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A total of 21 Guinea Pigs have been born. |
Birth: Highland Wildlife Park
Summer
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A total of five Scottish Wildcat kittens have been born, in two litters (of 2 and 3) to two different mothers. |
Birth: Newquay Zoo
Summer
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A Roul-Roul Partridge (or Crested Wood Partridge) chick has hatched. A Scarlet Macaw chick has also hatched (for the second year in a row). |
Depart: Newquay Zoo
Summer
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Two young female Pied Tamarins, born at Newquay in 2006, are to move to Zoo Parc de Beauval in France as part of the European Breeding Programme for this highly endangered species (one of the 25 most endangered primates). |
Depart: Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park
Summer
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Lily, the third of the Amur Leopard cubs born at the Park in 2004, has been moved to Aywaille Zoo, Belgium. The other two were transferred to Paradise Park, Kent, earlier in the year. |
Arrival: Curraghs Wildlife Park
Summer
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Some Marine (or Cane) Toads have arrived, to go on show in The Ark. |
Birth: Drusillas Park
Summer
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More births this year include: two penguin chicks, a baby Saki Monkey, and a baby Geoffroy's Marmoset. |
Birth: Newquay Zoo
Summer
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A baby Red Footed Tortoise called Romper has hatched, the first for the zoo. |
Birth: Dudley Zoological Gardens
Summer
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More births this year include: Reindeer, Meerkats, Ducklings and 4 rare Lady Amherst's Pheasants. |
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.