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 An unusual little Burrowing Owl chick, affectionately named ‘Big Bird’, has joined Eagle and Barn Owls to make an unusual new fluffy family at Noah’s Ark.
An African Spotted Eagle Owl called ‘Snuffy’ and Barn Owl ‘Bertie’ will live together with ‘Bird Bird’ in the same enclosure; having also arrived recently as furry chicks and will act as his siblings in this special new owl family.
Head Keeper Chris Wilkinson comments “We are thrilled to have this adorable little owl family which have bonded with each other so well. We’re making a special effort to handle the chicks during the first few weeks, so they’ll be comfortable with human contact during their time here. The owls will appear in displays and keeper talks in the future”.
The three special little owls spend most of their time snuggled up together for warmth and are attentively cared for by dedicated staff who feed them several times a day, and at night, to give them a healthy start to their new life at the Zoo.
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm hosted a very special birthday party for Troy the Tapir on Tuesday 27th April which was World Tapir Day!
Troy birth last year was witnessed in front of hundreds of visitors on the Tapir webcam and to mark the occasion we had a fun packed day of activities.
The birthday festivities included a competition to win a chance to meet the tapirs, tapir talk and special birthday cake and presentation made to Troy.
Click here to watch the video of his special day.
Click here to view Troy's birthday photos.
 Noah's Ark is celebrating the birth of a new baby boy donkey who has been nicknamed 'Easter' after his timely arrival on Saturday 3rd April.
Head Keeper Chris Wilkinson said, "Mother and baby are doing well. This is Donna's second baby with her mate Dennis. They had a boy named Declan in 2008 and this new addition will join the rest of the happy family".
The new baby foal arrived just in time to kick off Noah's Arks' Easter Celebrations which ran from Saturday through to Easter Monday. The new donkey has been on view to visitors since Easter Monday.
Donkeys or Equus Asinus, have a reputation for stubbornness but this is due to their highly developed sense of self preservation.
"The new arrival can communicate by posture as well as by several different sounds and positioning of the ears" says Chris. "They can bray, growl, snort and wuffle and for something so small, this can be quite noisy!"
 An Inspection conducted by North Somerset Council has cleared Noah's Ark Zoo Farm of all the claims of poor animal welfare made by the Captive Animal Protection Society (CAPS).
The resulting seven page Report concluded that "There is no doubt that the animals at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm are generally well-cared for, by experienced and dedicated people. Claims of cruelty, on the part of them or of Noah's Ark Zoo Farm generally, are in our view grossly unfair".
Of the 16 claims made by CAPS which refer to alleged examples of inadequate animal care or cruelty, all have been answered directly by the Report and dismissed by the Secretary of State Zoo Inspectors and Council officials.
Owner of Noah’s Ark, Anthony Bush, says “I am very happy for my dedicated team of staff that this matter is finally concluded. Animal rights have tried everything to tarnish our excellent reputation over the last 6 months, including disturbing our visitors as they arrived at our gates. We would like to thank the hundreds of kind supporters who have stood by us".
 Three lion cubs arrived at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm at the beginning of February. The two brothers and one sister named Zulu, Masai and Louisa were born at Linton Zoo in Cambridgeshire in May 2009.
This gorgeous trio are part of a British zoo project organised in conjunction with the Wildlife Heritage Foundation, which is sending lions out to the Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in Entebbe, Uganda.
Noah's Ark are pleased to be providing a home for these fine young lions until one or more of them can join their older sister "Zara", already out in Uganda.
We have no doubts that the mischievous trio are bound to be "THE MANE ATTRACTION" here for quite a while!
A new VIP has swung into Noah';s Ark Zoo Farm, Wraxall. A male baby Siamang Gibbon was born a few months ago and is settling into the Gibbon Gallery at the zoo joining Mum Salome, and Dad Sampson who have been at the zoo for two years.
He's very cute and w've called him Sultana due to him being so wrinkly and sweet.Visitors can see Sultana playing with Mum and Dad in the Gibbon Gallery at the zoo.
 Noah's Ark has received the highest numbers of visitors during the last week of the Summer since opening ten years ago.
A big attraction has been seeing the Tigers enjoy their Tiger toys with Kushja stalking visitors in the long grass and playing with her huge rope ball and Tanvir splashing around in his swimming pool. Visitors can get up close to Tanvir and Kushkja during daily Tiger talks at the Zoo.
We’re seeing stripes at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm. A new female zebra, which is a cross between Chapman and Grant, was born three weeks ago and has been named Zelda.
Zebra’s gestation period is 350 - 400 days so Noah's Ark has been waiting some time for Zelda. The little stripy arrival was standing within an hour after birth and at just a few weeks old she can already keep up with the rest of the herd as they run across the Africa section of the Zoo.
Be the first to see Troy our new baby Tapir at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. The cute humbug striped baby was born on the 25th April with the birth broadcast live to a global audience through our Tapir webcam.
Click here to view our Noah's Ark Zoo Farm's webcams!
Visitors can see the new arrival Monday to Saturday 10.30am - 5.00pm.
 Termite Mountain is now open! The educational playground is aimed towards 5-10 yrs and is just outside the Giraffe enclosure.
Click here to see a our new playground
 Noah's Ark is happy to welcome a stunning pair of South American Iguanas.
The male is of an unusual bright orange colour, which is to attract females for mating.
 The flock of Ostriches have arrived from a breeding farm in Devon and placed in the newly zoned Africa section within the 100 acre zoo along with Rhinos, Giraffe and Zebra. Their newly built enclosure will have sand in the house and yard, to replicate their natural African environment.
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, Wraxall welcomed new arrivals in 2007. Two Siamang Gibbons (Symphalangus syndactylus), the largest of the 9 gibbon species (gibbons are known as the Lesser Apes), moved to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm's newly constructed Gibbon Gallery exhibit from Twycross and Banham Zoos as part of a European Endangered Species Programme (EEP).
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