Category: Carnivores

Carnivore celebrations!

Join us this February half term as we celebrate carnivores. We’ll be focusing on our meat-eating species between February 15 – 23, which include our Sumatran tigers, wolverines, meerkats, Asiatic short-clawed otters and Asiatic lion. As well as a fun and informative talk programme, where visitors can find out about specific carnivore species, there will […]

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Pupdate!

We have a pupdate on our four bush dog pups! After they were recently microchipped and vaccinated by the zoo’s veterinary team, we’ve discovered they are all boys! We also asked October half term visitors to name one of the pups, but keepers were so impressed with the submissions, they’ve decided to name all four […]

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History makers!

Meet our adorable new arrivals – as we’ve welcomed our first successful litter of bush dogs in our ­­87-year history! Less than a year since two year-old Twenké and six year-old Dora were paired together as part of an international breeding programme, we’re incredibly excited following the arrival of four pups, who are just beginning […]

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Adorable Arctic arrivals!

We’re incredibly excited to announce the birth of our first ever litter of adorable Arctic fox cubs – just in time to meet our half term visitors!  Under the watchful gaze of mum, Grace and dad, Spruce, the cubs emerged from an underground burrow over the last few days, much to the delight of staff […]

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Say roaaaaar!

A specialist veterinary dentist was called for when keepers noticed our male Sumatran tiger, Joao, had broken one of his large lower canines. Following consultation with the zoo’s veterinary team, it was decided a root canal procedure was needed and an expert veterinary dentist, who previously carried out treatment on chimpanzee, Barbie, here at the […]

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Hello Twenké and Dora!

Say hello to Twenké and Dora, our new bush dogs, who have spent the last few days exploring their new-look habitat. Brought together as a breeding pair, both dogs arrived within days of each other last week, with one-year-old male, Twenké, joining us first from Thoiry ZooSafari in France, while five-year-old female, Dora, was sent from […]

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