Information, Facts and Figures

NEWQUAY ZOO FACTS:
- Number of full-time employees: 40
- Number of volunteers: 30
- Number of visitors last year: 163,245
- Area: about 13 acres
- Animals in collection: around 1,083 including (approximately):
- Mammals: 225
- Birds: 498
- Lower vertebrates and invertebrates: 360
- Animal species in collection: 142
- Animal species on the IUCN Red List: 136
- Animal species in breeding programmes: 36
- Animal conservation projects: 20
CONSERVATION WORK abroad
- 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
Conservation Work 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
ZOO FACTS
- The annual food bill for the animals is in the region of £80,000
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 Environmental Park in Devon 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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