New Baby Bison at Aspinall Foundation Park
Great news for the Aspinall Foundation last week, as two new bison joined the herd of 11 that already reside at their Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Ashford in Kent.
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Dolphins are Definitely in the Wide Awake Club
Did you know that dolphins can stay awake for up to 15 days on the trot, they’re the Keith Richards of the sea! They manage this amazing feat by putting half of their brain to sleep whilst the other stays awake. This puts a completely different spin of the phrase ‘being half asleep’!
Mountain Gorilla Numbers Rise Worldwide
Amazing news coming though from Uganda, where Mountain Gorilla numbers have risen by 10% in the last two years alone. The Mountain Gorilla, which has been on the critically endangered list for many years, are a subspecies of the Eastern Lowland Gorilla. They live in mountain forests in only two areas of the world, South West Uganda and a range of extinct volcanoes on the border of Congo, Uganda and Rwanda.
Livingstone Lodge Back on the Award Trail Again
The amazing Aspinall Foundation safari experience in Kent, Livingstone Lodge, is once again up the Best Tourism Experience in The Beautiful South Awards.
Gorillas In The Mist? No, In The Leaves!
Primate keepers at the Aspinall Foundation Port Lympne Wild Animal Park have flipped the script of the old adage that Gorilla’s live in the Mist, as for now they live in the leaves!
Aspinall Foundation Keepers Raise £1000 for Charity
The awesome primate keepers at the Howletts Wildlife Park have managed to raise £1,000 towards the Aspinall Foundation’s Java Primate project.
The Aspinall Foundation Java Primate Project
For 8 years the Aspinall Foundation has been working in Java, Indonesia, to help protect some of the endangered primates that live there.
Remember Wildlife this Bonfire Night
Not long to go till the 5th of November, and the RSPB is asking you to remember, remember the local wildlife before you sort out Guy Fawkes this year!
Spooky Halloween Fun with the Aspinall Foundation
Did you have a good Halloween?! We didn’t receive many trick or treaters at the adopt office, though those that did knock received a nice bowl of sweets in return for no trick! What we certainly weren’t giving out were carved pumpkin heads like the keepers were at the Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury.
Win £500 for Your Favourite Animal Charity
To celebrate the launch of udopt we’re giving you the chance to win £500 for an animal charity of your choice. Simply join our e-newsletter and you’ll be entered into our prize draw to give a great Christmas gift for your favourite UK charity.
Aspinall Foundation Q&A Session
We thought it would be interesting to find out a bit more about the Aspinall Foundation charity, who are devoted to the conservation of endangered species across the globe.
Aspinall Foundation to Release Gorilla Family Into the Wild
An entire family of gorillas will be released back into the wild of Africa next year by the Aspinall Foundation. The family of eleven gorillas will be the first captive group to be released back into their natural habitat, along with a selection of gibbons, Javan langurs and two elephants.
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