Hello everyone! For this blog I am going to write about one of our giraffe boys, Robin, and his fantastic progress with training. He has come along leaps and bounds since the last training update. So, like a very proud mumma, I want to share it with you all! For anyone who isn’t familiar with…
Let me introduce you to Molly, Markus and Albert our group of Common Cusimanse. They joined us in early 2019 and can be seen next to the smooth coated otters. Definitely for me, along with the Egyptian fruitbats, these guys are one of the most overlooked or forgotten about species in the park by visitors….
This week we celebrated the 8th birthday of our resident slow coach Sid, so I thought we would delve into the realms of everyone’s favourite lazy tree dweller, the sloth.There are 6 different species of sloth found across Central and South America: Pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) Maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus) Pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)…
This week my blog will be on our mischievous mob of Meerkats Suricata suricatta. We currently have 5 adults Bill, Ken, Ariel, Kiara, Pinky and excitingly we now also have 3 babies, born on May 4th. At the moment we don’t know their genders but I think with their date of birth being May 4th…
Hiyaaaa!!! I’m sure you have all seen enough of my face over these past few weeks so I’m back to writing blogs for you all to enjoy and hopefully learn a thing or two about some of species that we have on the mammal section at the park. It has been lovely in the recent…
I am very pleased to let you know (if you don’t already know) that we now have 4 Rothschild Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi at the park so our tower is now complete. We have recently welcomed our two new males from Longleat Safari Park. It felt very much like déjà vu when the day arrived…
Teeth are essential for many different animals and for more reasons than you may realise. The most obvious is of course for eating. The type of teeth an animal has depends on what it eats so we can tell whether they are a carnivore (meat eater), herbivore (plant eater) or omnivore (eats plant and meat)…
International Red Panda Day is the 3rd Saturday of September each year. On this day, zoos, schools, and other groups around the world celebrate by creating as much red panda publicity as possible. This aims to raise public awareness and support for red panda conservation issues. This year has been slightly different to previous years…
I think we can all agree it has been far too long since I last spoke to you all about the Lowland Tapirs at the park. For anyone that might be new to the park or may not know much about our pair, I will give you a little refresher about them. Nando our male…
Yes! You heard right. We have announced that we are getting Giraffes before the start of Easter. Further details will be announced nearer the time, so stay tuned on our social media pages for further updates. There has been speculation about what animal may be going in our newest enclosure for months. We have had…
