An upload from the BBC Archive from 1980, the winner of an Animal Magic competition gets to be a keeper for a day at Cotswold Wildlife Park
1980: Animal Magic: Unusual pets
Following the success of Big Cats, the BBC Natural History Unit is making a follow-up series: Primates. The three episodes will focus on primate diversity, behaviour, and science/conservation respectively. Filming begins this summer and the program will air in 2020.
Zoo attacks and the people who survive them
BBC news article about zoo animal attack survivors. Most are from zoos whose names I don't recognise, so think they might be closed collections?
The BBC have announced some new commissions of natural history documentaries, one if which will be of real interest to Zoochatters
BBC - BBC announces a new line-up of Natural History commissions - Media Centre
Had Radio 4 Extra on in the background this morning, and caught bits of this (going to listen properly later).
Hardeep Singh Kohli makes Sunday lunch for the staff and volunteers at the Cat Survival Trust in Hertfordshire.
Not sure how long this one is available for streaming
BBC Radio 4 -...
Staff at Shaldon Wildlife Trust, a small zoo in Devon are delighted to announce the birth of triplet White-bellied pygmy marmosets.
These rare marmosets, from South America, are the world’s smallest monkeys. Males weigh in at just over 100g, females are a little heavier at just over 122g and...
'Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape' will be shown on BBC2 at 9pm on Friday 4 October 2013. It features the work of Lone Droscher Nielsen and the Orangutan Protection Foundation in Borneo as they attempt to release orphaned orangs into the wild. (What's left of it :()
Hi all,
I wanted to give everyone a 'heads up' on this amazing documentary, filmed in both Jersey and Sumatra, by BBC Channel Islands.
Although it's only currently scheduled for broadcast on BBC Southwest, on July 14th at 1530pm, you'll be able to view it for 7 days afterwards on BBC...
A new series i came across on the BBC I-player, follows various vets across the north of Scotland, mainly in gaelic (Scottish native language), the programme features the vets attending the Highland wildlife park and Blair Drummond safari park.
BBC iPlayer - Gach Creutair Beo: Series 1...
A new 4 part series is beginning on BBC1 this Sunday (4/9) at 6.30pm.
Presented by Martin Hughes-Games, it focuses on endangered species bred in captivity and the struggles they face.
Species focused on include:
Giant panda
Pied tamarin
Indian rhino
Tasmanian devil
Mountain chicken...
Today, on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC radio 2, a debate was started on the DEFRA report on Woburn safari park, which is fair enough, but when this debate is continually referred to by Mr Vine, for whom i have a great deal of respect as a journalist, as "are safari parks crueler than zoos".
He...