17 May 2012
It's Asiatic lioness Asha's sixth birthday today so there'll be plenty of treats in Lion Ridge.
Big cat keepers are preparing a special meaty birthday dinner for her to share with playmates, Kyra and Itar, and there are lots of...
17 May 2012
On May 17, 1937 – Bank Holiday Monday – up to 250,000 people visited Dudley Zoo, with more than 50,000 admitted through the zoo turnstiles.
Traffic was diverted away from the zoo and mile long queues snaked down...
16 May 2012
Three tons of woodchip are keeping DZG's red pandas busy after staff spent five hours on the enclosure's annual spring spruce-up.
Assistant Curator, Richard Brown, said: “The pandas really enjoy diving in to the woodchip and...
15 May 2012
Ungulates keepers have got our giraffes licked into shape – with apple flavoured mineral blocks to give them a healthy boost.
The licks, which are suspended in mesh cages, provide a multi-mineral and trace element supplement and offer...
14 May 2012
Primate keepers have managed to catch up with our ring-tailed lemur baby and guess what – it’s a boy!
The youngster, who has been named Sheldon, is the offspring of mum, Phoebe and dad, Frank.
The lively lemur is now leaving mum...
13 May 2012
Friday the thirteenth will prove the luckiest date in the jazz diary as one of the biggest names on the UK’s Rhythm 'n' Blues scene hits DZG.
As part of the 28th Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival DZG is hosting an...
12 May 2012
A new male reindeer has joined the herd.
The four year-old, named Boy, has transferred to DZG from Dartmoor Zoological Park, in Devon, and is settling in with our two other males.
He's also busy making friends with our seven females,...
11 May 2012
Hallo Everyone!
I've had a busy few days playing near the pool with my latest toy - a sack filled with alpaca fur.
It's part of Assistant Curator Richard Brown's 'Toys for Tigers' range and is grrrreat fun!...
10 May 2012
Welsh artist, Guy Wooles, was so impressed with our newly-opened Penguin Bay that he created a unique avian addition.
Working with old newspapers, Penarth-based Guy crafted a paper penguin, named Ella, using skills first practised as an...
10 May 2012
A 1937 edition of the now-defunct News Chronicle reveals a rare photograph of Dudley Zoo’s original penguin pool.
The November 16 image shows a very different layout to our recently-launched walkthrough Penguin Bay!
The newspaper...
