Last week we received positive test results for avian influenza in two of our birds. Since that point, we’ve been working the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) to investigate…
Since receiving the positive test results for avian influenza in two of our birds, we have been cooperating with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) to investigate the infection…
Since receiving positive test results for avian influenza in two of our birds, we have been cooperating with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) to implement the necessary biosecurity…
Since receiving the positive test results for avian influenza in two of our birds, we have been cooperating with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) to investigate the infection…
A wild great white egret was spotted on the Paignton Zoo site recently – a first for the zoo and a rarity in the local area. The egret, which was seen on the main lake at Paignton Zoo, was hatched…
Keepers at Paignton Zoo were welcomed with a surprise when they started work this morning, Tuesday 9 August, as they were greeted by a newborn baby Diana monkey. The baby is the first of the Endangered species to be born…
Friday 29th July 2022 marks World Tiger Day and due to the populations of tigers becoming increasingly under threat, raising awareness of their plight has never been so important. Paignton Zoo is home to two Sumatran tigers which are Critically…
Paignton Zoo’s male Asiatic lion called Yali will soon be leaving his Devon home to join his new female partner at Fota Wildlife Park in the Republic of Ireland. Yali, who was born at Paignton Zoo in 2016, is part…
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited Torquay’s historic Torre Abbey on Wednesday 20 July and learnt about Tor Bay’s seagrass mooring buoys which have been installed to help protect extraordinary and endangered seagrass meadows from…
For the first time in almost two years, Paignton Zoo has moved one of its animals internationally as part of a breeding programme. The wrinkled hornbill, an Endangered species of bird, moved to Jurong Bird Park, Singapore, this week after…
