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Orang utan baby – it’s a girl!
9 May 2013Paignton Zoo’s baby orang utan is a girl. Paignton Zoo spokesperson Phil Knowling said: “We are pretty sure...
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World first begins new ERA for Paignton Zoo
29 April 2013Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has become the first zoo in the world to sign up to a new international ecological...
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Orang utan born at Paignton Zoo
15 April 2013Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is celebrating its first orang utan birth in 16 years. Bornean orang utan Mali gave...
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Great Gorilla is an x-ray vision
9 April 2013A life-size, 3-D, x-ray gorilla is the latest amazing creation of a major local project linking public art and...
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Visitors can name mandrill baby
5 April 2013Paignton Zoo is offering visitors the chance to name a baby monkey. The female mandrill was born in January to mother...
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Zip-lines for tigers!
2 April 2013Paignton Zoo has built a zip-line for its tigers. Keepers devised the thrill ride with help from woodland...
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Zoo’s Easter birthday transmission
28 March 2013Local radio hams are to transmit from the grounds of Paignton Zoo for the very first time to mark the charity’s...
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Gorilla paints gorilla
25 March 2013A young gorilla at a Devon zoo has hand-painted a gorilla sculpture. The 9-year-old Western lowland gorilla named...
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Mandrill baby is Zoo’s first in 5 years
19 February 2013Keepers at Paignton Zoo are marking a special birth. The Zoo has its first baby mandrill since 2008. Curator of...
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Devon conservationist takes key national role
15 February 2013A scientist at a Devon wildlife charity is to take on a top national job. Dr. Kirsten Pullen, Zoo Research Officer at...
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Valentino is one!
14 February 2013A giraffe born on Valentine’s Day is celebrating his first birthday at Paignton Zoo. Valentino was born on...
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Zoo tests ‘Love Bomb’ breeding supplement
14 February 2013Animal experts at Paignton Zoo have been trialling a new dietary supplement which could help save endangered...
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Conservationists mount expedition
8 February 2013A team from the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust will survey the remote Bacan Island, off the coast of Sulawesi,...
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Chiefs stars meet their match at the Zoo
29 January 2013The Exeter Chiefs visited Paignton Zoo recently and came up against some real heavyweights. Players and staff...
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Gorilla joins accountants
24 January 2013The business heavyweights at Francis Clark were joined by another type of heavyweight when a life sized model...
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Bright idea helps giraffes
24 January 2013Street lights are being recycled to help the Zoo's giraffes. The old metal columns are being turned into feeding...
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Volunteers complete thousand day year
15 January 2013Volunteers have clocked up a thousand days of help during 2012. People who gave their time to Paignton Zoo...
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Charity seeks new trustees
14 January 2013One of the region’s top conservation charities is looking for new people to help guide it through the coming...
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Tall order - Zoo giraffe moves on
11 January 2013A young male giraffe is leaving Paignton Zoo Environmental Park. Tonda, who will be three years old in February, is...
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Keepers counts their chickens… their tigers… and their penguins
3 January 2013Zoo keepers are taking on the mammoth task of counting each and every animal in their collections for a New Year stock...
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Santa wouldn’t want to find this lot waiting at the bottom of the chimney…
18 December 2012Youngsters love playing with empty boxes, as these rare lion cubs at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon showed. ...
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The cup of coffee that took a year to make
18 December 2012Top business people in South Devon have been treated to a rare drink – coffee blended with beans grown right on...
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Getting ready for cold weather
6 December 2012Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts are ready to face the cold snap. Staff at the two Devon zoos, both registered charities,...
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Zoo recognised for green work
23 November 2012Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has been recognised for its environmental work. The Zoo – a registered charity...
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Vertical farming film in line for top prize
20 November 2012A short documentary film about Paignton Zoo's innovative vertical farming system, VertiCrop, is in the running for a...
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Beauties and the Beast!
12 November 2012Two local girls have had a close encounter with a gorilla named Herbert. Torbay Carnival Ladies-in-Waiting Natalie...
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Come paint a gorilla!
5 November 2012Local artists are being offered the rare opportunity to paint a life-size gorilla. The extraordinary prospect comes...
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Setting a global example
26 October 2012A business innovation at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has been chosen to illustrate a global ethical business...
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Tiny king born at Zoo
22 October 2012There’s been a royal birth at Paignton Zoo. The king colobus monkey was born on Wednesday 3rd October. The...
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Great Gorillas are go!
22 October 2012The South West’s top zoo is celebrating its 90th birthday with an ambitious plan combining art, conservation and...
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Come and meet Otilie!
10 October 2012The baby giraffe born in September has been named Otilie. A shortlist of names was drawn up by the giraffe keepers and...
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Help name our baby girl
28 September 2012Paignton Zoo's female baby giraffe needs a name - and you can help. The local newspaper, the Herald Express, and its...
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Lion cubs named
17 September 2012Visitors have helped name the rare Asiatic lion cubs born at Paignton Zoo - and raised £702.53 for...
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Our new baby giraffe is a girl!
17 September 2012We can confirm that the new baby giraffe, born on Tuesday 4th September, is female. The as yet un-named calf is...
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Giraffe born at Paignton Zoo
6 September 2012Zoo keepers are keeping a close eye on a giraffe born at Paignton Zoo. The new arrival – thought to be female -...
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Man hatches flamingo at Paignton Zoo!
23 August 2012A South West broadcaster has written a children’s book inspired by a trip to Paignton Zoo. For the last 26 years...
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What does a drainpipe didgeridoo sound like?
23 August 2012Children have been learning how to make didgeridoos out of drainpipes - and they’ve been producing quite a noise...
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Zoo on high alert for giant, smelly flower!
7 August 2012Paignton Zoo Environmental Park could be the first zoo in the UK to see a rare titan arum flower. But the gardener who...
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How to vaccinate a lion cub
26 July 2012The four rare lion cubs at Paignton Zoo have been to the vet - or rather, the vet has been to them. The cubs had their...
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Asiatic Lion cubs at Paignton Zoo
19 July 2012Rare Asiatic lion cubs have been born at Paignton Zoo. Four cubs were born in Tuesday 15th May to mother Indu and...
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Give us a twirl! Zoo keeper's secret life
13 July 2012Zoo keeping is a tough job. It’s physical, it’s messy and it means you have to be out and about in pouring...
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Gorilla helps human heart research
6 July 2012A gorilla at Paignton Zoo is helping with research into human heart disease. Experts scanned western lowland gorilla...
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Trust nature hunt a wild success
5 July 2012South Devon naturalists have hailed a conservation charity’s first ever BioBlitz a success. The Whitley Wildlife...
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Zoo swimmer targets Channel
2 July 2012The daughter of a local charity boss is to swim the English Channel in aid of her father’s good cause. Laura...
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Zoo’s cool toads move in
29 June 2012Paignton Zoo is now home to some cool toads. The seven East African Nectophrynoides viviparous (“necto-fry...
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Porcupines… with antlers!
18 June 2012The porcupines at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park have now got antlers – thanks to the National Trust. The Trust...
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Volunteer recognised
18 June 2012Paignton Zoo volunteer Richard Baber has been recognised for his exceptional contribution to the charity. He was...
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Nature hunt against the clock
18 June 2012Naturalists in South Devon are holding a 24-hour race to find and identify native species. The BioBlitz – which...
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The very model of a modern volunteer
6 June 2012A local conservation charity has identified the perfect volunteer. The results of a survey carried out by the Whitley...
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Let Zoo take you to South East Asia for the day!
30 May 2012Paignton Zoo is offering people the chance to visit South East Asia for the day. The special fundraising day will...
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“Amazing” laser helps baby zebra
30 May 2012A high-tech medical laser has helped a baby zebra get back on his feet. When Paignton Zoo’s zebra foal - named...
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Rare white antelope born
22 May 2012A rare white antelope has been born at Paignton Zoo – the second in two years. The Kafue Flats lechwe calf was...
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Saki monkey born at Paignton Zoo
15 May 2012Paignton Zoo’s white faced saki monkeys have had a baby. The youngster, which has not been sexed, was born on...
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Coffee crazy Catherine grows her own
14 May 2012Paignton Zoo Head Gardener Catherine Mortimer is so crazy about coffee that she has grown her own mugful! A coffee...
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Nature hunt against the clock
14 May 2012Paignton Zoo’s first ever “BioBlitz” will bring together school children, visitors, wildlife...
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Sun worshippers shine at Paignton Zoo
14 May 2012Four sunbathing prosimians have arrived at Paignton Zoo. Ring-tailed lemurs are probably the world’s most famous...
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Zoo’s four foot lizard waits for match made in Devon
25 April 2012A four foot long lizard at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is waiting for a mate. The male mangrove monitor lizard,...
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Zoo baby makes coy debut
5 April 2012A baby weighing no more than a small bar of chocolate has been born at Paignton Zoo. The Goeldi's monkey was born on...
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Zoo crocs on the move
5 April 2012It's all change down at Paignton Zoo's Crocodile Swamp. Crocodiles are moving in and moving out – but the tooth...
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Tenner gets you 80 years of plant expertise!
5 April 2012This has got to be the best value natural history course ever offered. Torquay Museum Society and Paignton Zoo have...
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Baby giraffe named!
26 March 2012Paignton Zoo's baby giraffe has been named Valentino. The name was chosen by readers of the Herald Express newspaper...
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8 year old Cecil skydives for Paignton Zoo
26 March 2012An 8 year old is doing a charity skydive from three miles up in order to raise money for Paignton Zoo. His name is...
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Zoo birth is black and white
7 March 2012Paignton Zoo is celebrating its first zebra birth for 10 years. The un-named foal - thought to be male - was born...
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Zoo giraffe naming competition
2 March 2012Zoo keepers hand rearing the giraffe born at Paignton Zoo are asking Herald Express readers to select his name. Staff...
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Valentines giraffe born at Paignton Zoo
15 February 2012Zoo keepers are keeping a close eye on a giraffe born at Paignton Zoo on Valentine's Day. The new arrival was born at...
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Rare forest elephant caught on camera
7 February 2012A project in Nigeria supported by Paignton Zoo has snapped a photo of a rare forest elephant. This is the first...
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Zoo's reptile roof generates more than power
1 February 2012Solar panels are contributing directly to the conservation of rare frogs. The photo voltaic cells have been installed...
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Get married with penguins and tigers!
15 December 2011Two local wildlife charities have been granted wedding licences - which means you can now invite animals to your...
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New conservation strategy highlights magnificent seven
19 July 2011The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust has launched a new conservation strategy. The document focuses on seven...
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