Information, Facts and Figures

Paignton Zoo facts and figures
- Number of full-time equivalent employees 175
- Number of volunteers 153
- Number of visitors last year 415,613
- Area - about 80 acres (32 hectares)
- Animals in collection - around 2,500 including (approximately):
- 400 mammals
- 1,000 birds
- 1100 lower vertebrates and invertebrates
- Animal species in collection 307
- Animal species on the IUCN Red List 237
- Animal species in breeding programmes 93
- Animal species in European Endangered species Programmes 47
- Animal conservation projects 20
- Different sorts of plant in the collection 3110
- Plant conservation - 219 IUCN Red List species, including 9 Critically Endangered
Conservation work in the UK
- Hazel dormice – helping to reintroduce this popular native mammal
- Cirl bunting – creating new populations of this farmland bird
- Strapwort – the only place it is found in the UK is at Wild Planet Trust’s Slapton Ley – now also at Loe Pool in Cornwall, in partnership with the National Trust
- Sorbus - research and conservation of Devon endemic whitebeam trees
- South West white-clawed crayfish project
- managing our Zoo sites for local wildlife
Conservation work in other countries
- Nigeria – forest elephants and environmental education
- Zimbabwe – antelope, rhino and cheetah research and conservation
- Tanzania – antelope research and conservation; amphibian research
- Sulawesi – primate conservation in Indonesia
- Vietnam – small carnivore conservation
Zoo facts
- Paignton was the first combined botanical and zoological garden in the UK
- Over 45,000 school children come to the zoo on visits every year
- The annual food bill for the animals is in the region of £200,000
- The zoo produces 800 tonnes of well-rotted manure every year
The wild planet Trust
- The Trust is a registered education and science charity
- The Trust’s family of zoos and nature reserves includes Paignton Zoo in Devon and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall
- The Trust has one of the largest and most productive zoo-based research department in the UK.


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