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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