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ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s troop of ring-tailed lemurs woke up to stuffed Christmas stockings this week. The excitable, stripy primates discovered the colourful stockings – filled with vegetable treats – in their home and spared no time tucking into their festive gifts. Pien, a female lemur, seemed to take particular delight in the Christmas stockings, sticking her … Read more
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo has shared behind-the-scenes pictures of its towering new arrival – a six-foot-tall baby giraffe born on Remembrance Day and named Wilfred after the WWI poet Wilfred Owen. 📸 ZSL
For hairy but not too scary Halloween fun, families can trick-or-treat themselves to a trip to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire this October half term with Boo at the Zoo. From Saturday 22nd – Sunday 30th October, visitors to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo can celebrate all things spooky during a fang-tastic day out for the whole family.
Two aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) named Nacho and Terry have been scurrying around their new home at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, exploring their exhibit, which opened to the public in August. The charismatic creatures are the first aardvarks to live at the UK’s largest zoo in its 90-year history. Nacho (8) and Terry (2) will be joined … Read more
The pitter-patter, or rather thud-thud, of baby feet can be heard at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo after an endangered Asian elephant was born on Monday 22nd August. The not-so-tiny infant was born to mum Donna at around 7:00am, surrounded by the rest of the females in the herd, including her own mum Kaylee – who provided … Read more
A manual for living alongside elephants in Nepal has been published by ZSL’s Nepal Elephant Project on World Elephant Day today and will begin distribution to villages and local communities throughout the lowlands of Nepal in early September. The manual, entitled “Promoting coexistence to save the lives and wellbeing of Asian elephants and communities in lowland … Read more
This summer, take on the Ultimate Animal Challenge at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire and go head-to-head with your friends and family to find out who’s the real leader of the pack! Until 4th September, follow the Ultimate Animal Challenge trail around the zoo, testing your skills against the best of the best in a number of … Read more
Three young cheetah brothers have sprinted into a new home at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo as part of the European Endangered Species Programme. Two-year-old brothers Freddie, Robyn and Billy were flown to the attraction in Bedfordshire from Fota Wildlife Park in Ireland. Visitors will be able to spot the speedy, new additions in the zoo‘s existing … Read more
Keepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo are celebrating the birth of a baby reticulated giraffe. The new arrival was born last Friday 26th April to first-time mum Luna and dad Bashu and has been named Khari, which means ‘King-like’ in Swahili. Part of the European Breeding Programme (EEP) for the Endangered species, the giraffe calf weighed … Read more
The Amur tigers, camels and wolverine at ZSL Whipsande Zoo enjoyed the recent snowy weather in the Chilterns as the temperatures dropped and the UK gripped by the recent big-freeze …. Main image: Wolverine enjoys the snow at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo For more information on visiting ZSL Whipsande Zoo go to www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo
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