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22-08-2008

Hi, guys im going away tomorrow until monday

while im away i should be visiting whipande (if the weather is ok!)

check back here for the trip report...

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James Butcher

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22-08-2008

James can you get some pics of the gaur family please?

22-08-2008

Yes photos of the Gaur and Indian rhinos would be cool

22-08-2008

Il try, i know where the indian rhinos are, but am i right that the gaur are in the passage to asia?

i am defintely going now! the weather looks like its gonna be nice

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22-08-2008

If possibe could you get some photos of inside the Indian rhino house

22-08-2008

yes sure mark, kiang wheres the gaur at the moment?

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22-08-2008

Tigerlemurguy, the gaur are either in the old black rhino house or in one of the old paddocks by the indian rhino.

i'll be visiting next week, so anything that Tiger misses out, I'll try to find.

22-08-2008

The Gaur may have been moved back to their original paddock (next to Indian rhinos) by now. If not, and they are still in ex Black rhino house they are difficult to see properly as there are two barrier fences.

23-08-2008

hope you guys both have a great trip any Gaur pics would be great to see

26-08-2008

My greatest apologies, but i did not see the gaur, spent ages walking round the two ares said to see them but no luck

the weather was great and i had a lovely day.

was very lucky to see the newest elephant calf born in february (i think)

one question, i saw there was another female with the adult male, who was this and are they trying to breed her?

The new rhino house was small but good and was great too see the two youngsters! see my photos for indoors of the rhino house.

Other youngsters i saw: Onager, Oryx, Prezwalkskis Horse, Sealion, White Rhino and Giraffe.

Cheetah Rock was actually very dissapointing, the cheetahs were still in quarantine and only had select areas to view them, the enclosures could have been bigger and more natural but it seemed a nice theme.

Another question at the original site of the cheetahs a pair still remain, a board says they are moving to another collection, does anyone know where?

The photos will be up in a few minutes

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James Butcher

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26-08-2008

im glad you ad a great day Tigerlemurguy i have never been to Whipsnade (hope to in the very near future tho) it looks a great place to visit with so many animals shame you never got to see the Gaur

26-08-2008

Glad you had a good day at Whipsnade cheers for the photos of the inside of the rhino house

26-08-2008

Thanks for the update and some good photos!

As I said earlier, I'll be visiting this week and now will spend extra time at the gaur enclosure in hope of seeing them.

26-08-2008

Jimmy if you see any keepers in the area where the Gaurs are would you ask someone if they intead to add any more to the Whipsnade herd, maybe importing some from Europe

26-08-2008

i saw a sign for gaur near opposite the asian elephants but the stables and paddock was empty

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James Butcher

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