Tribute to World Zoo Legend, Molly Badham

Molly Badham, the inspired animal lover who co-founded Twycross Zoo and turned it into one of Britain’s best-loved attractions, has died.
Molly Badham was a surrogate mum, with a big difference. For over 40 years Molly played mother to baby chimps in Twycross Zoo. 40 years after opening and Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire is still going [...]

A Gorilla, Phil Collins and Cadbury’s Dairy Milk

Back in September, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk launched a very clever “gorilla marketing” commercial, literally. Their 90 second Dairy Milk bar video doesn’t feature chocolate once, not verbally or visually, but profiles a Gorilla playing the drums along to a certain Phil Collins “classic”.

Guerilla marketing is a low-budget, unconventional spin on marketing [...]

De Waal Compares Primate and Political Behaviours

Humans may have more in common with monkeys, chimpanzees and other non-human primates than they think, according to Frans de Waal, C.H. Candler professor of primate behaviour.
De Waal, whom TIME magazine designated as one of “100 People Who Shape Our World,” described the uncanny similarities between human and ape behavior in the inaugural lecture for [...]

Volunteer in the Congo!

The African Conservation Taskforce is currently seeking a Volunteer Assistant Conservation Manager, to work in the Virunga National Park in the DR Congo.
The volunteer will cover 2 roles; Administration for the African Conservation Taskforce, and Primate Care Assistant. The main areas of the job will include feeding, behavioural observations and health checks, and giving talks [...]

Baby Lemur Gollum: Re-united with Mother

A baby ring-tailed Lemur, 6 weeks premature and found abandoned in the enclosure, has been re-accepted by his mother.
‘Gollum’ weighed only 40g when he was originally found, however 2-hourly feeds and round the clock care by the staff at Blair Drummond Safari Park ensured his survival. The rejected youngster was then placed in an [...]

Mountain Gorilla Tourism is Growing

Uganda’s Wildlife Authority has said it is going to start exposing two more groups of Mountain Gorillas to tourists at it’s lucrative National Park.
Tourists pay up to $500, plus safari lodging costs, to see these endangered animals, however they have months, sometimes years to customize them to human contact, and Rangers have to spend [...]