port lympne

Back in September 2011, I saw Kejutan, a baby malayan tapir (m) who has been born just a few days earlier at Port Lympne in Kent, UK. As a child, he was the catalyst to my love for tapirs - and I still have pictures of my first encounter with him hung on my wall! Having visited Port Lympne again...

On January 6th, it was announced that the zoo transferred their (1.0) Owston's banded palm civet to the Newquay Zoo in Newquay on December 12th*. Newquay Zoo On February 5th, it was mentioned that the zoo transferred (0.2) drills to the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland**. On February 16th, the zoo...

A new male Roan Antelope arrived in December. He's been introduced to the females and his name is Melchior. He has been introduces to 7 females a d arrived from Royal Burgery zoo(unsure where this is)

Taken 25.09.2022 According to the guide, around 2 weeks old.

8am. The start of what would become a glorious trip to the wilds of Kent had begun. Myself and pocket have been visiting zoos together for nearly a year now, and already have various notable collections under our belt (Twycross, Chester, the ZSL zoos etc) and many more planned. On our continuing...

Hello all! So I am planning on continuing on my quest to visit all of the top 10 zoos in England this year (going from a list I found on the Internet, not official). Being a London resident I visit there regularly, and this year I have also visited Twycross, Whipsnade and most recently Chester...

Abridged from FB; We’re incredibly excited to announce that we’ll soon be adding spectacled bears to our family! These handsome bears will be moving into a specially renovated enclosure. We’ll have lots more pictures for you very soon...

Hi everybody! I know that Laikipia and Limpopo (Black Rhinos born in Port Lympne) were brought to Tanzania in 2007. Limpopo was Etna's son, but I ignore who was Laikipia's mother. Anyone knows? Thanks in advance!

3 Grevy zebra stallions are being shipped from Port Lympne to the coastal 680 hectare Decan Sanctuary in Djibouti . Here they will act as ambassadors for their species in a country which is part of their home range . Source - Daily Telegraph article .

Dear fellow ZooChatters, I have read a lot of negative comments and threads about Port Lympne Wild Animal Park over the past months, so I made an effort to visit the place and form my own opinions... and I'm very glad that I did. Arriving in the car park and walking over the road bridge to the...