Zoo News Archive

Winter 2009

Birth: Knowsley Safari Park

March
2009

Births so far this year include:

A Lechwe calf (28 March),

An Eland calf (31 March),

7 Pere David's calves,

and several baby Baboons.

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Birth: London Zoo

March
2009

First time mum Martha the Meerkat has given birth to four babies. They will all be on show when the new Animal Adventure opens on 3 April.

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Birth: Longleat Safari Park

March
2009

The first births of the year include a Red-Necked Wallaby joey, an Eland calf and several baby Meerkats.

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Birth: Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre

March
2009

A baby Golden-Cheeked Gibbon has been born, to parents Peanut and Pung-Yo.

Update: the baby is female and has now been named Tia Nang. The whole family is set to become the first to be released back into the wild from Monkey World, via their rescue centre in Vietnam.

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Birth: Newquay Zoo

March
2009

A baby male Capybara called Wilson has been born, to parents Celia and Clyde.

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Birth: Newquay Zoo

March
2009

A baby male Philippine Spotted Deer has been born. His mother was already pregnant when she arrived a few weeks ago.

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Birth: Twycross Zoo

March
2009

Recent births include:

2 baby Pygmy Marmosets, Incaboo and Mazungo, to mum Peritass;

3 baby Meerkats to mum Tallula;

A baby Pileated Gibbon called Violet, to mum Valentina.

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Arrival: London Zoo

March
2009

A pair of young Aardvarks, called Misha (18 months) and Kiyo (1 year) have arrived, to take up residence in the new Animal Adventure (Children's Zoo). These are the first Aardvarks at the zoo in 18 years.

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Birth: Marwell Wildlife (Marwell Zoological Park)

March
2009

Four Bennett's Wallaby joeys have been born, and are now big enough to be peeking out of their mum's pouches.

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Arrival: Newquay Zoo

March
2009

A pair of young Carpathian Lynx have arrived to start a new breeding group for this endangered European species.The female, Willow, came from the Czech Republic and the male, Boomer, from Switzerland.

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Arrival: Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park

14
February
2009

A female Brazilian Tapir has arrived and been introduced to the resident male.

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Arrival: Chessington World of Adventures

14
February
2009

Watt, an 18-month old male Binturong, has arrived from Paris to join Sunti, the female that was born here a year ago.

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Birth: Newquay Zoo

13
February
2009

A baby male Ring-tailed Lemur has been born, to mum Jill. He has been named Darwin since he arrived just before the zoo's celebrations for Charles Darwin's 200th birthday.

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Arrival: Bristol Zoo Gardens

13
February
2009

A young female Aldabran Giant Tortoise called Matilda has arrived from London Zoo, to join the existing male Biggie in the hope that they will breed.

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Death: Chester Zoo

7
February
2009

Loja the Spectacled Bear has sadly died following an altercation with her mate, Sangay.

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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.