Dudley Zoo keepers count all creatures great and small in annual stocktake
Animal keepers at Dudley Zoo have had a busy start to the year in completing their annual animal stocktake.
Every year, each creature, great and small, must be counted at the popular attraction.
Keepers at zoos across the country have to legally submit an accurate number of every invertebrate, bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian they care for as part of the Zoo Licensing Act.
This data helps international conservation programmes by being submitted into the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS), which is the world’s leading resource for the collection and sharing of data on animals.
Last year, the zoo welcomed 26 additional Humboldt penguins. It followed a devastating malaria outbreak in January 2022 which killed 65 out of the zoo’s 70 penguins.
