Yorkshire Wildlife Park has welcomed a special arrival in a bid to save the critically endangered black rhino from the brink of extinction. As part of an ambitious international breeding programme, two-year-old female Najuma was transferred from a German zoo. When Najuma is old enough, she will be paired with three-year-old Makibo, who arrived at […]
RZSS Edinburgh Zoo welcomed a critically endangered male Visayan warty pig to its collection this week. Arriving from Touroparc Zoo in France, the boar named Jacques joins existing females, Evie and Mina. Warty pigs are the only species of wild pig to grow a mane and the new male can easily be distinguished from the rest […]
Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire, has welcomed a critically-endangered Bornean orangutan baby, the third offspring to father Batu and mother Maliku. The new arrival is the first great ape baby to be born at the zoo this year, supporting a European-wide breeding programme to conserve the iconic orangutan species which faces an uncertain future in the wild. […]