Exmoor Zoo

The following is a short list of articles and research that have either used Exmoor Zoo or have their authors working within the zoo. Please use the links to investigate further.

Ring tail lemur study by S L Law entitled; "Does enclosure design effect captive lemur welfare when behavioural and physiological parameters are measured"? The research investigates the effects of enclosure design on the welfare of captive lemur catta
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A summary of findings at Exmoor Zoo by S L Law is also available compared to other ringtail lemur groups
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Blue throated conures are an endangered bird species and Exmoor zoo has bred these well in the past. This is a published article explaining how and giving some of the
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Hero rats are fascinating and Exmoor zoo won an award for their education day promoting this in 2008 (one of our yearly organised events). This article is a PowerPoint display entitled "Evaluation of visitor learning during Hero Rat day" explaining what actually occurred
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Bare Faced Curassow article. This article was written in the avicultural society magazine by Derek Gibson the zoo's headkeeper. "Exmoor Zoo has housed its current pair of Bare Faced Curassow, (Crax fasciolata) since 2003 when a female was acquired to pair with our male that was acquired from Beale Park in 2002
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White naped cranes have been hand reared successfully at Exmoor zoo since 2002. This is a published article concerning this. "White Naped Crane can at first glance look the same as the majority of the other 15 species of crane. Grey body, red face and various black and white feathers..........."
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The Maned wolves here at the zoo were studied by Ruben Holland both and in the wild for a dissertation project. This makes fascinating reading and is available as a power point presentation............(link to dissertation talk final version - will drop this file in on disc as it is 211mb). The following link is his project review ...........
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Exmoor zoo was the first British Zoo to breed white browed coucals Centropus supercilliosus (an African species of cuckoo). This is a published article concerning this ...........(link to Coucal article). A follow up article was also published concerning their hand rearing ...........
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Environmental enrichment for animals and birds in captivity is always essential. Lizanne Byrne is one of our education assistants who produced this article for her Masters degree. Anybody interested in methods for enriching their captive birds would be well advised to read this article entitled "Environmental Enrichment for birds: How do we increase the practice?".......... (
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Crested pigeons are Australian and not regularly seen in UK zoo collections any more. This article by Derek Gibson (the zoo's head keeper) describes how we breed and maintain our colony entitled: "The management of the crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) at Exmoor Zoo"...........
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