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ZOO NEWS

There's always a new story to tell at Colchester Zoo, from welcoming new arrivals, to exciting things to see and discover.

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Once again our breeding meerkat pair Pippa and Robbie have welcomed another litter! On the 2nd August 4 tiny pups were born into our ever growing group and so far they are doing extremely well! Here you can see them at...

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On the 5th August Colchester Zoo welcomed a female cheetah name Sia from Burgers Zoo in the Netherlands! Sia has already begun to settle in well and has been busy exploring her new surroundings. She can be seen at our cheetah...

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It’s not just the furry animals who have been welcoming young recently, our tail-less whip scorpions have also bred and we now have a number of these unusual scorpions! Currently off show these baby scorpions are spider-like in appearance and as...

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After some competition between our two male sloths over our lone female we moved one of the males, named Calypso, to another enclosure. However, he wasn’t alone for long as we welcomed a second female sloth to join him at the...

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2015 is a very exciting year for our gelada group; with Thandi, Keecha and Malaika all having given birth to young geladas over the last few months!  On the 21st July 2015, Thandi, gave birth to a healthy baby girl who has...

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Last admission to zoo grounds at 4.00pm

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