Lancashire’s only zoo has had many extraordinary births in recent years - noteworthy because many of those babies were born to seriously endangered species.
Blackpool Zoo’s conservation programme is proving a major hit.
Who can forget such landmark additions to the zoo as baby orangutan, Jurang, and lowland gorilla, Makari?
Here are some of the delightful new arrivals at the zoo in recent times, plus one or two new adults too.
17. Blackpool Zoo officially opened the doors to its new purpose-built big cat facility on Friday, May 26, when Khari, the African lion who was born at Blackpool Zoo in 2015, returned to head up a new pride with three females, who arrived from West Midland Safari Park.
Blackpool Zoo officially opened the doors to its new purpose-built big cat facility on Friday, May 26, when Khari, the African lion who was born at Blackpool Zoo in 2015, returned to head up a new pride with three females, who arrived from West Midland Safari Park. | Blackpool Zoo Photo: Blackpool Zoo
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