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 ...

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It's that time of year again - when keepers at London zoo tally tortoises, add anteaters and count camels in their annual stock take. They do it to keep tabs on the over 10,000 animals currently ...

Zookeepers have conducted a stock take with a difference, by counting every animal on the site - including lions, flamingos and bears. There are more than 245 species at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire.

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 ...

With bunches of lettuce and bucketloads of nuts, London Zoo kicked off its annual animal count Friday, coaxing everything from goats to gorillas out of their enclosures for the celebrated stocktake.

Staff at London Zoo readied their clipboards and calculators on Friday as they began to count more than 10,000 animals during the annual stocktake. The stocktake is a requirement of the zoo’s ...