Happy New Year to you all and welcome to my first blog of 2024. We were keeping a secret from you all for 8 months! In 2023 our primate keepers reported positive a pregnancy test on 12th May 2023 for Tara, our critically endangered dominate female Western Chimpanzee. We all had our fingers crossed that…
Hi, this week George is taking a break from blogs and this one is coming from me, one of the many Jess’s on our Primate team. This week’s blog is inspired by National Hello Day last week, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce WWP’s wonderful Primate team and let them…
As this is my last blog for 2023, I’ve decided to a look back and review all the changes that have happened over the past 11 months, here at Wingham Wildlife Park. We’ve had a year of changes within the park this year and new exhibits opening, including the refurbishment of the Reptile House having…
Everyone knows you’re not supposed to have favourite animals as a keeper but sometimes, you just can’t help it! And the more and more time I spend with our different primates, a new species takes the lead as my favourite. My current favourite are the Black Howler Monkeys found opposite the Orang enclosure and next…
Georgia is sharing what a typical day at work looks like for her here WWP from weighing to target training and everything in between.
Hello, my name is Celia, I am 9 years old and I am extremely excited to announce that I am Wingham Wildlife Park’s new Junior Reporter! Here’s how my first day went…. I arrived at the park on Sunday 6th August and met with Leanne who answered some of my questions before I got going….
With the opening of the Nocturnal House fast approaching I thought I would go a little bit into circadian rhythms. So first of all what does it mean? It is a 24 hour period of behavioral and physiological activity in animals and plants. In animals, even more simply it is the sleep/ awake cycle. Animals…
Pucker up people. July 6th is International Kissing Day and we’re taking a whistlestop tour of all the animals that like to smooch, snuggle, boop and cuddle. So, whoever or whatever you like to kiss, let’s see if they feature in our top ten kissers. But first, let’s talk… Why do we kiss Kissing is…
Faye has just celebrated her 31st birthday on 22nd June. She has lived with us since 25th October 2016. This is when our seven chimps arrived to us from Yerkes National Primate Centre in Georgia, USA. Faye’s background A picture of Faye’s first time being let outside in their enclosure. This was also the first…
I am very lucky and get to work with our 3 Bornean Orangutans. Molly, Jin and Belayan. These guys have incredible characters and it has been a joy to get to know each of the orangutans personalities. From the very start of my journey with them at WWP, Molly was the one I spent most…
