Previous Guests

Below is a list of previous guests that we have found new homes for.

Click on any of the animals' thumbnails to see a larger image.

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Name: Doris
Common Name: Brown Collared Lemur
Latin Name: Eulemur fulvus collaris
About: Doris was 1 of 3 Lemurs donated to us by a private keeper, unfortunately for her the other 2 lemurs she was with paired up and began to pick on her, so we were forced to house her separately from them.
Doris is very calm and gentle, and loves human company.
She is currently staying with us until we can find her a suitable mate that she can live with.

Update

It was decided that Doris should be re-introduced to her former companions. This went without any aggression, but after 2 weeks she was still very submissive and we felt that she deserved a more fulfilling life! she has now come back to us until we can find her a suitable friend.

Latest Update

Doris has settled beautifully now and has recently moved into much larger accommodation. It was hoped that Doris could move to the USA as part of an international conservation project, but alas she was rejected due to her unknown parentage!

She does now have a new friend to play with (not the fluffy duck in the photo) which has made all the difference to her, so for the time being it seems she will be spending her twilight years with us.

Name: Peahen
Common Name: Peahen
Latin Name: Pavo cristatus
About: We would not normally re-home peacocks as they are an abundant species within zoos here in the UK. However we were contacted late in 2006 by a zoo who had lost their female of old age and the male was now showing signs of distress.

Luckily a rescue centre that we work closely with had a lone female that had been handed in as a chick the previous year.

When we contacted them asking about a Peahen they were only too happy for her to move on to the zoo where she now lives happily with the Peacock.

Name: Fred, Ginger & Aaron
Common Name: Parma Wallaby
Latin Name: Macropus parma
About: The Parma Wallaby was first discovered by British naturalist John Gould in about 1840, it was never common and, even before the end of the 19th century, it was believed to be extinct.

However in 1965 workers on Kawau Island (near Auckland) attempting to control a plague of introduced Tammar Wallabies (a widespread and fairly common species in Australia) were astonished to discover that some of the pests were not Tammar Wallabies at all, but a miraculously surviving population of Parma Wallabies—a species long thought extinct. The extermination effort was put on hold while individuals were captured and sent to institutions in Australia and around the world in the hope that they would breed in captivity and could eventually be reintroduced to their native habitat.

Fred and Ginger came to us in 2005 from a zoo where they were being bullied by other members of the group. A year later Aaron appeared, poking his head out of his mothers pouch. It is intended that Fred & Ginger will stay with us for now, however Aaron will soon be moving on to pastures green to join another breeding group, as ginger has another joey in her pouch!

Name: Rodney
Common Name: Emu
Latin Name: Dromaius novaehollandiae
About: Rodney was one of 3 baby Emus surrendered to a rescue centre that we work closely with. They lived happily for about 18 months, however once they all began to reach maturity Rodney was excluded and bullied.
Normally the animals never leave the safety of the rescue centre, but it was decided that Rodney should be re-homed to improve his quality of life.
He is currently living here with us until his new home is ready for him. Once there he will be integrated into a much larger group of Emus so that he will always have some company.
Rodney is very tame and enjoys a good back scratch.
He currently lives with a couple of ducks and some wallabies for company.

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