All creatures great and small
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park aims to conserve our global wildlife heritage. Some of the rarest plants in the world are grown in the gardens and there are over 250 non-native animal species in the park, 70 of which are endangered. Animals at the zoo range from big ones like elephants and tigers to small ones like bats and lizards
A variety of habitats
The world habitats of savannah, forest, wetland, tropical forest and desert are all represented at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park. About 5000 plant specimens are in the park altogether, representing about 1500 different species.
Whatever your age or whatever you know about wildlife and conservation you can learn something new by talking to the experienced zoo educators at the Education Centre. Around the park you will find more information about the amazing animals, the habitats they live in and the research that is going on.
Research and Conservation
Paignton Zoo and the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust has what is probably the biggest zoo-based research team in Europe working on over 60 zoo-based research projects per year. Conservation projects range from protecting meadow thistles and water shrews in Devon to black rhino in Malawi and rare antelope in Zimbabwe.
Submitted by: Catherine Thomas, 21 June 2004
