Birmingham Nature Centre
 Entrance with snow on the ground |
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| Location | Birmingham, England |
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| Coordinates | 52°27′02″N 1°54′38″W / 52.450498°N 1.910430°WCoordinates: 52°27′02″N 1°54′38″W / 52.450498°N 1.910430°W |
| Memberships | EAZA[1] |
| Website | www.birmingham.gov.uk/naturecentre |
Birmingham Nature Centre (formerly Birmingham Zoo) is a small zoo on the edge of Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham, England. It is managed by Birmingham City Council.
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[edit] Animals
The zoo features mainly small mammals. Its occupants include:
- Asian Small-clawed Otters
- Meerkats
- Lynxes
- Scottish Wild Cat
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Mouse lemur
- Golden-headed lion tamarin
- Goeldi's marmoset
- Squirrel Monkey
- Red-necked Wallaby
- Beavers
- Capybara
- Red Squirrels
- Heritage breed farm animals
- Birds (especially Owls)
- Greater Rhea
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Wattled Crane
- Blue Crane
- Reptiles
- Jamaican Boa
- Insects
[edit] Red Pandas
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The Nature centre used to have a pair of male Red Pandas. However these have been re-housed as part of the national breeding program. Ming Ming is visiting a female Red Panda in the Welsh Mountain Zoo.
[edit] Babu
Babu is a red panda who disappeared from the nature centre in November 2005 and spent four days "on the loose" before being discovered. Nature centre staff believe he was blown out of a tree and found himself outside his enclosure. His disappearance and the city-wide panda hunt that ensued made national headlines. After being discovered by a dog-walker in Moseley, Babu was dramatically reunited with his brother Tensing live on Midlands Today.[2][3][4][5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. http://www.eaza.net/membership/Pages/Zoos%20and%20Aquariums.aspx. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Runaway Birmingham panda found up tree". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph (UK). 3 November, 2005. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/03/upanda.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/11/03/ixportaltop.html. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ Kelbie, Paul (4 Nov, 2005). "The end of freedom for Babu the escape artist". findarticles.com. The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-end-of-freedom-for-babu-the-escape-artist-513875.html. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Red panda boosts visitor numbers". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 24 January 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4642784.stm. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ Bounds, Jon (10 September 2007). "Brummie of the Year 2005". birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk. BiNS. http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/awards05. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
[edit] References
- Birmingham Nature Centre
- BBC "Red panda pair come out of hiding " 15 October 2003
- [1] Red Panda Breeding Program
[edit] External links
Media related to Birmingham Nature Centre at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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