Zoo News Archive

Summer 2010

Birth: Blair Drummond Safari Park and Adventure Park

10
September
2010

A pure-white baby male Llama called Sam has been born, to mum Baby.

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Arrival: Colchester Zoo

9
September
2010

A pair of Sun (or Honey) Bears have arrived from the Rare Species Conservation Centre. Srey-Ya, the female, and Jo-Jo, the male, were confiscated as young cubs by the Cambodian government in 2007 and 2008, respectively, and then came to the RSCC to become the only Sun Bears to be housed in Britain for 30 years; they are still the only Sun Bears in England.

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Arrival: Linton Zoological Gardens

8
September
2010

A frog of an as yet unidentified species from the Ivory Coast (Africa) has arrived, having stowed away in a box of bananas before being discovered by a market fruit and veg. stall in Cambridge.

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Birth: South Lakes Wild Animal Park

7
September
2010

A female Sumatran Tiger cub called Kadi has been born, the first at the park, to parents Alisha and Padang. Great news for this Critically Endangered species; with only around 350 left in the wild, and few in captivity, it is the most endangered of Tiger species.

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Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park

3
September
2010

Two baby Banded Mongoose have been born.

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Birth: Marwell Wildlife (Marwell Zoological Park)

2
September
2010

A female baby Brazilian Tapir called Quito has been born, to parents Summer and Ronny.

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Arrival: Blair Drummond Safari Park and Adventure Park

1
September
2010

Ruby, a female Giraffe, has arrived from Banham Zoo, where she was born 2 1/2 years ago and had been hand-reared after being rejected by her mother.

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Birth: Cotswold Wildlife Park

September
2010

Two Lady Ross' Turaco chicks have hatched, as has a Blue-Winged Kookaburra.

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Birth: Chester Zoo

September
2010

Three West Africa Crowned Crane chicks have hatched, and are being reared by keepers using a special puppet designed to look like an adult crane so that the chicks do not think the keepers are their parent, and grow up to think that they are cranes.

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Birth: Paradise Park

September
2010

A White-crested Turaco chick has hatched. The parents have already bred successfully twice before since their arrival in 2009.

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Birth: Paradise Park

September
2010

Bessie the Berkshire Pig has given birth to 12 more piglets.

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Birth: Marwell Wildlife (Marwell Zoological Park)

September
2010

Four Greater Kudu calves have been born

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Birth: London Zoo

September
2010

A total of 918 Short-snouted Seahorses have been born this year, and have now grown to the point that they are eating live food. Seahorses are notoriously difficult to breed, so this is a major achievement. The youngsters are being kept off-show, and once fully grown will be moved to various other collections around the UK as part of a captive breeding programme for this threatened species.

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Depart: Hamerton Zoo Park

September
2010

A young male Poitou Donkey called 'Vagabond d'Hamerton' is shortly to move to France as part of the breeding programme for this endangered species.

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Birth: ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

31
August
2010

A baby male Greater One-horned Rhinoceros called Ajang has been born, to experienced mum Behin and first-time dad Hugo. Great news for this Critically Endangered species, which is threatened in its native Nepal by poaching and habitat degradation.

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Notes:

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