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The trail of the ‘Exmoor Beast’ recently led Discover Animals’ videographer Geoff Moore to a zoo that was not quite the most westerly in the UK. Danny Reynolds was on hand to show him around Exmoor Zoo in Devon, located within dense vegetation high on the hills of Exmoor near to Bratton Flemming. Some 130 … Read more
Three new Lear’s Macaw chicks have successfully hatched in their natural habitat in the Brazilian Caatinga. The species, which has reached near extinction as a result of poaching and deforestation, has a worldwide population of just 1,700, including just 12 birds in the UK. The chicks are the offspring of a pair bred in Tenerife … Read more
London Zoo’s veterinary team have dug into their archives to share a new series of amazing x-ray images – taken while caring for the conservation zoo’s 14,000 animals. 📸 London Zoo
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has announced plans to give giant panda pair Yang Guang and Tian Tian a ‘giant farewell’ from Edinburgh Zoo as the wildlife conservation charity prepares for the pair’s return to China later this year. A new series of events and experiences will be available to book from Monday … Read more
Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo have dusted off their clipboards, calculators and cameras as they counted up all the animals at the zoo‘s annual stocktake yesterday. Caring for more than 300 different species, keepers faced the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the zoo – counting every creature … Read more
In this short film, Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore visits the Gdansk Zoo in Poland to find out more about their condor breeding programme. The first condors arrived in 1966 and Keeper of Condors Joanna Gruszczynka has been working with them since she first began her time at the zoo in 1984. She has seen 5 … Read more
In this film, Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore visits the Hawk Conservancy Trust in Hampshire to find out more about the attraction. The charity aims to help conserve birds of prey and the jewel in their crown is the daily flying displays. These take place in environments such as a recreation of an African savannah and a wild … Read more
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