Arriving just in time for summer holiday visitors, say hello to our adorable newborn sloth! Linne’s two-toed sloth, Flo, aged six, gave birth to her and Reggie’s fourth offspring a week-ago! Both mum and baby are doing well and you’ll spot our newest addition clinging on to mum’s stomach for the next few months. Native […]
Over the last academic year, DZC’s Education Team have been working alongside local primary school children in a new pen pal programme focused around chimpanzees. The project has been a collaborative effort between the zoo and the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone, which we’ve supported for a number of years. The Tacugama Pen Pal […]
We’re getting ready to celebrate the 50th birthday of our oldest animal, Fanny the chimpanzee and we’re offering discounted admission for visitors to come and help us mark her milestone! Our matriarch chimp turns 50 on June 19 and in celebration we’re offering any four admission tickets for £50 between Monday, June 17 – Sunday, […]
Meet our newest arrival – a baby black lemur! The baby was born to mum, Barbara, last week and both are doing well. You can spot mum and baby, alongside dad, Bryan and older one year-old sibling twins, Charles and Camilla, in their habitat opposite the chimp paddock. Keepers are yet to confirm the newborn’s […]
Thank nans and grandads for all that they do, by treating them to a free day out at Dudley Zoo! We’re celebrating National Grandparents’ Day (which falls on October 1), by offering complimentary entry for a grandparent with every full-paying child or adult ticket pre-booked from our website for next weekend – Saturday, September 30 […]
We’re thrilled to announce we’ve scooped a gold and two silver honours in the prestigious British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquarium (BIAZA) Awards, which celebrate excellence in the industry. We were awarded gold in the Diversity and Inclusion category for spearheading a campaign for allergy awareness following the installation of a number of […]
Swing into summer at Dudley Zoo and Castle as we shine the spotlight on our primate collection. Throughout the six-week school holiday we’ll be raising awareness about our primates, which range from the smallest pygmy marmosets to our impressive Bornean orangutans. And we’ll not only be celebrating the first birthdays of baby orangutans, Jim and […]
BIAZA zoos play a significant role in helping ensure the survival of some of the world’s rarest animals. And this Love Your Zoo Week, we’re very excited to announce we’ve had another baby sloth born at DZC! Linne’s Two-toed sloths, Flo and Reggie, welcomed their second offspring two weeks ago, making one year-old Button a […]
Primate Keepers at DZC have discovered our rare baby black lemur twins are a boy and a girl and given the historic royal occasion, have named them Charles and Camilla! Lower Primates Section Leader, Jodie Dryden, said: “We’re really pleased to have both a boy and a girl, and we felt it was very apt […]
