Charity News & Updates
- 14th August 2018
Three charity zoos in the South West are recycling old uniforms to help hard-pressed conservationists across Africa.
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall are donating old uniforms to PASA, the Pan-African Sanctuary Alliance, a group of primate sanctuaries.
- 13th August 2018
Living Coasts has another breeding success to its name. Torquay’s coastal zoo has hatched a black-legged kittiwake. This is the first time the charity zoo has bred this beautiful seabird, which is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
- 7th August 2018
Paignton Zoo’s Komodo dragon has her own personal gymnasium. In fact, her whole enclosure has been designed to keep her fit and healthy.
Local independent house builder Devonshire Homes has raised an incredible £7,295.67 for its charity partner, Children’s Hospice South West.
- 6th August 2018
This is not a lobster. Really, it’s not – it’s the exoskeleton of a lobster. An almost-perfect but entirely hollow representation of the animal - right down to the antennae and the eyes.
- 31st July 2018
They are beautiful, serene and exotic - and in the wild they live, largely unnoticed, right under our noses. Torquay’s coastal zoo is now home to native seahorses.
- 24th July 2018
Bird keeper Nikki Watt patiently feeds a toco toucan chick at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon. Paignton is one of two zoos in the UK to house them and one of only two in Europe to breed them.
- 23rd July 2018
Some parents worry that their children will spend the summer holidays indoors playing fantasy computer games. To get them running about in the fresh air, three charity zoos are offering a top ten of amazing fairy tale characters that are very, very real.
- 18th July 2018
There is now a dragon at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park. The six-old female Komodo dragon has come from Barcelona Zoo. She made the 18-hour road trip in the care of an experienced animal movement firm, Wildlife Specialist Services.
This year Ferne Animal Sanctuary’s annual Fun Dog show will be taking place on Saturday the 1st of September. Situated in the Blackdown Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty overlooking the River Yarty Valley, Ferne Animal Sanctuary is a safe haven for animals of all shapes and sizes.