Hello from Belfast!

Hello from Belfast!
02-01-2008

Just wanted to say a big hello! i'm new to the forum! I work at Belfast Zoo with a range of exotics including Black-footed cats, lemurs. sloth and malayan tapir! I love visiting zoos and hearing any zoo news! ive been to over 60 zoos so far! looking forward to starting to talk

02-01-2008

I'm jealous of the fact that you can work with tapirs!!

So can you keep us updated with news at Belfast?

Welcome aboard! I hope you learn as much as I have.

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02-01-2008

yep sure no probs! have you been before or know much about its collection?

02-01-2008

Hi and welcome to the forum.

02-01-2008

Nope, I know basically nothing about it apart from the fact it keeps (or has kept) Southern bald ibis, Malayan tapir and sun bears.

Any news, especially from birds and Tapirs would be appreciated.

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02-01-2008

Welcome AI, Hope you like it here, we dont get to much zoo news from your Country

collection news
02-01-2008

We do indeed have sunbear and southern bald ibis! regarding the malayan tapir we recently sent our two year old male to denver in america and have had another male born about two months ago! our 7th calf to date! bird wise we our currently redeveloping our bird park so hav alot of new species planned to arrive in the next few months! historically we specialised in cockatoos (10species), turacos (10spp) and traopans(4spp)! however we now only keep two sp of trag and 4 sp turaco! we however have 3sp of balck cocktoo which is nice!

Other nice species we have r mhorrs gazelle,francois and purple faced langur, verrauxs sifaka, temmincks golden cat,black-footed cat an moloch gibbons! we have alot of the abc species penguins,sealions, tigers,lions,cheetah,wild dogs, elephants,zebra,giraffe etc

02-01-2008

Welcome to zoobeat Al!

Perhaps you could write a review of Belfast Zoo in the UK forum for members like myself and others who don't know that much about Belfast Zoo?

Oh and that is a great record with the malayan tapir calves!

02-01-2008

A review of Belfast Zoo would definitely be appreciated.

02-01-2008

Hello Al,

I joined about a month ago and have learnt so much... There are some amazingly knowledgable people here and some passionate debates...

I too would enjoy a review (if you have the time)...

Happy posting...

02-01-2008

Opps just realised you joined before me... LOL

02-01-2008

You still have an amazing collection of Birds. Cabot's and Blyth's tragopans!! Have you bred them?

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02-01-2008

We are down to a single male cabots and our last male blyths went to a private breeder with a number of other animals from other zoos.

02-01-2008

There isn't much problem in acquiring Cabot's tragopans though. I was looking at buying a pair for myself, but when I saw the price, £800, I decided to leave it!

Blyth's on the other hand are very much rarer. San Diego has a bit of success, but these birds are becoming very inbred. There is a pheasantry in the netherlands that specialises with Tragopans.

Congratulations with your tapir breeding, Could you post a picture on the gallery? I've seen all 4 tapir species, and although my favourite is the mountain, I do like malayan tapirs a lot too.

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02-01-2008

Welcome Al. And also add my congrats. for brilliant record with Tapirs.

Looking forward to regular updates from Belfast.

Cheers
D