Sweet-smelling binturongs

Keepers caring for our binturong pair get the sweet-smelling aroma of hot buttered popcorn every day. That’s because Ellie and Elliot use scent glands under their tails to mark out their territory, but to humans is resembles the smell of popcorn. The strong scent hits keepers as they head into the off-show sections of the […]

Celebrating Elliot

DZG’s new binturong Elliot arrived just in time to celebrate World Binturong Day today. This is the first time we’ve held the fascinating species and our gorgeous one-year-old binturong has been seen exploring his wonderful new enclosure. Elliot joined us from Olomouc Zoo in the Czech Republic and moved into his impressive £25,000 abode at […]