Paignton Zoo is a zoo in Paignton, Devon, England. The zoo was started as a private collection by avid animal collector and breeder, Herbert Whitley, in...
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Paignton (/ˈpeɪntən/ PAYN-tən) is a seaside town on the coast of Tor Bay in Devon, England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the borough of Torbay...
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Herbert Whitley (category Zoo directors)
close the zoo to the public for extended periods. It finally reopened permanently after the Second World War, and became known as Paignton Zoo. Herbert...
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new Director and the zoo became part of the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, alongside Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts. The zoo is part of a registered...
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breeding populations in European and Middle Eastern zoos, such as Hanover, Hamburg, and Paignton Zoo. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Struthio camelus...
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Rostov Zoo (Russia), Wrocław Zoo (Poland), Sofia Zoo (Bulgaria), Tallinn Zoo (Estonia), Helsinki Zoo (Finland), Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and Paignton Zoo...
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Millennium (1999). In 2004, Langsford narrated the television series Zoo Story set at Paignton Zoo. She guest presented five episodes of GMTV with Lorraine in...
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In 2009, the world's first pilot production system was installed at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in the United Kingdom. The project showcased vertical...
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'Primley' after his home at Primley House, the grounds of which now form Paignton Zoo. Primley Sceptre was a blue-coated greyhound bitch, part of Whitley's...
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in 1995 with the rank of Captain, and was employed as a Director of Paignton Zoo in Devon until his retirement in 2010. Sandy Woodward, Patrick Robinson...
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List of zoological gardens and aquariums in United Kingdom (redirect from List of zoos in the United Kingdom)
Northumberland College Zoo Oceanarium Old MacDonald's Farm & Fun Park Paignton Zoo Paradise Wildlife Park Peak Wildlife Park Pensthorpe Raptor Foundation...
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Primley House (category Paignton)
Road. That collection was eventually opened to the public and became Paignton Zoo. On Whitley's death, the house was left to his assistant Gladys Salter...
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Transportation of animals (section Zoo animals)
Tonda, a 4.3-metre, three-year-old adult male, was moved from Paignton Zoo to Chessington Zoo, both in England. The 322-kilometre move was completed by a...
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(based in the United States). Both Newquay Zoo and Paignton Zoo are among a number of mostly European zoos which hold ex-situ breeding populations of...
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Wild Planet Trust (category Zoos in England)
set up to run Paignton Zoo after the death of its founder, Herbert Whitley, who established the zoo on his estate at Primley, Paignton in Devon in the...
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Mekong". Retrieved 2017-02-19. "Pileated gibbon bred successfully at Paignton Zoo". BBC News. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2017-02-19. "Wildlife Rapid Rescue...
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public swimming bath open to the sea. Living Coasts, a coastal zoo owned by Paignton Zoo, was later built on the site of the complex. The stone arches...
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Tiga and two females, Mali and her daughter Tatau, who arrived from the Paignton Zoo. Worlds Apart Opened in May 2008, Worlds Apart consists of six enclosures...
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Frankfurt Zoo, Amsterdam Zoo, Paignton Zoo and Copenhagen Zoo. The first IZE President was Rosl Kirchshofer, head of education at the Frankfurt Zoo. Proceedings...
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computer keyboard in the enclosure of six Celebes crested macaques in Paignton Zoo in Devon, England from May 1 to June 22, with a radio link to broadcast...
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Turnbull narrated another CBBC mockumentary comedy series based on Paignton Zoo called The Zoo, broadcast on CBBC in 2017. Turnbull was guest presenter of three...
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Gerald Durrell (category Zoo directors)
The animals that he brought back were sold to London Zoo, Chester Zoo, Paignton Zoo, Bristol Zoo, and Belle Vue Zoological Gardens. He followed this expedition...
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Culling animals in zoos is the process of segregating animals from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics; the process often ends with...
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Living Coasts (category Former zoos)
Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, which also operates Newquay Zoo and Paignton Zoo. It was a registered charity, based around seabirds and other coastal...
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starting in 1932. Dendrobates tinctorius azureus was bred successfully at Paignton Zoo in February 2018. Grow, D. 1977. Reproduction of Dendrobates auratus...
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been returned to its home in Devon six years after it was rescued by Paignton Zoo", BBC News, 25 February 2004. - "Quarry company extends lease of heathland...
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Wildlife Park and the Verti-Crop automated hydroponics polytunnel at Paignton Zoo. A similar comparative study project of learning lessons for climate...
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Rodrigues flying fox (section Zoos)
the Copenhagen Zoo, the Belfast Zoo, Curraghs Wildlife Park, Folly Farm Zoo, Dublin Zoo, Paignton Zoo, Royal Burgers' Zoo, Prague Zoo amongst others....
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Natural England and RSPB Cirl Bunting Project RSPB, Natural England, Paignton Zoo Cirl Bunting Re-introduction Project RSPB website description, including...
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population. In 2008, the Edinburgh and Paignton Zoos sent 12 chicks from their breeding program to the Albuquerque Zoo as part of the collective aggregation...
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