Tour to Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (Jersey Zoo)
- Published on Sunday, 10 April 2011 14:49
Famous author, naturalist and broadcaster Gerald Durrell founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust nearly 50 years ago. Its mission is to save endangered wild animals from extinction.
You can see over 1,400 mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians in 32 acres of beautiful gardens and parkland.
Among the endangered species at Durrell are:
- three generations of Sumatran orangutans;
- mighty 'Ya Kwanza', the 35 stone Western Lowland gorilla and his family;
- a Madagascan gentle lemur community;
- Brazilian black-lion tamarins; and
- silvery marmosets in open woodland.
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