On Tuesday 24th March we said farewell to our our eldest and first Spotted hyena offspring, Nafari, who has moved to Beauval Zoo in France to join a young female in the hope that they will become a successful breeding pair.
In 2011 we became the only zoo in the UK to house this species and are very pleased that our adult couple have formed a strong & healthy family with their first born moving on to another collection to help maintain the population of this species within the captive environment!
The Spotted hyena is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List due to the species continued widespread distribution within Africa, south of the Sahara. Populations of the species residing outside of protected areas are suffering mild threat of decline due to persecution and loss of habitat.