News Archive
Here you can find all the news relating to Noah's Ark from previous seasons.
2011
Heated indoor soft play barn - the 'Jungle Den'
 Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, Bristol, has an exciting new heated indoor play area for Under 5's called the 'Jungle Den'.
Come and explore 100 square meters of exciting play including slides, ball pits, blowers and building block games!
The Jungle Den is home to the 'Jungle Tots'; a brand new parents and toddler coffee morning group on Mondays in term time.
Ape-tastic! Second endangered gibbon born in 18 months at Noah's Ark
 Keepers are celebrating the winter birth of a second Siamang Gibbon as parents Samson and Salome's family grows again, less than 2 years since the birth of mischievous Sultana. After some difficulty nursing a previous infant a few years ago, mum Salome has developed strong maternal skills and now has two healthy young infants to look after.
Little Sultana is already keen to play, but will have to wait a few months until the new addition will be strong enough to venture away from their mother to explore their enclosure together!
Waffley-nosed Brazilian tapirs help teach children in new Saturday Keeper Talk!
Visitors can now meet and feed our popular trio of tapirs every Saturday at 2pm until we close on 4th December.
With their unusual waffley noses and inquisitive nature, our tapirs are proving a hit with interested families, who can learn new facts about these amazing south american mammals in this new hands-on talk.
Two by Two at last! Gerald the Giraffe finally gets a girlfriend!
 Noah's Ark Zoo Farm is delighted to announce the arrival of our new female giraffe Genevieve who arrived at the zoo this week. She is the long awaited companion for our much loved male Gerald the Giraffe.
Gerald and Genevieve can now be seen walking side by side in their field, with Gerald making the most of any opportunity for a quick nuzzle!
2010
Noah's Ark's schools programme recognised with top national Education award
Noah's Ark has been awarded the 'Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge' following an assessment by officials from the LOTC Council on 30th June.
Noah's Ark achieved the national Quality Badge first time round and was praised for an excellent Schools Programme of national curriculum based workshops and learning resources, which cater for KS1 up to A Level.
Noah's Ark is now one of only 3 zoos in the South West with this national Quality Badge status, showing our excellent education credentials.
Noah's Ark to build UK's Biggest elephant enclosure!
 We have released further details about our plans for the UK's largest zoo elephant enclosure, with work set to begin within the next 2 years, for completion by 2012/2013.
The zoos owners and senior management have now visited all UK zoos currently holding elephants including recent trips across England and also to Dublin, where advice on elephant keeping was sought from staff at the impressive Dublin Zoo, home to five Asian elephants with modern facilities.
Lion Cubs to be the 'Mane' Attraction
 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.
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