Orangutan Mother Jazz (30) from the Dudley zoo became super mum as she's not just looking after her own 4-week-old baby boy Jim, now she's looking after her daughter's newborn baby as well, as her daughter found first-time motherhood a little bit challenging.
I thought 2022 was going to be a quiet year for Dudley Zoo and Castle (DZC), but today the zoo has revealed their 12-month plan for their 85th anniversary and it sounds fantastic...
The brand-new outdoor orangutan enclosure is expected to be completed by Easter.
After that construction work...
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I am trying to compile a list of ALL wild dogs in zoos across Europe for my research project. I am trying to work out the family trees of them all to look at their genetic diversity.
If you know any dogs at your zoo, please help me by telling me the following information.
- Which zoo they...
Museums, shops, restaurants all get government funding and most of them are open or allowed to open on the 15th, but zoos have they have to shut and they are struggling without the income from us. Beaches, gardens, horse racing all opening soon. Why not zoos. This is crazy. Please sign now at...
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My name is Georgie! Some of you may know me from various different groups on Facebook (Georgie Willetts) or from Instagram (@kapturepic or @kapturepic_wilddogs). I'm hoping to study zoology with conservation at Bangor University in September and would love to work with painted wolves /...
It looks like I'll finally be making it up to these two zoos very soon, and it'll be a first visit for both of them! I was wondering if any of the regulars know of any special or unusual animals or species (or buildings!) that are not to be missed?
I don't know much about the Birmingham...
After looking on ZTL I was wondering if this is a full list of Birds previously at the collection but then I realised that quite a few were missing only problem is I can't remember which ones so if any of you can help with Bird species previously held within the collection I would be extremely...
Here are the changes I would make to Dudley Zoo IF I had the money to do so (Now I know a thread like this has been done before for this zoo, but I just wanted to show off my personal vision for it):
⦁ Have the flock of Flamingos moved over to the waterfowl area next to the Penguins, merge...
A development plan for parts of the zoo have been revealed;
The plans focus on the bottom part of our 40-acre site and will provide additional animals and facilities, from the moment visitors step through the gate,” he added.
The largest part of the project is the £120,000 planned work on...
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I'm doing some research for a university project on the restoration of Tecton zoo enclosures.
Can anyone tell me if there are any plans to house animals again in the newly refurbished Bear Ravine at Dudley Zoo??
Thank you :)
Hi all. I was thinking of going to Dudley Zoo but before making the journey up from Kent I wanted to check that the moon bears can be seen currently. I was reading online that the bear ravine had been renovated but it didn't say whether the bears had moved back in yet. I'm keen to see them as...
Hi guys, I'm writing my 3rd year dissertation on Dudley Zoo and Castle and I was wondering if any of you could help me out.
First of all I've been looking at the Dudley Official Guide Books and the earliest I've managed to find is from 1968. Are there any earlier or does anyone know when the...
This picture has been released of the redeveloped penguin enclosure, featuring new walkways through the enclosure and an extended land area for the penguins.
The development is budgeted at £40'000
First glimpse of Dudley Zoo walk-through penguin enclosure « Express & Star
Were adopters of Dudleys big cats in our household. Today we received a letter from the zoo informing us that Tangra the female snow leopard has passed away :(
They tried introducing her to Wutai again last Friday, and she received injuries that resulted in her death x