Paignton

Bless their little cotton socks: Zoo vets find lost footwear handy

November 5, 2014 by the Devon Week

The vets at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon are using children’s socks to help keep the paws of sick monkeys warm during operations.

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Paignton Zoo’s tiny new-born

September 18, 2013 by the Devon Week

This tiny new-born is a mandrill, an endangered primate from the rainforests of West Africa.

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Zoo celebrates global tree expert’s Devon roots

September 9, 2013 by the Devon Week

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is marking the role South Devon played in the career of the man regarded around the world as the father of modern tree surgery.

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Mandrill baby is Paignton Zoo’s first in 5 years

February 20, 2013 by the Devon Week

Keepers at Paignton Zoo are marking a special birth. The soo has its first baby mandrill since 2008.

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Paignton Zoo is putting the chance to name a red panda on eBay

December 15, 2011 by the Devon Week

Paignton Zoo is calling for people to help name name a red panda on eBay. People can bid for the right to select a winner from a shortlist of names.

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