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Zamba and the Zebra
Watch Zamba and the Zebra playing at the Kingdom of the Wild paddock!
Zamba's first paddock outing
Watch Zamba running around outside along with some of the other animals in his first paddock outing at the 'Kingdom of the Wild' enclosure!
Zamba's first snowfall
Zamba the baby White Rhino has had his first experience of snowfall when the Keepers let him and mum Cynthia out into the paddock at Kingdom of the Wild for a run in the snow!
Ayo the Pygmy hippo takes first trip outside
Ayo the baby Pygmy Hippo takes her first steps into the outside section of her enclosure!
Ayo's first swims
Ayo the baby pygmy hippo enjoys her first swim in the heated pool at the Kingdom of the Wild exhibit.
Wolf Cubs tuck into feed at Call of the Wild
The young wolf cubs born at the end of May 2010 to mum, Akila are becoming much braver, here you can see the cubs as they jostle with the adults for their dinner at feed time!
Baby Ring-tailed Lemur Twins
Baby ring-tailed lemurs born in March 2010! The lemur twins were born to mum, Madison and dad, Rio.
Meerkat Pups March 2010
Pippa the meerkat gave birth to her second litter of pups around the 2nd March, to mum, Pippa and dad, Robbie.
Rajang spring cleans his enclosure!
With the all the bad weather Rajang, our male Orangutan decided that it was time to start his spring clean early and armed with a bucket and cloth decided to help out the Keepers by washing some of the windows inside his enclosure at Orangutan Forest!
Jabu the Gelada Baby
Mum is still keeps a close eye on Jabu as he plays in the enclosure, and a very firm hold of Jabu as you will see in the footage, she makes sure he is never too far from her sight by keeping a firm grip on his tail!
Tiger Sack enrichment feed
Keepers gave our two Amur Tigers Igor and Anoushka a special sack themed enrichment feed!
Two sacks filled with a Hessian bag of meat were hung from a rope in the enclosure, ready for the tigers to work to rip the sacks open and win their dinner!
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