Charity News & Updates
- 13th July 2018
We’re a finalist in the National Lottery Awards! We’re making heritage places more accessible across many disabilities so everyone can enjoy them - but we need you! If you think #AccessibilityMatters, vote with your heart and retweet! https://youtu.be/H4lV2G5lReo #NLAHeritageAbility
- 10th July 2018
Three eider ducklings are being hand reared at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo. Right now they’re growing well on a diet of mini crickets and mealworms five times a day and specialist pellets.
- 4th July 2018
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park will soon be home to a dragon. A six-old female Komodo dragon is coming to Devon from Barcelona Zoo.
- 3rd July 2018
One of the most striking birds in the world has bred at Paignton Zoo. The scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is famous for its bright red feathers and curling beak.
- 29th June 2018
On Sunday 15th July, bikers from across the county and beyond will rev up for the annual Devon Air Ambulance Motorcycle Ride Out in support of the charity.
- 27th June 2018
You just have to accept that some babies will make a noise – but this one is guaranteed to be loud… This sweet little face belongs to one of the loudest animals in the world – a howler monkey.
- 26th June 2018
Paignton Zoo has appointed Nic Dunn, previously head of Shaldon Wildlife Trust, as its new Curator of Mammals. Nic Dunn is a local lad - a very local lad. Born and bred in Shaldon, he pretty much grew up at his local zoo.
- 19th June 2018
It looks like a cross between a chameleon and a mosaic. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon has bred a Chinese crocodile lizard for the first time - by recreating a little piece of rural South China in suburban South Devon.
- 14th June 2018
Are these the most beautiful chicks in the country? Keepers at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon are hand rearing birds that looks like they’re worth their weight in gemstones.
- 12th June 2018
One beach on the English Riviera is proving to be perfect for a very special wading bird. The beach is at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, and is tended by keepers with all the care and dedication of Buddhist monks raking the gravel of a Zen garden.