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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the photo page.

Only one of photographs left.

Blackbird & Song Thrush in the snow (my back garden), Mick

Cock Chaffinch in apple tree over my garden, Mick

Jay in my garden, Mick

Wren in my garden, Mick (Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire border)

Photograph of Tiger to go with article.

Fortunately none of the Animals from Cricket St Thomas went to Noah’s Ark.

The Tiger have been returned to the Circus probably so that the Zoo can reapply for membership to The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA)

Zoo expelled from industry body

A zoo in North Somerset has been expelled from an industry body over its relationship with a circus.

The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) said Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm kept dealings with the Great British Circus hidden from it.

BIAZA, which pledged to investigate last month, has now terminated the Wraxhall zoo’s membership for bringing the association into disrepute.

An association statement read: “There has been a breakdown of trust.”

The Great British Circus is the only UK circus which still uses tigers in its shows.

One of the Noah’s Ark tigers is used on a Great British Circus promotional DVD and is seen performing tricks during a training session in the circus ring.

The circus insists none of the tigers at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm [NAZF] has actually taken part in performances.

BIAZA is a charity which represents and promotes the UK’s and Ireland’s zoo and aquariums.

Its statement reads: “The reasons for termination are due to a refusal to provide BIAZA with information when requested and entering into an arrangement with the Great British Circus, which contravenes the Animal Transaction Policy, despite having been warned of possible consequences.

“Council believes that the behaviour of NAZF has brought the association into disrepute and that there has been a breakdown of trust between BIAZA and NAZF, and this has unfortunately resulted in a parting of the ways.”

Secret filming

In October BBC Inside Out West revealed the Captive Animals Protection Society (CAPS) had filmed secret footage at Noah’s Ark.

That revealed some of the staff at the zoo were unhappy about its links with the circus.

An undercover researcher working for CAPS also discovered the zoo had buried a tiger carcass on its land instead of sending it off for incineration as the law demands.

Anthony Bush, the owner of Noah’s Ark, said at the time he had since dug up the tiger and corrected his mistake.

Mr Bush refused to comment on the expulsion from BIAZA

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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

More photographs from Lynne taken on their visit to the British Wildlife Centre.

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Lynne has sen me 200 photographs taken by David. I will put all of them on over the coming weeks. Todays suit the moment.

WE WENT TO SUSSEX AND KENT FOR A FEW DAYS AND WENT TO THE BRITISH WILDLIFE CENTRE

IT WAS ABSOLUTLY FANTASTIC .WE SPENT OVER 6 HOURS THERE AND TOOK SOME LOVELY PHOTOS.

THERE ARE TOO MANY TO SEND YOU BY E MAIL SO I HAVE PUT THEM ON DISK AND I WILL POST IT TO YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY OF THEM ON YOUR WEBSITE LET ME KNOW. BEST WISHES LYNNE.

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Finished the concreting in the base for the new camera…

Finished the concreting in the base for the new camera tower today. As one of my Lads said, just got to hope that we don’t find one of the Badgers cemented in, when we check it in the morning. The concrete will take a few days to set, so that we can put the tower up.

It was good to see the report that Ospreys have been seen on the Chew Valley waters. Of course unless we know if they are ringed and what number they have, we can never be sure where they have been nesting, or what nest they originated from. It would be good if they came from the Lock of the Lowe’s, but I should think that they are more than likely to have come from a site in Wales.

Osprey were once visitors all over the British Isles. Being that they are using Chew Valley as a stop over, there could be a chance that a pair may nest there at some time. As I told you last week, Peter DeMarie from Delaware USA, contacted me last week about webcams at a site that is just a couple of hundred yards from his home. Peter is a Osprey monitoring volunteer for the State of Delaware. He has emailed me some photographs of the site that is by his house. The Osprey nest is a platform on top of a pole. It is in the middle of a lake surrounded by houses. The complete opposite to the sites in the British Isles, that seem to be in isolated areas or on Water Companies Lakes and reservoirs. I will try to have a word with the people in charge of Chew Valley. Who knows they may be interested in a webcam at their site, for at a quick glance, they do have a large assortment of wildlife there.