Two new animals have arrived at Paignton Zoo as part of a conservation breeding programme. A female red panda, an endangered species, and a female brown spider monkey, a critically endangered species, have been transported from zoos in France to the Devon site. Brown spider monkeys were added to the International Union for Conservation of...
Amazon World Zoo Park The Pygmy Slow Loris can be found in the Twilight area of the Zoo A zoo is celebrating the birth of rare and endangered pygmy slow loris twins. The tiny mammals were born at Amazon World Zoo Park on the Isle of Wight, to parents Lapek and Ramina, a breeding pair...
Jack Silver BBC News, South West Newquay Zoo Newquay Zoo hopes seven-year-old Parsley will mate with its female Chapman’s zebra, Luna A Cornish zoo has welcomed a new arrival – a male zebra from Devon. Seven-year-old Parsley, a Chapman’s zebra (Equus quagga chapmani) made the journey from Dartmoor Zoo down to Newquay Zoo. He has...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West Paignton Zoo Southern cassowaries are said to be more like dinosaurs than most other birds A zoo has been attempting to breed a pair of “enormous” southern cassowaries. Paignton Zoo in Devon said the birds –16-year-old male Madrid and 11-year-old female Twiggy – met for the first time this...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West Madeleine Millin There are thought to be about 100 Amur leopards in the wild A zoo in Devon has successfully introduced a pair of rare leopards in a bid to help its work conserving highly endangered species. Dartmoor Zoo’s Amur Leopard pair Freddo and Lena met on 29 April...
George Sandeman and Giulia Imbert BBC News AFP Wikie, swimming with her calf in 2011, needs to be moved out of Marineland Antibes The French government has been urged to reconsider rehoming two stranded killer whales in Canada. Wikie, 23, and her 11-year-old son Keijo are currently held at Marineland Antibes, a marine zoo in...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West Paignton Zoo Both mother and baby are doing well, the zoo says An endangered monkey that was diagnosed with an ovarian tumour during pregnancy has given birth in Devon. Paignton Zoo said the 18-year-old Diana monkey, named Akea, “defied medical odds” and delivered the healthy infant on Thursday. The...
A sloth has had pioneering dental surgery to cure toothache. Rico is believed to be the first sloth to undergo such an operation, which was carried out by a team at Chester Zoo working alongside dental experts from Newcastle University. The two-toed sloth went under the knife after keepers noticed swellings on the sides of...
A zoo is hoping the arrival of a second binturong, or bearcat, could spark a romance between the two animals. Paignton Zoo said the animals – which have an “unmistakable popcorn scent” – faced mounting threats in the tropical forests of South and South East Asia. Carlo the male binturong arrived at Paignton Zoo, in...
Two female zebras have been put down at Paignton Zoo due to deteriorating health conditions, the organisation has announced. The zoo said it had made the “difficult decision” to euthanise, Taru, 22, and Leila, 11. Taru had cancer that stopped responding to treatment, while Leila had a rare blood-clotting condition affecting her quality of life,...
Kira Butters Sabra has moved to Dartmoor Zoo from Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent A female serval cat is the latest arrival at Dartmoor Zoo and is joining a male which was rescued. Sabra has just moved to the zoo from Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent as a mate for Churchill,...