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Safari park's penguin pad

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:16:00 GMT

A MAJOR new exhibit has opened at West Midland Safari Park that is bound to make a splash with visitors.

A magical Christmas fairy tale

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:03:00 GMT

‘‘As Lucy looked through the window, she found she could not take her eyes off the Christmas tree.

Winners

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:51:00 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS to Cameron Rolf, aged six, from Hampton-in-Arden, who won tickets to visit the Alton Towers Scarefest event. Well done, Cameron, hope you have a brill time – write and let us know all about it.

Fright night

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:50:00 GMT

IT’S Halloween next Monday, so if you are dressing up and going out trick or treating, remember to go with an adult and don’t scare anyone who is either very elderly or very young. And don’t eat all the sweets and goodies you get in one go!

Campaign is flying high

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:18:00 GMT

DUDLEY Zoo is highlighting the plight of wild parrots facing extinction through widespread poaching.

Fruit trader helping out

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:28:00 GMT

GENEROUS market traders are helping the animals eat their ‘five a day’.

Light as a feather now

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:04:00 GMT

A KOOKABURRA named Adelaide has joined DZG’s Go Wild! Theatre interactive daily bird displays – after losing almost a quarter of her body weight thanks to a strict diet.

Amazonian birds fly in

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:01:00 GMT

A PAIR of yellow-shouldered Amazon parrots, a vulnerable species declining in the wild, has arrived at Dudley Zoological Gardens as part of a breeding programme.

Humboldts heading for new home

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:50:00 GMT

SIX rare penguins have moved north as part of an international conservation programme.

Breeding programme given teal of approval

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:48:00 GMT

DUDLEY Zoo has supplied 46 chestnut-breasted teal to Beadle Wildlife Park and Gardens, Reading.

Hands-on work for teachers

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:58:00 GMT

DUDLEY Zoo helped a couple of trainee primary school teachers learn about life behind the scenes at one of the country’s busiest zoos.

Feathers ruffled

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:07:00 GMT

TWO female snowy owls have joined resident male Ernie in the zoo’s aviaries.

Some monkey business done in nick of time

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:06:00 GMT

STAFF beat the clock with the import of endangered primates from Israel.

Pheasants are a cracker

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:11:00 GMT

DUDLEY Zoo is boosting the survival of a rare breed of pheasant via a major international conservation programme.

Let's eat well and exercise

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:48:00 GMT

CHIPPER Club is supporting National Childhood Obesity Week and Move it Week this week to encourage overweight children to eat more healthily and exercise more.

Mini Dino moves in

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:03:00 GMT

A BABY North American collared lizard, which resembles a mini-dinosaur, is settling in to a new home at Dudley Zoo.

Chicks rescued from the lions!

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:02:00 GMT

TWO peacocks and three peahens currently rule the roost in the zoo and castle grounds and 12 chicks have recently hatched – our best birth rate for many years.

Monkeys in harmony

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:50:00 GMT

DUDLEY Zoo now has the largest group of male white-faced Saki monkeys (Pithecia pithecia) in Europe and staff are hopeful that the small primates will assist a major conservation project.

Nothing foul about chicks

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:48:00 GMT

FIVE helmeted guinea fowl chicks who hatched in the farmyard brought Dudley Zoo’s total to 14.

WIN tickets to a new pop musical

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:15:00 GMT

FRESH from its success on the West End stage, the Go!Go!Go! Show is an all-new pop musical for kids featuring five fantastic new pop stars, a sock-eating Fluffalope and the permanently confused Mr Baffled.