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Cotswold Wildlife
Park - The Animals
In this section you
will find details of the animals to be seen at the Cotswold Wildlife Park,
many endangered in the wild, plus information on conservation, feeding,
and the latest arrivals, including births.
Look out for the
White-lipped Peccaries and Morelets crocodiles. The Cotswold Wildlife
Park is the only zoo to exhibit these animals in the British Isles.
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Asiatic
Lions
Cotswold Wildlife
Park is home to a male and female pair of lions. In the wild these
lions are isolated to the Gir Forest in Gujarat, northern India.
Their diet consists of mainly antelope deer, buffalo and wild pig.
The lions are
part of an international breeding program.
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Chapman's
Zebra
The species
of Zebra found at the Cotswold Wildlife Park is called the Chapman's
Zebra. Zebras live in herds and at the Cotswold Wildlife Park the
Zebras can be found sharing their area with Cotswold Wildlife Park's
two White Rhino.
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White Rhinoceros
There are two
White Rhinoceros at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, and they share their
area with the Chapman's Zebra herd.
Southern White
Rhinoceros are native to Southern and Centra Africa. The lifespan
of a rhino is around 45 years.
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Emus
Emus have strong, long
legs for running. Emus usually nest alone and unusually is it the
male bird that incubates the eggs.
Their diet consists of
seeds, grasses, vegetables and insects.
The Emu is related
to the Ostrich
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