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08-09-2007

have the warthogs moved up to the african plains?

08-09-2007

This still in edinburgh? The african plains exhibit is the one with the Grevy's zebra, Lesser Kudu and nyala right?

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19-09-2007

will all the purple faced langurs be staying at edinburgh or will 1 or more maybe got to belfast?

06-10-2007

I've recently seen two stories concerning Edinburgh Zoo.

Firstly the sealion enclosure is to be re-developed for a group of Patagonian Sealions.

Secondly, Edinburgh council have refused planning permission on land which the Society were considering selling to finance their 20 year plan.

06-10-2007

Heard about the sealoins a few months ago only trouble is i cannot think of any spare in the U.K don`t know about Europe.The council refusing planning is not good would think that will give them a bit of a funding headache.

06-10-2007

I don't know where the Patagonians are coming from, but the two remaining Californians are going to Emmen.

06-10-2007

The Council has today passed a decision on building atop Costorphine Hill. The plan that was to be the start up finance for Edinburgh's mayor overhaul has now fallen through as the planning commission has rejected building housing on green land.

06-10-2007

Thats bad news then. In what way will this affect the plans then??

06-10-2007

It will put the plans back a few years, the sale of the land with planning permission would have raised a lot of money.

06-10-2007

There's a bloody phone mast on top of the hill at the moment - which they must have granted planning permission for!

06-10-2007

I wouldn't want to live on the top of Costorphine Hill. Its usually shrouded in fog and drizzle whenever I've been there. Still, it would be handy for the zoo...

Masterplan in trouble?
10-10-2007

This planning decision could really put the brakes on the zoo's masterplan. It now sounds like they suddenly have a £20 million shortfall in funding (incidentally, since when did the cost of the masterplan leap from £58 million to the now-reported £72 million???)

Scotsman.com News - Politics - Plea to ministers over zoo crisis

I suppose the other side of the coin is that Edinburgh must already have over £50 million of funding in place which is pretty impressive and should mean that many of the proposed new developments still happen (providing that the funding isn't conditional).

19-10-2007

have found more info on the planned land to be sold off at edinburgh zoo, it is looking likely that the decision not to rezone the land will go to appeal and go through this time as one of the councillors for the sale of the land was on holiday at the time of the vote
Scotsman.com ews - Topics - A to Z
scroll down to the edinburgh zoo topic.

21-10-2007

isis no longer showing gelada at edinburgh anyone any ideas what happened, if this is the case then edinburgh has the record for the worlds biggest rock hyrax enclosure

28-03-2008

Quick question, found this photo on flickr, in the background does that look to anyone like a nyala calf suckling from its mother?
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