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A zoo's annual animal count revealed there were 52 births in 2023, including six blue-faced honeyeater chicks and three banteng calves. The job of counting and recording every species is a ...

Staff at London Zoo began the daunting task of counting around 14,000 animals on Wednesday, from giant tortoises and millipedes to penguins and tigers. The yearly stocktake is a requirement of the ...

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There are more than 245 species of animals at the UK’s largest zoo, all of which must be accounted for. While counting the bigger animals at Whipsnade Zoo is a relatively simple task ...

London Zoo staff have begun counting more than 10,000 animals as part of their annual stock take, which revealed 11 more Humboldt penguins compared to last year. Armed with calculators and ...

Staff at London Zoo readied their clipboards and calculators on Friday as they began to count more than 10,000 animals during ...

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