Uncategorized | Twycross Zoo

Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

Twycross Gallery Preview

Posted by admin on February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments »

Twycross Zoo – East Midland Zoological Society is opening a ground-breaking new contemporary art gallery this summer and is celebrating a highly-successful preview evening at which several major works were sold. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized | Tags: Art, Gallery, Night, Preview, Twycross Zoo

More about Louis & Tojo

Posted by admin on January 19th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Following requests from the public for more information about two of our Chimps, I’ve been talking to our keepers and discovered more about Louis and Tojo. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized | Tags: Chimps, keepers, Louis, Tojo, Twycross Zoo

Twycross Partner with Conkers to Install Barn Owl Box

Posted by admin on January 18th, 2011 | No Comments »

Following the recent discovery that a barn owl has been hunting in the fields around our wildlife ponds, we’ve joined forces with the rangers at Conkers to install a barn owl box to encourage roosting. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized | Tags: barn owl, box, conkers, Learning outside the classroom partnership, wildlife ponds

Mr England meets Ganesh Vijay

Posted by admin on January 10th, 2011 | No Comments »

Mr England, Vaughan Bailey, visited Twycross Zoo on Monday in his role as a celebrity ambassador for the Zoo. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized | Tags: Atherstone, baby, elephant, Me England, Twycross Zoo, Vaughan Bailey

Marvin the spider monkey

Posted by admin on December 31st, 2010 | No Comments »

These extraordinary pictures were taken by Life on White when they came to Twycross Zoo on the summer. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized | Tags: Marvin, monkey, pictures, spider

Name our Oriental fire bellied toads

Posted by admin on December 30th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

We have 1 male and 2 female toads in our education department that need names. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized | Tags: children, Education, name, toads

Striped Hyeana Health Checks

Posted by admin on December 28th, 2010 | No Comments »

As part of our animal welfare activity, our veterinary team carry out regular health checks on our animals to make sure they are fit and healthy. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized

School Children Help with Animal Welfare

Posted by admin on December 27th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Year 4 students from St. Dominic’s High School for Girls in Brewood, Staffordshire investigated which material would be best to insulate orphaned baby animals during the cold winter months. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized | Tags: Animal, Animals, children, Education, insulation, students, Twycross Zoo, Welfare

Business in the Classroom Programme

Posted by admin on December 13th, 2010 | No Comments »

Twycross Zoo was proud to host students from Paget High School on Wednesday who presented their ideas for our Twycross Zoo could promote itself to their peers, the notoriously hard to engage 13-18 year old market. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under Uncategorized | Tags: Business in the Classroom Programme, Education, Marketing, Twycross Zoo

The Zoo in Snow

Posted by admin on December 7th, 2010 | No Comments »

The last week has seen snow and frost cover the Zoo. Whilst the temperatures have been consistently below zero, we’ve remained open to visitors and photographers, both armature and professionals who have been flooding in.

But we couldn’t be left out, so below are some of the pictures our staff and keepers have been taking whilst working through the snow. If you’re interested in submitting your own images of the Zoo in the snow? Send them to info@twycrosszoo.org