http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/ Zoo Visits Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:25:07 GMT Zoo Visitors Moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/532 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/532 The Serpentarium at Blankenberge is right on the seafront. It has a cheap, modest façade which totally belies the facility as a visitor attraction. On winter Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:25:05 GMT Sam Whitbread http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/531 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/531 Just to rectify a mistake, the guidebook to the Sealife Centre is not in Flemish, its Dutch. _________________________________________________________________ Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:07:04 GMT Zoo Visitors Moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/530 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/530 It is fair to say that Blankenberge is Belgium's slightly less tacky equivalent of Blackpool. There is a Sealife Centre and a specialist reptile collection Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:58:22 GMT Baldur Thorvaldsson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/529 Two weeks ago I saw the Kuranda Koala Gardens , a small collection in the Kuranda village, about 30 minute drive from Cairns . Kuranda also has a butterfly Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:08:49 GMT Kees Rookmaaker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/528 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/528 Dear colleagues In the attachment please find Newsletter #9 (for November 2007) of the Rhino Resource Center. There have been many additions to the literature, Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:01:22 GMT Zoo Visitors Moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/527 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/527 Must be four or five years or so since I was last at Beale Park. For those who don't know the place, it is not a typical zoo but more of a leisure garden with Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:05:40 GMT Paul Scott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/526 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/526 Hi all, I attended the Welsh Mountain Zoo on a Dad's Club outing that I had organised with my girlfriend and our 5 kids, in total about 200 of us arrived at Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:47:35 GMT Jo Castle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/525 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/525 I have recently visited one of the best walk through exhibits I have ever seen. The Masoala in Zurich Zoo. It emulates the region of Madagascar after which is Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:43:51 GMT diademed2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/524 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/524 -In reply to Sam's email message about Harrods. There has been an article in the Sunday Times about this so I feel that it is a serious proposal. It says that Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:32:30 GMT Paul Scott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/523 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/523 Hi all, I have added a few photos from my visits to Rio Safari Elche, Elche, Nr Alicante, Spain, and from my visit to the Mountain Rescue Safari, Gudalest, Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:54:23 GMT Rob Vaughan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/522 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/522 The male sifaka has already moved to Cotswold (not sure whether he is on show yet) and Belfast are due to recieve 2.2 animals from Paris any day now. Cheers - Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:03:56 GMT Jo Castle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/521 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/521 Hi Andrew, Have you seen the sifaka at Port Lympne, Kent? He has come from a French collection. Apparently, he was born on Xmas Day hence his name, Noel. The Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:57:37 GMT Zoo Visitors Moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/520 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/520 Anyone know if there's been any SERIOUS talk about a zoo on the roof of Harrods? Or is it still very uncertain notion at the moment? Also, if anyone's Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:19:01 GMT ynotlemurs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/519 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/519 First of all, its great to see this group back in action - its always nice to see other peoples' news and views on animal collections. Long may it continue to Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:53:39 GMT Zoo Visitors Moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/518 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo_visitors/message/518 Its been 3 or 4 years since I was last at Dudley. Overall I thought many of the new developments are really tasteful and well designed but, by contrast, the