On the 9th July 2020 the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) released a news article about the completed revision of African primate’s assessments and their conservation status. This sadly included the news that almost a third of lemur species are now critically endangered and on the cusp of becoming extinct. Lemurs are only…
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…
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…
This week my blog will be about our mischievous mob of Meerkats Suricata suricatta. Our Mob We currently have 6 individuals called Amara, Candy, Kalia, Sandy, Enzo and Kovu. They are all quite different in shape, size, colour and personality much like us really. To the trained eye they’re quite easy to tell apart. Most…
I would love to introduce you to some of our biggest characters on team Bird, and they live in our parrot flight aviary. Parrots are sometimes a challenge to work with because they are a raucous group of birds with strong attitudes, a strong bite and a loud, no extremely loud voice! I wouldn’t change…
As we celebrate the start of a New Year and a new decade, I have decided to take a look back at what has been happening in the world of conservation over the last ten years. The IUCN red list has been releasing a lot of statements over the past few months concerning the worrying…
December is well known for being a month of celebration, with Christmas fast approaching (less than 2 weeks to go everyone!), festivities and high spirits are all around. However before Christmas arrives there’s another, admittedly lesser known, day of celebration I’d like to draw your attention to! December 14th 2019 will mark the 19th annual…
