Birmingham Nature Centre

Birmingham Nature Centre

Birmingham Nature Centre is a small zoo in Birmingham, England. It is managed by Birmingham City Council.

Animals

It features small mammals, notably a pair of male Red pandas, lynxes, birds (especially owls), reptiles and insects.

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.

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4642784.stm BBC - Red panda boosts visitor numbers]
* [http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/awards05 Babu wins Brummie of the Year!]
* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=2919&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=1757 Birmingham Nature Centre]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_3194000/3194828.stm BBC "Red panda pair come out of hiding " 15 October 2003]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/03/upanda.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/11/03/ixportaltop.html "Runaway Birmingham panda found up tree" Telegraph (UK) 4 November, 2005]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20051104/ai_n15809272 "The end of freedom for Babu the escape artist" The Independent (London), 4 Nov, 2005]

External links

* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/naturecentre Official website]


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