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Keepers at Ventura Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire were delighted to discover a new set of stripes during their morning checks this week. A baby Grant’s zebra arrived during the early hours of Wednesday and is the first offspring for parents Zelda and Sonny, who arrived at the Park in 2016. The Grant’s zebra is a … Read more
Over the last few weeks it’s been all go at Hertfordshire’s newest zoo, Ventura Wildlife’s Zoological Gardens, with the arrival of lots of new animals from across Europe. The first of the new arrivals were a group of three female straw necked ibis that came from Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic at the start … Read more
Is the smallest species of zebra and the most abundant in the wild. They live in family groups of the up to 18 zebras, eating the coarse grasses that grow on the African plains.
In Kent, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park is popular with visitors, and is run by the Aspinall Foundation along with Howletts Wild Animal Park. John Aspinall purchased Port Lympne in 1973 to support his growing animal collection, with it opening to the public in 1976.
Knowsley Safari Park in Merseyside is situated around Knowsley Hall on the ancestral estate of the Earl of Derby. Edward Stanley, the 18th Earl opened the park to the public in 1971 and it now offers over 700 animals from peacocks to elephants and white rhino.
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