News : Blackpool Zoo

Very Happy Birthday at Blackpool Zoo!

12/17/2012 5:37 AM EST - ICG PR

Blackpool Zoo is hailing its 40thanniversary year as its busiest yet with visitor numbers, revenue, internet sales and school visits all hitting all-time highs!

Visitor numbers are up one per cent on the previous year, revenue saw a four cent hike, internet sales were boosted by 16 per cent and 12 per cent more schools came through the doors of the award winning attraction.

The addition of new species, a £500,000...

Blackpool s Orang-utans are excited about their new home

ORANG-UTANS SET FOR EXTENDED HOLIDAY FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT

12/10/2012 5:26 AM EST - ICG PR

Blackpool Zoo’s family of orang-utans are getting ready for an extended holiday as the award winning attraction gears up for a £600,000 investment in their home.
Vicky and her daughters, Cherie and Summer, along with resident male Ramon, will move to Chester Zoo whilst the extensive work is being carried out and will return for the grand unveiling of their new living quarters in Spring next year.

The ape...

VERY SPECIAL BOY BORN IN A STABLE

12/3/2012 6:46 AM EST - ICG PR

There is a truly festive feel in the air at Blackpool Zoo after the birth of a very special boy in one of its stables.

The male Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra foal, which is yet to be named, is only the fourth of his kind to be born in the UK for the past decade and he is a hugely significant addition to the European Endangered Species Programme.

When senior mammal keeper Sofie Fawzy arrived for work on Monday 26th...

ZOO-NIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND FESTIVE FUN AT BLACKPOOL ZOO

11/26/2012 8:31 AM EST - ICG PR

Blackpool Zoo has announced its festive line up of activities and has a whole host of animaltastic gifts for the entire family.

On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th children can enjoy breakfast with Santa before going to meet his reindeers and making festive gifts for the animals. If they are...

BABY GORILLA IS EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR BLACKPOOL ZOO

11/16/2012 8:30 AM EST - ICG PR

Christmas has come early for Blackpool Zoo following the birth of a critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla.

Njema, who is 19, gave birth to a healthy baby in the early hours of November 8th following a natural and uncomplicated labour.

The baby, whose sex is yet to be determined, has been an instant hit with two year old Meisie the gorilla, who is intrigued at the prospect...

Halloween events guide information

10/19/2012 9:00 AM EST - ICG PR

FIENDISHLY FUN HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR AT BLACKPOOL ZOO!
Children will be bewitched by the spooktacular array of events at Blackpool Zoo during Halloween half term!

The entire week will be a fiendishly fun packed celebration of Halloween, with extended opening hours and ghostly gatherings on the big day!

From Saturday 27th October until Sunday 4th November there will be daily activities including a brilliant...

RARE STAR WITH STRIPES IS READY FOR NEW ADVENTURE!

10/15/2012 6:54 AM EST - ICG PR

One of Blackpool Zoo’s rarest youngsters is getting ready to go on an extended boys’ holiday!

Tebogo, who at 20 months old is one of only three Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra foals to be born across the UK for the past decade, will be leaving Blackpool Zoo on October 24th to join another young male at Landau Zoo in Germany.

In the wild Hartmann’s Mountain Zebras leave their mother at around Tebogo’s age to join same...

THE MALL BLACKBURN BRINGS BLACKPOOL ZOO TO YOU!

10/15/2012 5:31 AM EST - ICG PR

The Mall Blackburn is bringing Lancashire’s local zoo direct to shoppers on Sunday 21st October.

For one day only Blackpool Zoo will be giving visitors to The Mall the chance to get up close and personal with its huge Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches from 10.30am until 4pm in Victoria Court.

The multi-award winning attraction will also be bringing a whole host of animal artefacts including genuine skeletons, skulls...

SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESS FOR KME YORKSHIRE!

10/5/2012 8:24 AM EST - ICG PR

KME Yorkshire is celebrating the success of its social media and online digital strategies.

The copper tubing specialist, which supplies its market leading Yorkshire Copper Tube branded products to companies across the globe, introduced a Facebook fan page and Twitter profile in 2011 and its ‘likes’ and ‘follows’ have been increasing ever since.

With over 1000 likes on its Facebook page and almost 400 followers on...

ZAMBAR IS ALL SMILES FOR ALYONA

9/19/2012 7:43 AM EST - ICG PR

….And tiger makes two at Blackpool Zoo!....
Zambar the Amur Tiger is all smiles now his new mate has moved in at Blackpool Zoo!

Alyona, who is four years old, arrived from her birthplace SafariparkBeekse Bergen in the Netherlands on Tuesday 18th September and is currently settling into her new home in the Big Cat house.

Over the coming weeks Zambar and Alyona will be gradually introduced and keepers are...

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