Guide Dogs for the Blind were pleased to hear the Queen mention in her recent speech that anti social dog ownership will be high on the governments agenda. With more and more Guide Dogs being attacked across the country, it is good to see that concern has even reached the top table of the Royal Family.
Check out these amazing pictures that were captured of a leopard by Aspinall Foundation cameras in Africa. This rare sighting was discovered in an area go the country known as the Batéké Plateau, which is a huge national park in the south east of Gabon.
The Aspinall Foundation has a number of exciting things lined up this year, with this month being of particular interest to children. That’s right, during May half term and the bank holiday weekend, children will receive a free goody bag when a new child passport is purchased at the Howletts Wild Animal Park.
Now is a great time to adopt an elephant with the Aspinall Foundation, as it is Jara’s birthday on 27th April 2013, where she will be 8 years old. And what better present for an elephant than to help provide funds to not only help them survive, but also all of their kind.
The recent cold spell that we have been enduring (which feels like a century!), is causing real problems for birds across the country as they struggle to find food to survive. As I’m sure we are all to aware, this has been the coldest Spring in a century, and with the big freeze brings a lack of nutrition that birds, including many rare ones, need to cope with the extreme weather.
Quite unbelievable news coming through as police have been in touch with the Aspinall Foundation to warn them that their rhinos may be under threat from poachers. The animal conservation charity has the most successful breeder of black rhinos in the world, and could now be targeted by black market gangs who are looking to cash in on their hard work.
Aspinall Foundation keepers were as pleased as punch at the new arrival at their Javan Langur enclosure this month. During this ridiculously cold Spring, the new baby has been a real ray of sunshine at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, as due to the weather no new arrivals were expected!
Aspinall Foundation keepers were over the moon this Easter, and not just because they got a chance to eat loads of chocolate! It was a chance to see the latest addition to the Brazilian Tapir family venture out into the cold for a little look around, and what a little beauty he is!
There are now less than 900 Mountain Gorillas left on the planet, and unless we all pull together and make a stand, they will become extinct in the not too distant future.
If you’re looking for something interesting to do this Easter bank holiday, why not pop to one of the Aspinall Foundation parks and take part in some of the family fun they have planned.
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