What it takes to look after and enrich our moon bears. In this blog I’m going to talk about looking after our two moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, Aroon and Mika, and delve into what goes on in a day for the bears and how we keep them happy. What is Enrichment? Enrichment is…
The International Day of Forests is celebrated on 21st March every year and is celebrated to promote the significance of all forest types. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. Forests are areas of land covered with trees; it is a very broad term that encompasses many different types of ecosystems,…
Hello all, this second trip was a spooky-themedone full of pumpkins, sweets and fun Halloweenactivities! This is my second blog! Those whohaven’t seen the first blog look further down onthe website to have a rundown of what happenedlast time. I started my day by picking up my nieces andheading over to Wingham Wildlife Park becausewe…
So today I’d like to talk about our three little bears. Aroon, Mika and of course Baloo. On the 29th January, it was a big day for us on the carnivore team as our little, not so little bear cub turned 2. Looking at him now it’s amazing to think how tiny he was when…
What works for carnivores For many of our animals, their sense of smell is very important in their wild state. Many use urine to mark their territory and let others of their species know they are ready to breed. Prey will unwillingly leave a scent trail as they move and blood will lead our predators…
So last time we talked about carnivore teeth but they don’t make up the whole section. We also have a few omnivores. So while omnivores need some carnivore teeth to eat meat they also need a few different ones for eating other stuff. Moon Bears The main example I have to bring up is of…
Times have been hard recently with the coronavirus situation. Even a simple shop has become a challenge as the day to day items have become luxuries. Even here at the park changes have had to be made. However, it is nice that our thoughts can take us far away from these struggles and I believe…
You may have heard zoos talking about enrichment for their animals but what does it mean? Enrichment is providing animals with different things to improve their environment based around their natural instincts and behaviours. As zoo keepers we want to stimulate the animals to get them to think about and enjoy their environment. We want…
This week is February half term so there’s a lot of excitement and hustle and bustle about the park with everyone coming to see our animals. But at the start of the week, we also celebrated Arroon’s (our male Asiatic black bear) 4th birthday! Mika (our female) also turned 4 on the 1st of this…
