Durrell news

New Year animal audit at Durrell

Each New Year at Durrell kicks off with a momentous mathematics exercise, as all zoos, wildlife parks and aquariums are legally required to undertake a comprehensive animal audit. 0

Durrell celebrates 25 years conserving the ploughshare tortoise in Madagascar

As 2011 comes to a close Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is celebrating 25 successful years of saving species from extinction in Madagascar with the reintroduction into the wild of 20 captive-bred ploughshare tortoises, or angonoka, the world’s most threatened tortoise and the first species Durrell worked with in Madagascar. 0

‘Redlist’ report launched on Jersey’s bird populations in the 21st Century

This week sees the launch of a major new study into the conservation status of Jersey’s bird populations. The sixteen page report is the result of a collaboration between Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, The States of Jersey Department of Environment and the Société Jersiaise. 0

Durrell honoured in 2011 BIAZA Awards

Durrell received one of the top awards from the zoo world last Wednesday night following a prestigious awards ceremony held at Twycross Zoo, Warwickshire and attended by some 100 people. 0