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Bristol Zoological Society Annual Review 2013 Contents Chair of Trustees’ 4 Bristol Zoological Society Annual Review 2013 Contents Chair of Trustees’ 4. Winter welcome 5. The opening of the Wild Place Project 8. Spring 9. New gorilla house opens 12. Summer It is my pleasure to introduce this so many pupils in one year and a 13. Field conservation year’s Annual Review and to report brilliant milestone. and science that 2013 marked another year of great achievements by Bristol Perhaps our biggest success in 16. Autumn Zoological Society. 2013 was the opening of the Wild Place Project – the first step 17. The year in figures We were delighted that HRH the towards our world-class National Earl of Wessex became our first Wildlife Conservation Park. The Royal Patron this year. His Royal Wild Place Project is a fun, family Highness has visited Bristol Zoo a attraction that provides adventure, number of times in the past and play and learning, with an has always shown a great interest emphasis on protecting threatened in the Society’s conservation and habitats. The opening came after Trustees education work. Earlier in the a great deal of hard work by our during the year year, Dr Bryan Carroll and I visited staff and an army of corporate Buckingham Palace to present volunteers to whom I extend my Richard Clarke – Chairman of Trustees information on the Zoological heartfelt thanks. Bristol Zoological Victoria Arrowsmith-Brown Society and to invite His Royal Society is a charity and we Professor Innes Cuthill Highness to become our Patron. appreciate the continued support David Esam He returned in November to of our many corporate partners Professor Allen Goodship officially open our new £1.4 million and affiliates. Paul Kearney gorilla house – another of our Claire Ladkin fantastic achievements this year. Finally, I would like to thank the trustees, the C.E.O., the senior Mathew Laws management team and all the staff Professor Helen Langton The Society’s mission is ‘to save wildlife, through conservation and volunteers for their continued James McArthur action and engaging people with hard work and dedication to the Charlotte Moar the natural world’. This year Bristol Zoological Society. Professor Frank Smith we reached a milestone as the 40,000th pupil this year was taught Richard Clarke Michael Bothamley left the board of Chairman of trustees trustees in 2013. The Society would in an education session at the Zoo like to thank him for his support. – the first time we have taught Chief Executive Off icer’s welcome Welcome to our Annual Review and our Malayan box turtles, which We received a Darwin grant from for 2013. It was a momentous we bred here for the first time. the UK Government for our work and extremely busy year for the on gorillas and bushmeat hunting Society; a major event being the We had success in many in Cameroon, and we were opening of the Wild Place Project fundraising initiatives, including instrumental in the launch of a new on the Hollywood Tower Estate. In raising over £15,000 for our three-year strategy to conserve 2010, we gained planning consent conservation projects at our lemurs in Madagascar. to create the National Wildlife Christmas gala dinner. Conservation Park (NWCP) on We are also highly active in our the site, but due to the economic Our conservation programme community here in Bristol and the climate post 2008, we could not work also went from strength region. Our Bristol Community fund that scheme. We have taken to strength. We are working Plant Collection project has the decision to grow towards in Colombia on establishing a engaged a variety of social groups NWCP organically, with the Wild protected area for two highly in growing and conserving plants. Place Project being the first step on threatened primate species, the We also continue to play a central that path. The Wild Place Project is Colombian brown spider monkey role in the Avon Gorge and Downs ecosystem-themed and, like NWCP, and the silvery brown tamarin. If Wildlife Project. will forge strong conservation links we are successful, the protected around the world. area will benefit a host of other Our zoo events, whether species from jaguars to frogs to Shakespeare or fireworks, continue In the Zoo, we completed our butterflies. to provide enormous enjoyment to gorilla house project in December. thousands of people. This involved a complete rebuild of the inside area for our gorilla family, Overall, it has been an astonishingly and has transformed the lives of busy year, but one that has been the gorillas and their keepers, as immensely satisfying, and I’m sure well as the viewing experience you will join me in thanking our for guests. dedicated staff and volunteers for all we have achieved. Our breeding programmes continued with an okapi calf, Dr Bryan Carroll Socorro doves (extinct in the wild) C.E.O. DinoZoo Dinosaurs stomped back into Bristol Zoo as the popular DinoZoo exhibition returned. Ten fearsome new species joined the previous year’s most popular dinosaur - the enormous T-rex. The DinoLab also made a comeback and a series of dinosaur talks were held over the summer holiday. Winter January March The year began with the This year’s Edible Garden was refurbishment of Bug World, created following a competition including the creation of two new for local schools to design their display rooms for breeding and own garden within the Zoo. The conservation projects and new winning entry was from Wansdyke exhibits in the forest area. We Primary School and the theme was also refurbished the marine area ‘edible flowers’. including the coral reef tank and another tank housing upside- A highlight of spring was our twin down jellyfish. lion cubs going on show to the public after months of intensive hand-rearing. February We once again supported local toad patrols this year and recruited volunteers to help save amorous amphibians as they made their perilous migration across busy roads for the breeding season. Record numbers of toads were saved at Fishponds and Chew Valley and high numbers at Charlcombe Lane, Pill and Abbots Leigh. 4 The opening of the Wild Place Project July was a landmark month for As impressive as it is, the Wild the Society as the eagerly awaited Place Project would not be what Wild Place Project opened its doors it is without the time, energy and to the public for the first time. commitment that so many of our dedicated staff and corporate The new attraction offers an volunteers put in prior to the insight into ecosystems from park opening. around the world and is home to exotic animals from Madagascar, Employees from local businesses East Africa and the Congo, such played a crucial role, with more as zebras, okapis, lemurs, eland, than 700 staff volunteering almost pygmy goats and guinea fowl. 4,000 hours in total to help get the There are plans to bring in red river Wild Place Project ready to open. hogs, European grey wolves and The Wild Place Project offers In addition, £5,500 was donated by rare Boreray sheep in 2014. guests the chance to get outdoors corporate volunteers to help pay for a fun and affordable day out, for materials across the site. including exploring the woodland and gardens, playing in the Fun Our gardeners created Fort or relaxing in the Tower The Sanctuary Garden at Meadow. The attraction also has the Wild Place Project, a barefoot trail created by our so-called because it is marketing and development team along with staff from Burges home to air raid shelters Salmon who also helped to cover from World War II. It is the cost of materials. now home to plants in need of conservation as We have two commercial partners well as being where we at the attraction who have provided important investment - Levy grow vegetables to feed Restaurants and Event Network. the animals, herbs for the They operate the beautiful cafe and fruit trees. Courtyard Café and gift shop. 5 Over 30,000 guests visited the Wild Place Project in 2013. The ongoing efforts of staff and corporate partners help make the Wild Place Project a success as it continues to grow. We are very “It’s hard to believe that much looking forward to the future this is so close to the and all the exciting plans we have for the project, as we continue our M5 – a tranquil oasis of commitment to develop it into a conservation, I can’t wait truly world-class attraction. to visit regularly to see it grow and develop.” Founding Families With the opening of the Wild Place Project, we offered 100 families and groups the chance to become members of our Founding Families scheme. This gave families, schools and businesses the opportunity to become founding members, have a plaque in the grounds and attend special events and receive discounts. The scheme has raised over £150,000. 6 Project Lemur Frog We are one of very few institutions world-wide to successfully breed Costa Rican lemur leaf frogs – one of the rarest frogs in the world. This year we joined an international conservation project to help the species. We have started a DNA study of our frogs, with partners, which will help us set out guidelines for a new European breeding programme to help maintain the genetic diversity of the species in captivity. Photo: Ron Holt Spring six Roti Island snake-neck turtles. with world-renowned music April Meanwhile, the bird team oversaw festival, WOMAD, for the third the hatching of two Bali starlings, year running, selling 3,000 tickets. Eight local conservation heroes two spreo starlings, one Palawan were inducted into the Bristol peacock pheasant, an African Two Socorro doves hatched in Walk of Fame, sponsored by penguin chick, an Inca tern and our the summer - a vital boost for Mama Bear’s Day Nursery.
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