Animals UK

15/11/2024

Such a devastating loss 💔

We are calling for tighter restrictions on fireworks following the death of Roxie, our endangered red panda kit, on bonfire night.

Our expert vet team believe it's likely that three-month-old Roxie died due to stress caused by fireworks in the local area.

Fireworks can cause fear and distress for pets, livestock and animals in zoos, so it is essential that GOV.UK and The Scottish Government tighten restrictions on their sale and use.

We support calls to ban the sale of fireworks to the public, with displays only permitted at organised events.

These restrictions would help avoid devastating consequences for animals like Roxie while ensuring that people can still enjoy celebrations.

Find out more about our campaign and how you can get involved 👉 edinburghzoo.org.uk/news/calls-end-noisy-fireworks-following-death-baby-red-panda

10/11/2024

Check out that tongue in slo-mo! 😝🐌

Did you know 🧐

🦎 A Chameleon's tongue can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in a hundredth of a second 🤯

When running, a Cheetah can only accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just under three seconds 🐆

09/11/2024

Charmander is not ready for the weekend 😴

05/11/2024

Some more pics from our weekend at Flag Fen 🐌🐇🐍

03/11/2024

Ready for our last day at Flag Fen 🦉🐀🕷

02/11/2024

Day 2 completed 😁 1 more day to go 💪

See you there! 🐍🦉🐁🦎🕷🐢🐌

02/11/2024

Lunchtime lookouts 👀

01/11/2024

First day of our 3 day event at Flag Fen Archaeology Park in Peterborough 🐌🐇🦎

31/10/2024

Batfink is Halloween ready 🎃 Trick or treat! 🦇

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween 😁🕷🎃

Ten years ago we helped release THOUSANDS of GIANT spiders back into the UK! 🕷️🇬🇧

The fen raft spiders were bred right here at the zoo, and we're super happy to report there are now more than 10,000 breeding females... and they've just had the biggest mating season on record! 👀

You can't miss them, they grow to be the size of your hand! Honestly, you're so welcome 🥰

27/10/2024

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27/10/2024

We had a blast helping MMA Reptile's with their Halloween celebrations yesterday 🕷👻

26/10/2024

Kiwi looking as beautiful as ever 😍

Another great day at Chesterfield College 💪

That's a wrap on freshers for 2024! 🤩

Our last day of freshers was all around celebrating College and today we got to do exactly that. From Animal UK to our incredible ongoing Clothes Swap, we had so many activities for students to enjoy!

We hope that our students enjoyed all of the freshers events in the last 6 weeks, we can't wait for next year! Any suggestions as to what we can do next?

14/10/2024

Come see us on the 26th of October at MMA Reptile's in Creswell 🐍

👻🧙‍♀️🎃👻🧙‍♀️🎃👻🧙‍♀️👻🎃

Wild Halloween Bash at MMA Reptiles! 🦉🦨

Slither, scurry, and swoop into our spook-tacular animal handling event! Meet a menagerie of magnificent creatures:

🐍 Slithery serpents
🦎 Scaly lizards
🦉 Wise little owls
🦨 Stinkin' cute skunks
🐾 Mischievous meerkats

Plus:
🧙‍♀️ Magical face painting for kids (and adventurous adults!)
🔍 Up-close encounters with our animals
🕷️ Spine-tingling facts from the Animals UK Handlers

It's a beastly good time you won't want to miss!

Saturday 26th October
10am-5pm
MMA Reptiles,Creswell, S804ES

Costumes welcome but not essential

Warning: You might just fall in love with a snake-eyed sweetie or a pint-sized predator! 💚🖤

13/10/2024

Sunday afternoon adventures 🐈‍⬛

Among all the other chaos today I had a very special visitor.

This is Batfink ❤️

A cat I actually almost like...

13/10/2024

What a fantastic event this was! 🥰😍

11/08/2020

This should not be happening at all these days. Keepers should all know better and no shop should recommend it

Heat Matts in vivs.

S**t idea folks trust me.