Information, Facts and Figures

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park facts and figures 2015

• Number of full-time equivalent employees 175
• Number of volunteers 153
• Number of visitors last year 439,716
• 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 WWCT’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
• Mbe Mountains Cross River gorilla project – donation from the Great Gorillas Project

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 Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust

• The Trust is a registered education and science charity
• The Trust’s family of zoos and nature reserves includes Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall
• The Trust has the largest and most productive zoo-based research department in the UK

South West Zoo Enterprises Limited

• The charity’s trading company has a turnover of £3.67 million

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