Podcasts about paignton zoo

Dateline: May 2, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!   We start off with our usual introduction, talking a bit about me. We then get to our headline story for the week: my interview with Scott Newland, CEO of Sedgwick County Zoo, about the amazing work being done to save siheks, through collaborative efforts of AZA facilities and conservation partners.  We then move on to our births for the week, featuring animals from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the Maryland Zoo, Australia Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Dallas Zoo, Bronx Zoo, and Paignton Zoo. Also bonus interview content with Scott!We say goodbye to beloved animals at ZooMontana, the St. Louis Zoo, Topeka Zoo, and the Buffalo Zoo.The rest of our Zoo News stories feature items from the Columbus Zoo, Tierpark Schönebeck, and Chester Zoo.Then in Conservation News we have good news for oysters, snow leopard population studies in Nepal, an interesting look at the human side of conservation, and more.In Other News, we talk about a guy who didn't get eaten by gators. Good job, guy.ROSSIFARI LINKS: patreon.com/rossifari to support the pod rossifari.com @rossifari on socials @rossifaripod on TikTok 

In this episode, Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories. He highlights the benefits of rewatching comfort TV shows, as explained by psychotherapist Jill, and lists top comfort shows according to Marie Claire. Johnny covers the successful conservation efforts for the endangered pink pigeon in the UK and the innovative feeding techniques developed at Paignton Zoo. He celebrates Darlington Public School in Australia for winning the World Building of the Year with its poetic and indigenous design. He recounts Elaine's heroic rescue of a boy from an icy river, emphasizing her bravery. Lastly, Johnny discusses a woman's unusual but lucrative side hustle of selling her used Q-tips.  Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which says UNITERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!  You also get 20+ other shows on the network ad-free!    00:11 The Comfort of Rewatching TV Shows01:24 Rare Pink Pigeon Conservation Success02:16 Award-Winning School in Australia02:58 Heroic River Rescue04:10 Unusual Side Hustle: Selling Used Q-Tips 

Dateline: February 21, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!   We start off with a story about my time on SNL. We then move on to our births for the week, featuring animals from Hogle Zoo, Zoo Tampa, the Perth Zoo, Smithsonian's National Zoo, and Zoo Miami. We say goodbye to beloved animals at Zoo Boise, the Chattanooga Zoo, The Denver Zoo, Paignton Zoo, the Oakland Zoo, and a surprising and amusing farewell.The rest of our Zoo News stories feature items from Milwaukee County Zoo, the Auckland Zoo, the Fort Worth Zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo, as well as a look at the Top 10 Zoos voting from USA Today and a look at grief. Then in Conservation News we discuss Celebrity Jeopardy and two conservation stories from Scotland. In Other News we talk about pet microchips. ROSSIFARI LINKS: patreon.com/rossifari to support the pod rossifari.com @rossifari on socials @rossifaripod on TikTok Birds of a Feather Talk TogetherA podcast on The Feather Thief - a true crime museum heist in search of bird feathersListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

In this very important episode, the counselors recap a recent trip to Provincetown, a gay flamingo couple, a pizza scam, and so much more.Bonus Content: patreon.com/campcounselorsWorks Cited:➜ Ian Helms. “Gay Flamingo Couple Curtis and Arthur Hatch Chick at Paignton Zoo.” LGBTQ Nation, LGBTQ Nation, 17 Aug. 2024.➜ Rachel Pannett. “Famous Gay Penguin Dies in Sydney, Partner Sings Tribute.” Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2024.➜ Rosh Lowe and Chris Gothner. “Man Jailed for Impersonating Miami Springs Pizzeria, Delivering Disgusting Pies, Police Say.” WPLG, WPLG Local 10, 20 Aug. 2024. Check out our website: campcounselorspodcast.comSubmit your advice needed, juicy gossip, confessions, and horror stories at campcounselorspodcast.com Camp Songs Spotify Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3qyK0riCamp Songs YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9-jhcwB2oYDvLR8zGn8t8rS0q_umm8J Camp Counselors TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@campcounselorspodCamp Counselors Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/campcounselorspod/Camp Counselors Twitter: https://twitter.com/_campcounselors

The late ballplayer Billy Bean talked about his intentions when he was first named Major League Baseball's gay Ambassador for Inclusion in 2014 (interviewed by Chrisanne Eastwood and Wenzel Jones), and his success is proven by the response to last week's homophobic incident involving Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran. Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are known for being literary mavens, and for Toklas' mastery of French cooking. In this rare Pacifica Radio Archives selection from a Verve record, Ms. Toklas herself reads the most popular recipe from The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook, and tells the story behind its publication. And in NewsWrap: the U.S. Supreme Court denies an emergency request from the Department of Justice to enforce its queer-inclusive interpretation of “Title IX” bias protections, Pope Francis joins with LGBTQ activists from Uganda and Ghana in condemning anti-queer legislation in both nations, Team LGBTQ would have finished in 7th among nations for the most medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, gay British Olympic diver Tom Daley is retires after winning another Silver medal, Kim Coco Iwamoto will be the first out transgender candidate to win election to state office in Hawai'i, gay Chilean flamingoes Curtis and Arthur give birth to their new chick at South West England's Paignton Zoo in Devon, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Marcos Najera and Sarah Montague (produced by Brian DeShazor with technical assistance by Daniel Huecias).  All this on the August 19, 2024 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

Modern zoos are all about conservation. Here at Wild Planet Trust we run two zoo sites Paignton Zoo and Newquay Zoo, but we also run and look after other conservation projects both overseas and here in the UK. In this episode of the podcast Jo and Ollie are chatting to Dr Andrew Bowkett and Dr Tracey Hamston the people in charge of our conservation projects. Dr Andrew Bowkett, is the Trust's Conservation Planning and Partnerships Manager, and at the time of releasing this podcast he is over in Nigeria having meetings about our conservation project with our partners there in the Omo Forest reserve. In this instalment we are focusing on how he has come to do what he does and we touch on some of our overseas projects through our discussion. For more details about our overseas conservation projects take a look at this page on the Trust's website: https://www.wildplanettrust.org.uk/wild-conservation/ Dr Tracey Hamston, is the Trust's Conservation Officer, she looks after our conservation projects here in the UK. Of note are a series of native species reintroduction programs including the plants strapwort and sorbus, white-clawed crayfish and hazel dormice. She also oversees our marine conservation efforts across Torbay, protecting our important seagrass beds, as well as Slapton Ley a national nature reserve in South Devon. You can find more detail on our UK projects here: https://www.wildplanettrust.org.uk/wild-conservation/ In this episode we barely scratch the surface of the work that these two do, so be sure to tune in for potential further updates from Andy and Tracey in the future. Visit Our Zoos: https://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/ https://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/ Wild Planet Trust: https://www.wildplanettrust.org.uk/ Support us through our Amazon Wishlists: Paignton Zoo: https://amzn.to/327HJeb Newquay Zoo: https://amzn.to/3tDeWty

Have you ever wanted to know what our zoo veterinary team get up to, how to become a vet or vet nurse and what those jobs are like? Well here's your chance! In this episode of "So You Want To Work In A Zoo?" we're talking to two members of the vet team Rebecca, one of our veterinary officers, and Kelly, a vet nurse. Both are based at Paignton Zoo and we're finding out what are the highs and lows of being a vet or vet nurse. As you can imagine, working within the veterinary space can be very demanding and rewarding at the same time. You can learn more about this and more on what our vets do in other videos on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/EcUmsYQqXhs and here: https://youtu.be/E3NAM6cuJvE Visit Our Zoos: https://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/ https://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/ Wild Planet Trust: https://www.wildplanettrust.org.uk/

For this episode we're pleased to welcome two of our gardeners. I am probably going to be told off for calling Catherine and Jay gardeners: they are from our botanics team. As well as being a zoo, Paignton Zoo is also a registered botanical garden, with an amazing collection of plants from all over the world.. In these podcasts, we have been talking about careers here at the Wild Planet Trust, and we can't ignore the people who keep the zoo looking amazing, and ensure that when we talk about rainforests, we have one to show. Visit Our Zoos: https://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/ https://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/ Wild Planet Trust: https://www.wildplanettrust.org.uk/

Three non-fungible tokens have been seized by officials at HMRC. It's believed to be the first enforcement action taken involving the crypto asset, as part of an investigation into VAT repayment fraud.Polestar has taken a jab at Tesla in its Superbowl advert. In the ad - titled ‘No Compromises' it gave several promises including ‘No conquering mars', taking a snipe at Tesla CEO Elon Musk.A zoo has begun cryogenically freezing genetic samples of endangered animals, to help save them from extinction. Paignton Zoo has teamed up with scientific charity Nature's Safe which has so far frozen samples from 82 species.It looks like some of China's tech giants are dipping their toes in metaverse technology.It's thought the total market for a metaverse in the country could be around $8-trillion.NASA's InSight Lander is believed to be on its last legs, after a huge dust storm on the planet. It's led to a big accumulation of dust on its solar panels - which it relies on to functionPlus: a warning small pets are at risk of heatstroke as global warming worsens, and the ancient crocodile which ate a dinosaur before it died. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022, and who better to talk to than the Chief Science Officer of Wild Planet Trust?! In this episode Jo and Ollie will be talking to Dr. Kirsten Pullen, the Chief Science Officer of Wild Planet Trust. Kirsten was previously the Director of BIAZA (that's the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria), as well as a Research Officer at Paignton Zoo, and the Head of Primates at Bristol Zoo. That's certainly a storied career from zoo keeper to influencing policy for zoo across the UK! Kirsten went from A levels, to Applied Biology at Greenwich University, before going on to her MSc in Ecology at Bangor University. After studying at degree level Kirsten did City and Guilds qualification - an earlier version of the DMZAA (Diploma in Management of Zoo and Aquarium Animals), while zoo keeping. Then to cap that all off she finished her PhD in Animal Behaviour while at Paignton Zoo. Visit Our Zoos: https://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/ https://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/ Wild Planet Trust: https://www.wildplanettrust.org.uk/ Support us through our Amazon Wishlists: Paignton Zoo: https://amzn.to/327HJeb Newquay Zoo: https://amzn.to/3tDeWty

We are Wild Planet Trust, a conservation charity with zoos in Paignton and Newquay, local and national nature reserves and international field projects. In this new careers podcast we will be talking about what it is like to work in conservation, zoos and aquaria and how you can break into these fields. In our first episode you'll meet the hosts: Matt Lewis is the Engagement Manager for the Trust, previously marine biologist working on deep sea fishing boats, author and public speaker and animal handler with a BSc Zoology with Marine Zoology and an MSc Marine and Fisheries Science. Jo Clark is an Engagement Officer at the Trust, a former zoo keeper at both Twycross Zoo and Paignton Zoo, with a BSc in Zoology and an MA in Anthrozoology. Finally, Oliver Newton-Browne, is the producer and content creator for the Trust, with a BA in Digital Media and 10 years experience in content creation. Visit Our Zoos: https://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/ https://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/ Wild Planet Trust: https://www.wildplanettrust.org.uk/ Support us through our Amazon Wishlists: Paignton Zoo: https://amzn.to/327HJeb Newquay Zoo: https://amzn.to/3tDeWty

Today I visited Paignton zoo with my wife, brother, his partner and my nephews. There was fun to be had, and it was lovely. Have a great Sunday. I also want to apologise for the quality of this episode. It was recorded on my iPhone and sounded like it was recorded with a potato. I won't be doing another recording like this again.

Dr Francis Cabana is the Assistant Director of Zoology & Wildlife Nutritionist at Wildlife Reserve Singapore and holds an Adjunct Lecturer position at Temasek Polytechnic, and shares his experiences working in different zoo's and how he found his love for studying wildlife nutrition.Francis shares how his love for animals started at an incredibly young age, and how his “best mistake” in his life was not having high enough grades to attend vet school. He went on to get his degree in zoology before moving between different zoos and obtaining his MSc and PhD in the UK.Francis was soon offered an internship in zoo nutrition at Paignton Zoo with his mentor Dr Amy Ploughman. Francis notes that this internship was amazing and that he got to use his knowledge and experiences from research in the wild. Eventually, he became involved with the zoological community and zoos associations.Francis shares how important bi-weekly body condition scoring is and to weigh animals where possible. He dives deeper into the details of metabolism and on the different digestive systems for different species. As all animals and organisations are different, he stresses that how one size does not fit all. Francis and Sabrina talk about how Francis became the first-ever wildlife nutritionist at Wildlife Reserve Singapore. Francis explains how he had to try and organise 16,000 different animal diets which did not exist before and the struggle of how hard it is to be a zoo nutritionist as this position is quite rare. Francis gives us a sneak peek into his current research on Sifakas nutrition and tells us about his research on Red Panda's and their multicoloured faeces. Francis shares some of the challenges of providing the appropriate diet to animals in zoos, due to food availability, geographical areas, and whether, therefore, the importance of focusing on needed and key nutrients rather than specific items necessarily.Francis concludes the podcast with an amazing story involving penguins. Read more about the body condition score HERE Read more on Dr Francis Cabanas work HERERead more about the Giant Panda microbiome HEREBecome a PAWS member HERE

Today, my wife and I will be going to the zoo with my brother, his partner and nephews. Hopefully, the weather will stay nice for us but we will most definitely see.

Dr Amy Plowman who is the head of conservation with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, is part of the European Nutrition Group, and was at the Paignton Zoo and Wild Planet Trust for over 2 decades. Amy shares how she came to study animal nutrition and remarks on the importance of diets in promoting optimal welfare. She gives some practical examples of nutritional problems and how she started looking at sugars and carbohydrates in the animal's diets. Amy explains different types of nutrients and deepens the conservation by sharing about the diverse adaptations for digestion in different types of animals. She talks about the cultivated food grown for humans than in most zoos is given to the animals due to availability and otherwise high costs and challenges accessing certain foods year-round. Amy discusses diseases related to certain diets and some solutions. Amy shares a variety of her research on nutrition, as well as the use of thermal cameras and conservation, sharing on also on the prevalence of obesity, stereotypic behaviours, and behavioural effects of types of diets. Sabrina and Amy discuss the challenges of zoo nutrition and also pellets and other prepared diets. She mentions the improvements in behaviour thanks to changes in diets, and solutions to the problems found. Amy talks about the importance of collaboration in the nutrition field between academics, vets, feed companies, and others, and concludes with a funny story of animals mating. Learn more about Amy's research HERELearn more about the Bumblebee Conservation Trust HEREBecome a member of PAWS HERE

For this episode we have focused on giving you guys loving stories about animals, the mischievousness, the helpfulness, the mythical and we even get to see through the eyes of a dog. You can find the video with our artwork for all our stories on YouTube. This event was in aid of Paignton Zoo. The main event cover was illustrated by Sasha Ward. All orginal creators retain copyright for their individual work. Music by Ellie Calver. Host - Jadzia Calimano Stories in this episode are: The Great Escape Written by Rebecca Kinder Narrated by Cedric Rischitelli Illustrated by Bridget Lees Big Nosed Problems Written by Ella Good Narrated by Helena Beauchamp Illustrated by Sasha Ward John Quick Written by Ellie Rhodes Narrated by Anastasia Martin Illustrated by Emma Adams and Sasha Ward The Boy and the Wrath of Poseidon Written by Holly Morris Narrated by Bethany Davey Illustrated by Emma Adams

We present a recording of a performance by Bulgarian/English storytelling group 'A Spell in Time', recorded live in 2013 at the Folklore Society's Beasts in Legend and Tradition conference at Paignton Zoo. Storyteller Moni Sheehan and musician Ivor Davies discuss the Bulgarian dragon known as the Zmey. The episode is closed by special musical guest Polly Preacher. Folklore Podcast Patreon: www.patreon.com/thefolklorepodcast A Spell in Time: https://www.spellintime.co.uk/ Polly Preacher: https://pollypreacher.bandcamp.com/

On this episode, Duchess the elephant who sadly passed away at Paignton Zoo this week, organ donation in Devon and the RSPCA's problem with air rifles.

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Recorded at Paignton Zoo on 16 April 2006

Recorded at Paignton Zoo on 16 April 2006

Recorded at Paignton Zoo on 16 April 2006

Recorded at Paignton Zoo on 16 April 2006

This week we learn about animal communication straight from the horses mouth. Dr Gillian Forrester, from the University of Sussex, describes how gorillas use tactile signals to communicate, Dr Katie Slocombe, from the University of St. Andrews, talks about her work on how chimpanzees use certain grunts to refer to specific food sources, Professor Joan Silk, from the University of California, discusses whether chimps are charitable to their chums, Professor Keith Kendrick from the Babraham Institute in Cambridge discusses how sheep recognise emotion, and Dr Vicki Melfi, from Paignton Zoo, tells of how the red swellings on a baboons bottom work like a sexual traffic light.

This week we learn about animal communication straight from the horses mouth. Dr Gillian Forrester, from the University of Sussex, describes how gorillas use tactile signals to communicate, Dr Katie Slocombe, from the University of St. Andrews, talks about her work on how chimpanzees use certain grunts to refer to specific food sources, Professor Joan Silk, from the University of California, discusses whether chimps are charitable to their chums, Professor Keith Kendrick from the Babraham Institute in Cambridge discusses how sheep recognise emotion, and Dr Vicki Melfi, from Paignton Zoo, tells... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week we learn about animal communication straight from the horses mouth. Dr Gillian Forrester, from the University of Sussex, describes how gorillas use tactile signals to communicate, Dr Katie Slocombe, from the University of St. Andrews, talks about her work on how chimpanzees use certain grunts to refer to specific food sources, Professor Joan Silk, from the University of California, discusses whether chimps are charitable to their chums, Professor Keith Kendrick from the Babraham Institute in Cambridge discusses how sheep recognise emotion, and Dr Vicki Melfi, from Paignton Zoo, tells... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists