A visit to the magnificent Paignton Zoo!
Paignton Zoo is a zoo in Paignton, Devon, England. The zoo is part of South West Environmental Parks Ltd which is owned by the charity Wild Planet Trust. The zoo has a large collection of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians) across many different, naturally-themed exhibits.
Some notable species, many endangered, include: Western lowland gorillas, Bornean orang-utans, Asiatic lions, Northern giraffes, Sumatran tigers, Cuban crocodiles, red pandas, black rhinos, Hartmann's mountain zebras, maned wolves, cheetahs, Sulawesi crested macaques, Chilean flamingos, Short-beaked echidna, red-ruffed lemurs and the South West's only Komodo dragon. The zoo is also home to the UK's only Northern brown kiwi.
Paignton Zoo was one of the earliest combined zoological and botanical gardens in Britain and the first that was opened with education as its mission. It was founded by Herbert Whitley, initially as his private collection. Whitley was an early conservationist and a contemporary of people such as Sir Peter Scott and Jean Delacour, the French ornithologist. Paignton Zoo first opened to the public in 1923. After various name changes, it became Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in 1996.
A five-year redevelopment programme, funded by the European Regional Development Fund, refurbished large parts of the zoo and was completed in 2001. A new 10-year plan is in place to redevelop the remaining areas to ensure that all animals are housed in modern enclosures of the highest standard.
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