The Royal Marines Commando Challenge takes place across Woodbury Common on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October. Online entries are open until Wednesday at 12 noon, so it’s not too late to enter still.
An African penguin chick has been nursed back to health with fish soup by dedicated zoo keepers. The decision to remove the chick from its parents was taken when keepers saw signs of illness and a lack of appetite.
A charity beer has raised an elephantine sum for wildlife conservation. Bays Brewery helped generate £3,282 by selling a special beer – Trunk Ale - on behalf of wildlife charity Paignton Zoo Environmental Park.
There’s something very special at Living Coasts – though most of us would need it pointed out to us. This something very special looks like dull old pond weed and is growing in a dull old tank in a functional back room at the marine zoo.
On Monday 24th September a young female West Caucasian tur – a kind of mountain goat - got out of its enclosure at Paignton Zoo. The animal was spooked while keepers were moving the zoo’s herd into their house. It cleared a fence, left the quarry area and entered the dense woodland above Clennon Valley.
Staff at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon are pleased to say that the West Caucasian tur is back safe with her herd.
She was finally tempted by a little food and walked back in, none the worse for her brief time in the woods.
Staff are delighted that she has returned and thank Zoo guests, the news media and the general public for their concern and support.
According to many, September, not January, is the time to make a fresh start and set new goals – which is why the region’s three top zoos are launching volunteer recruitment drives.
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is teaming up with national award-winning local law firm Wollen Michelmore Solicitors to hold Will Week. The event - from 8th to 13th October – marks the sixth year Wollen Michelmore have teamed up with the Zoo. The week offers people the chance to have their wills written by experts who will discuss circumstances in person and prepare a will bespoke to individual needs, with clients making a donation to the Zoo – a registered charity – instead of paying Wollen Michelmore direct.
Conservationists from different sides of the globe are working together to save a rare jungle bird. Staff from Paignton Zoo Environmental Park and Viet Nature, a Vietnamese NGO, have been swapping tips and techniques on how to keep and rear Edward’s pheasant - a species that hasn’t been seen in the wild for nearly 20 years.
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