Bristol Annual Review 2016 Contents Chief Executive Winter 4 Officer’s welcome Wild Place Project 6

Spring 10

Afia’s story 11

Summer 14

Field conservation 15 and science World firsts, new arrivals, national spiders. Conservation breeding awards and a royal visit have all programmes such as these are vital Lemurs of Madagascar 18 helped make 2016 a fantastic year in safeguarding less-well-known for Bristol Zoological Society. species on the brink of extinction. Autumn 20 The year began with the birth of Our efforts were recognised The year in figures 21 Afia, a female gorilla, by emergency by the British community caesarean. Despite her difficult start, this year, as we received five Afia thrived under the tireless care awards from the British and Irish of the keepers who hand-reared Association of and Aquariums her until she was old enough to be (BIAZA). These included: gold introduced to our gorilla troop. Their for a conservation project to help remarkable efforts are evidenced protect the UK’s native fen raft by how well Afia has now been spider; silver for our fundraising Trustees accepted into the gorilla family. comedy event, Giggle for Gorillas; as at 31 December 2016 and three bronze awards.

Richard Clarke – Chairman of Trustees Afia’s birth mother, Kera, also made a miraculous recovery after The year has also seen great Chris Booy OBE suffering from pre-eclampsia development at Wild Place Project, Malcolm Broad MBE and complications following her including our new Gelada Rocks Ben Cosh caesarean. Our dedicated team exhibit and the start of building of vets and keepers achieved a work on our new giraffe house. Professor Innes Cuthill great deal in treating her, and we David Esam are thrilled that Kera too has now Finally, I would like to thank Paul Kearney made a full recovery. Richard Clarke as he steps down as chairman of trustees. He has Claire Ladkin We have had success with made an enormous contribution Mathew Laws our new breeding programme over many years and we wish him Charlotte Moar for the Critically Endangered all the best for the future. Lord Howe Island stick insects, Professor Steve Neill and have high hopes for our Dr Bryan Carroll Professor Joanna Price new group of Desertas wolf C.E.O. Chairman of Trustees’ welcome

It gives me great pleasure to addition and has proved a huge hit position of chairman of trustees - introduce the 2016 Annual Review with visitors. We are now looking there is a weight of history on my and to reflect on some of our ahead to 2017, which will see the shoulders and it is very exciting to achievements during the year, arrival of giraffes along with many have been a part of that. which has seen so much happening. other exciting plans. I would like to add a personal Highlights have included new At we have had note of thanks to the board of conservation projects, exciting significant success with some trustees for the many hours and animal births, awards, a busy of our new conservation the experience that they give to calendar of events, continued programmes. We have established the Society, most of which goes sponsor support and the new breeding groups for Desertas unseen. Thanks also go to all the wonderful work by our dedicated wolf spiders and UK native staff and volunteers, under the staff and volunteers. medicinal leeches. A host of leadership of Dr Bryan Carroll and exciting animal births have also the senior management team, In the spring we were honoured taken place throughout the year, for yet another successful year. It with a visit from HRH The Earl including a red panda, a pygmy is this hard work which ensures of Wessex along with his family, hippo, twin crowned lemurs and of Bristol Zoological Society continues at Wild Place Project. His Royal course, Afia the gorilla. to be viewed in such high esteem Highness has been Royal Patron both here in Bristol and around of Bristol Zoological Society since As well as being a successful the globe – we should all feel very 2013 and this visit, along with all and eventful year, 2016 has also proud of that. the other events that have taken marked Bristol Zoo’s 180th birthday place across the Zoo and Wild – an incredible milestone and one Place Project this year, required a we are extremely proud of. 2016 Richard Clarke huge amount of work. has also been my last as chairman Chairman of Trustees of trustees after six years. My We are delighted with the family’s history has been entwined continued success of Wild Place with the Zoo since it was founded Project which this year enjoyed its in 1836. I have been a shareholder highest visitor figures to date – a since birth and on the board of 42 per cent increase on 2015. Our trustees for 23 years. It has been new group of geladas is a fantastic a great privilege to have held the Lord Howe Island stick insect credit: Rohan Cleave, Melbourne Zoo Winter

from their winter hibernation sites January to ponds and streams to breed, with toads often crossing busy roads. We Bristol Zoological Society support 19 local toad patrols in and celebrated its 180th birthday around the Bristol region and this this year. To mark the occasion, year we rescued 5,200 toads. members of the press were invited to see the Zoo’s treasure trove of archive material. March

The first of our Lord Howe Island Our luxury on-site accommodation, stick insect eggs hatched at the The Lodge, continued to be a huge gold ‘Tourism Experience of the start of the year. The species is success, with guests including Year’ award at the Bristol, Bath one of the rarest insects in the internet stars the Saccone-Joly and Somerset Tourism Awards, world and very difficult to look family, whose vlogs about their attended by around 300 leisure after, but six nymphs grew into stay received more than 1.2 million and tourism representatives from adults and went on to breed, laying views. The Lodge also scooped a around the region. over 300 eggs so far – the first time the species has bred outside Australia. It is hoped that these individuals will form Europe’s first captive breeding population for this Critically Endangered species. February

Our annual appeal for volunteers to help save amphibians from being killed on the roads took place again with great success. Every year toads, frogs and newts migrate 4 Volunteers at Wild Place Project painted over 1,000 faces this year

143 dedicated individuals joined our volunteer team throughout the year, supporting staff across six departments including learning, education, keepers, maintenance, horticulture and landscapes.

Okapi calf at Wild Place Project Wild Place Volunteers at Wild Place Project painted over Project 1,000 faces this year.

Wild Place Project received a royal seal of approval this spring as their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex, along with their children, visited to officially open the Mahali Pori exhibit. The Earl, who has been Royal Patron of Bristol Zoological Society since 2013, described the attraction as terrific and unveiled a plaque at the exhibit which houses cheetahs, , guinea fowl and eland. He also received a personal tour of the site with his family, accompanied by Dr Bryan Carroll, C.E.O. and Richard Clarke, chairman of trustees.

Another highlight this year was the arrival of six male gelada baboons to live in a new, purpose- Other new arrivals this year with the birth of five ring-tailed built enclosure called Gelada included two calves, a lemurs, including two sets of Rocks. Geladas are an exciting species that still is rare in captivity. twins. The first youngster was and impressive addition and a The first, Ruby, was born in May born in March, followed by twins in challenging species to look after. to mum Kibibi and the second, March and June. The new arrivals A lot of hard work went into the Kimosi, in November, to mum take the total number of ring-tailed planning, design and build of the Lodja. There are just 15 in lemurs in Discover Madagascar new enclosure, which includes the UK, so these births are a huge to 18. The walk-through exhibit is the opportunity for guests to visit boost to the breeding programme also home to three other lemur a mock field scientists’ tent, play for this Endangered species. species - mongoose lemurs, white- on the ‘abandoned’ ranger vehicle, belted ruffed lemurs and red- take part in a fossil dig and clamber The year also saw a baby boom in bellied lemurs – as well as African on the climbing rocks. the Discover Madagascar exhibit, pygmy goats. 6 In the summer we Wild Place Project hosted Bristol Bioblitz in collaboration with continued the Bristol Natural History Consortium. In 24 hours, 374 species were identified.

The walled garden area received increase on 2015. In total 174 Further successes included some new inhabitants as we schools visited and 5,400 children receiving a 2016 Certificate of opened a new bird exhibit featuring were taught in learning workshops Excellence from TripAdvisor for species such as Socorro doves, during this year compared to 2,500 consistently delivering superior which are Extinct in the Wild, in 2015. service. This prestigious, global Endangered Visayan tarictic accolade celebrates businesses hornbills and Critically Endangered We also launched new guest that have earned quality traveller blue-crowned laughing thrushes experience sessions offering reviews for service, guest and Edwards’s pheasants. visitors the chance to get up-close experience and overall hospitality with cheetahs and meerkats in a over the past year. It is little surprise that such a behind-the-scenes encounter. Our growing and flourishing attraction, new Junior Keeper for the Day Support from the local community now in its third year, experienced activity proved incredibly popular, continues to play a vital role and its highest annual visitor figures with 123 bookings since launching we were incredibly grateful for to date - 148,181, a 42 per cent in July. the 4,410 hours of corporate 7 Our programme of events proved popular again this year, including a sell- out audience for Peter Pan, summer evening openings and our popular seasonal added-value activities.

volunteering completed by 757 This community effort continued Finally, building work got under volunteers this year. Similarly, our with the completion of the Welsh way for our exciting new £1.1 growing team of regular Wild Place Three Peaks Challenge in July million giraffe house and paddock Project volunteers continues to play by 50 staff and supporters. The on the Edge of Africa exhibit. Work a vital role across the site. This year fundraising mission involved included demolition of the old 143 dedicated individuals joined our scaling Snowdon, Cadair Idris and giraffe house – home to our zebras volunteer programme. Volunteers Pen y Fan – a combined height of and eland - and the construction support staff across six departments 2,896m. This, combined with our of their new accommodation. - learning, education, keepers, 5km Wild Run event later in the The new exhibit is due to open in maintenance, horticulture and year, completed by 300 runners, summer 2017. landscapes. We are very grateful for helped us raise £128,404 for our their commitment. Giraffe House appeal.

8 Twin aye-ayes, a species of lemur, were born at Bristol Zoo in a world first. Once thought to be almost extinct, the aye-aye is classified as Endangered by conservationists.

Desertas wolf spider credit: Emanuele Biggi A pygmy slow loris was born in Twilight World Spring this spring, a boost for the captive breeding programme for this Vunerable species.

April

A major rebuild of the second half of the Aquarium took place, which saw the arrival of four epaulette sharks, also known as walking sharks. They are the first sharks at the Zoo for 20 years. They now live in the new 25,000 litre tropical marine display, which mimics the waves and habitat of the Great Barrier Reef, their natural home. garden featuring a host of fruit, June vegetables, herbs and flowers, all A new, 25,000 litre mangrove food for the Zoo’s animals. exhibit was also constructed, One of the world’s rarest spiders, featuring archer fish, with an Indian the Desertas wolf spider, was dwarf mudskipper display next door. brought into captivity for breeding The unusual-looking mudskippers at Bristol Zoo in an attempt to can spend up to 90 per cent of their save it from extinction. It is the time out of water as they have the first time the species has been ability to breathe through their skin. held in captivity. These Critically Endangered spiders are only found on the Desertas Islands, near May Madeira, but are not protected by any specific legislation. Our red panda pair had their first baby this summer. The youngster, Pupils from Chester Park Junior named Mali, remained well-hidden School’s gardening club won inside a nest box for the first few the chance to plant an edible months, completely dependent on garden at the Zoo. The green- her mother for food. fingered youngsters created a 10 Af ia’s story

Weighing little more than a bag The first part of Afia’s story took house, alongside the other gorillas, of sugar and needing emergency place over a 10-month period, so that she could see them and intensive care at birth, little Afia’s during which keepers worked become accustomed to their start in life was a difficult one. round-the-clock to care for her. In sounds and smells. It was vital she Born by caesarean after her her first few days it was vital that knew she was a gorilla. mother, Kera, developed life- she was kept warm and began threatening pre-eclampsia, Afia taking formula milk from a bottle. A At four months old, keepers needed resuscitating by Zoo vets small team of experienced keepers began weaning her onto steamed immediately after delivery. shared the care of the baby and vegetables and she grew she quickly grew stronger and stronger still. At eight months more alert. old, she was ready to begin gradually meeting the other In the following months, Afia more gorillas. Romina was identified than doubled her birth weight, as the best surrogate mother as started teething and even giggled she displayed good, protective for the first time. She regularly behaviours. Using a gorilla toy, made national and international training took place before the news - the total value of press introduction so that Romina coverage about her was over £94 million and her story was viewed in the media almost 718 million When Kera’s condition worsened times. A public poll was held to and she was too unwell to care choose her name, voted on by for her infant, keepers had no more than 9,000 people. Afia was choice but to look after the tiny chosen, meaning ‘Friday-born child’ gorilla themselves to ensure her in Ghanaian. survival. Her journey from helpless newborn, completely dependent Constant care and attention was on her human carers, to being still needed from keepers, while successfully reintegrated with being mindful to ensure human her gorilla family, has been an imprinting was kept to a minimum. astonishing one. Afia spent all day inside the gorilla 11 Afia will still need milk feeds from her keepers until she is around four years old.

relaxing together exactly as a parent-reared gorilla infant would.

After such a challenging yet successful year, we are now looking forward to the next chapter of Afia’s story, as she grows and flourishes as a young gorilla among her family where she belongs.

Kera’s story

As extraordinary as Afia’s story could to treat her, including a is, equally remarkable is that blood transfusion from one of the of her birth mother, Kera. Her other gorillas – one of only a few successful recovery from the times this has ever been carried would allow keepers to bottle- brink of death is a result of the out on a gorilla. Keepers stayed feed Afia several times a day. hard work, skill and dedication of by Kera’s side constantly, giving Zoo vets and keepers. her oxygen, fluids and medication, The integration process was a and encouraging her to eat small delicate one, but much better After Kera’s emergency caesarean it amounts of her favourite foods. than we ever dared hope, with quickly became clear that she was staggered introductions over a still very unwell. In the following Gradually, after two months of period of weeks. It was a tense weeks she was treated intensively intensive care, Kera’s strength time for keepers, but what has for severe anaemia and a chest began to return. It was a further taken years in other zoos was infection on top of recovering from six months before she finally achieved smoothly and safely in a pre-eclampsia and the caesarean. completed all her treatment. Kera few months. Afia can now be seen has now fully recovered and can be alongside all six other members Vets gave her a slim chance of seen alongside Afia in the Sanlam of the gorilla family, playing and survival but did everything they Gorilla House. 12 Two sets of golden-headed tamarin twins were born in the Zona Brazil exhibit this year - a huge boost for the captive breeding programme for the species, which is one of the world’s most endangered primates.

A busy programme of summer entertainment included four sell-out Sunset Special events, a gig by the Bootleg Beatles, productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and David Walliams’ book Mr Stink, and our adults only Big Night Out. We also received a BIG Lottery ‘Awards For All’ grant of £7,200 to host the first ever Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual family friendly event at a UK zoo.

Tiako the crowned lemur and her young at Bristol Zoo Turin Breaks played a gig at Bristol Summer Zoo this summer. Local singer- songwriter Sam Eason won a Zoo competition to perform as the support act for his idols.

July August

Our female crowned lemur, called Two hugely popular Pokemon Tiako (the Malagasy word for ‘to Go events were held after hours love’) gave birth to twins this within the Zoo grounds. Queues summer. It is the second time she formed round the block for the has bred with male Loko since events, which attracted thousands they arrived in 2014. Crowned of players and raised over £7,500. lemurs are native to Madagascar and are an Endangered species. The third annual ‘Giggle’ stand- up comedy night featured Salome the gorilla celebrated her performances from Joel Dommett, 40th birthday with presents, roses Nish Kumar, George Rigden and and a tasty vegetable birthday Sally-Anne Hayward, along with cake. Salome has lived at Bristol local stand-up comedian and TV Zoo since 1998 and is described warm-up artist, Mark Olver. by her keepers as one of the most intelligent of the troop. collections in the UK to house this September Endangered species. Bristol Zoological Society A baby pygmy hippo made a splash celebrated the fifth year of its at Bristol Zoo this month. The baby award-winning Bristol Community boy was named Hugo following Plant Project by hosting a garden a public vote. The species is party for 150 guests. The project Endangered and it is thought that involves groups and schools less than 2,000 survive in the wild. around the city growing different varieties and species of the Keepers also celebrated the birth endangered plant, Calendula, of a baby drill. Drills are one of with the objective of establishing the rarest primates in Africa and a dispersed collection to achieve Bristol Zoo is one of only four ‘National Plant Collection’ status. 14 Field conservation and science

Global conservation colonies. The others will follow We also continued our support for when they are big enough for orphaned primates at Mefou, in The latest report on the World’s release. We continued monitoring southern Cameroon. 25 Most Endangered Primates wild chick growth and survival in (published every two years the Robben Island colony. One of by the IUCN SSC Primate our Masters students completed The Philippines Specialist Group, the International her thesis on the impact of Primatological Society, temporary fishing closures on One of the main threats to forest Conservation International and chick survival. The results indicate species on the island of Negros Bristol Zoological Society) has that closing the waters around is ‘kaigan’ farming (‘slash and once again highlighted the plight colonies to fishing can have a burn’ agriculture). This year we of species such as the Hainan positive effect on the chicks’ helped create a local association of gibbon and ring-tailed lemur. physical condition. farmers: ‘the Naubo Community In April, we led the IUCN SSC Forest Association’. The aim is Primate Specialist Group’s Red List to sustainably manage natural assessment workshop for African Cameroon resources together and lead Primates. We evaluated 179 taxa, discussion on alternatives to of which the number threatened We began a project to save one deforestation. We have employed with extinction increased of the few remaining populations a team of wardens to monitor the substantially since the previous of Kordofan giraffe in the wild. forest, report illegal activities, and evaluation eight years ago. Our conservation scientists monitor camera traps for evidence travelled to Benoué National Park of wildlife. to begin mapping the distribution South Africa and population viability of the giraffes using drones. Kordofans Zoo-based research We continued our work on are among the most threatened the African penguin Chick subspecies of giraffes, with We used motion-activated remote Bolstering Project. In 2016, less than 2,000 estimated to be cameras to investigate the over 900 chicks were rescued, remaining. This project will link behaviour of our yellow-footed of which 350 have already to a new giraffe exhibit planned rock wallabies. Findings included been released back into their for 2017 at Wild Place Project. greater levels of activity in juveniles 15 Silky wave moth White-clawed crayfish - Bristol - south west England

Desertas wolf spider Avon Gorge & Downs - Madeira Wildlife Project - Bristol

Lemur leaf frog Mangabeys - Costa Rica - Tanzania

Partula snail Negros bleeding heart - French Polynesia doves - The Philippines

Brown spider monkey Livingstone’s fruit bats - Colombia - Comoros

Primates Lemurs & sacred ibis - Cameroon - Madagascar

Giraffe African penguins - Cameroon - South Africa and their preference for being and playing ‘spikes and ladders’ in by the Avon Invasive Weeds nocturnal compared with the more the Activity Centre. Forum. As a lead partner, we diurnally-active adult male. Such managed six community action findings will inform husbandry and groups protecting local waterways identify abnormal behaviours in Native species from pernicious weeds, such as breeding programmes of this Near Himalayan balsam. Threatened species. We continued our annual monitoring of the silky wave moth – the Avon Gorge is the only English Avon Gorge and Downs Guest conservation action site where this UK native species Wildlife Project is found. We surveyed 12 locations This year’s behaviour-change this year, with moths present at all Co-founded by Bristol Zoo, this campaign, Knot Your Net, of them. The maximum moth count project works to protect and encouraged guests to tie knots in during survey season was 181, a manage the Bristol side of the Avon discarded netting before binning decrease on last year’s count. Gorge, Clifton and Durdham Downs it and to maintain regularly used and to raise awareness of this netting. Hedgehogs were the Invasive weeds were removed unique location. It was a successful mascot species and guests could from over 25km of riverbanks year for the Zoo-managed education take part in activities including in the Greater Bristol area programme of the project; 9,557 visiting the Hedgehog Hub, this year, thanks to a series of people took part in events, activities completing a litter-themed maze community action projects run or educational visits. 16 A male blue-eyed black lemur 17 credit: Nora Schwitzer Our Director of Conservation received a promotion from the International Lemurs of Union for Conservation of Nature, to the position of Deputy Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Primate Madagascar Specialist Group.

Madagascar is the only place in projects across the country aimed this year included the confirmation the world where lemurs can be at protecting some of the most of a range extension for the blue- found, but given the extreme level threatened lemur species. eyed black lemur, by one of our of poverty, local people are being PhD students. forced to turn to unsustainable In January 2017, a six-year livelihoods to make a living, which plan will be launched, working We also started two projects with is threatening the lemurs’ habitats. with a broad range of Malagasy Conservation International (Verde and international civil society Ventures), examining the use of We are working to help safeguard organisations, to advance current cacao plantations by lemurs and the three species on the Sahamalaza lemur conservation projects in biodiversity in vanilla plantations. Peninsula in the northwest of the Madagascar and implement new country - the Critically Endangered ones. Without the funding, this We supported a project to blue-eyed black lemur and would not have been possible. understand the efficacy of Sahamalaza sportive lemur, and reforestation programmes in the Endangered Sambirano mouse Dr Schwitzer was lead author of Madagascar and continued working lemur - by working with local the IUCN Lemur Conservation with Malagasy NGO, Mikajy people and monitoring the status Strategy 2013–2016, which Natiora, to monitor populations of of the lemur populations. positions lemurs as one of the the Madagascar sacred ibis. We most threatened groups of also published the latest edition of Now the future of lemurs could be mammals on earth. The strategy the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist safeguarded, and the IUCN Red includes some 30 individual lemur Group’s journal Lemur News, a List status of a number of species action plans to help communities specialist publication on global down-listed, thanks to a significant across Madagascar protect their lemur research and conservation. donation to the IUCN’s ‘Save own natural resources. It includes our Species’ (SOS) Fund from a plans to offer training on how Of the 107 lemur private Geneva-based foundation. food cultivation methods can be species, 24 are classified The generous financial support adapted and to prevent poaching of Critically Endangered, has been secured with the help lemurs for subsistence. of our director of conservation, 49 are Endangered and Dr Christoph Schwitzer, and will Other developments with our 20 are Vulnerable on the enable the implementation of Madagascar conservation project IUCN Red List. 18 We provided a home for seven rare electric blue geckos confiscated by customs officials at Heathrow airport. The geckos, a Critically Endangered species, were being smuggled into the country from Tanzania, believed to be destined for the pet trade.

A young bearded pygmy chameleon Autumn

full dental examination including Four Critically Endangered October X-rays and treatment, under Bourret’s (Vietnamese) box turtles general anaesthesia, inside the also hatched, taking our captive- Bird keepers celebrated the arrival Gorilla House. bred total to eight over the past of a trio of Endangered Visayan four years. tarictic hornbill chicks. Before laying her eggs, the mother sealed A breeding programme for herself into the cavity of an artificial our native medicinal leeches tree. For six weeks she and her started this year, to boost wild chicks relied on the father to populations. Over 150 have bred provide food through a small gap. so far and a research project has Keepers monitored the family via a begun to learn more about their CCTV camera inside the tree. behaviour and physiology. December Three sell-out ‘Fright Nights’ were held after dark this Halloween, Five Endangered Mauritius pink offering brave guests the chance pigeon chicks were successfully to watch a horror film at the Zoo raised by Barbary dove foster followed by a terrifying night-time parents at the end of the year, tour of the grounds, with some as the female pink pigeon was unexpected visitors. proving to be unreliable at incubating her own eggs.

November A team of staff from Bristol Zoo volunteered to take part in a Romina the gorilla had a visit Sixteen tiny bearded pygmy BBC1 programme, Operation from the dentist to remove three chameleons hatched in the Reptile People Power, presented by Nicki teeth that were causing her House this year, little bigger than Chapman, to help transform a discomfort. She underwent a the size of a tic tac mint at birth. Bristol community garden. 20 The year in figures

Money generated via Bristol Zoo’s website in £ 1,998,905 Visitors to the Bristol Zoo website 1,671,944 Money raised by our development team in £ 622,480 Total guests to Bristol Zoo 562,252 Visitors to the Wild Place Project website 245,901 Money generated via the Wild Place Project website in £ 210,032 Total guests to Wild Place Project 148,181 Number of guests who attended talks given by our rangers 98,948 Cakes, cookies and muffins eaten at Bristol Zoo 72,956 Income generated by Zoo volunteers in £ 54,678 Pupils and students taught by Bristol Zoo education staff 37,768 Hours donated to Wild Place Project by volunteers 16,208 Bottles of milk given to Afia the baby gorilla 1,573 Buckets of vegetables eaten by Jock the gorilla 1,460 Children who visited Santa at Wild Place Project 1,040 Animal X-rays taken by our vets 828 Animal adoptions sold at Bristol Zoo 560 Junior Keeper for the Day experiences carried out at Bristol Zoo 281 Lemur leaf frog tadpoles reared in the AmphiPod as part of a new studbook 50 Henkel’s leaf-tailed geckos hatched 15 Our dedicated team of volunteers delivered 1,078 Animal Encounters to 15,771 guests this year.

Where our money We retained our ISO14001 environmental comes from management accreditation and continued our efforts to reduce our environmental impacts Admission income Gift Aid and gate donations from energy and water Annual membership use, waste production Higher education and travel. Other income generating activities (car parks, events etc.) Miscellaneous Investment and property income Catering commission Where the money Fundraising and voluntary income Retail sales and commission is spent Grants and donations for field conservation and research Conference facilities

Animals Field conservation and research projects Marketing Costs of generating income (shops, catering costs, fundraising etc.) This year 1,062 white- Education clawed crayfish hatched at Gardens, estates, maintenance and running the Zoo the Zoo and we released Wild Place Project operating costs 453 captive-born crayfish Administration, HR, overheads etc. into safe ark sites to bolster wild populations. 22 Bristol Zoological Society would like to thank its staff, volunteers, members, partners, sponsors, donors and other affiliates who have supported us throughout 2016.

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