Animals
The animal collection at Newquay consists of many species, including in-situ conservation breeding programmes for endangered red pandas, lemurs, Sulawesi crested macaques, Humboldt penguins, fossa, marmosets, tamarins and tapirs as well as meerkats, lion and coatis.
The Zoo is home to part of an international breeding programme for some endangered species such as Owston's Palm Civet and Red-fronted Macaw for which an overseas ex-situ conservation support programme of funding and skills exchange exists, along with support for the Unau Sloth project and Pacarana in South America, Pangolin and Small Carnivore conservation programme in South East Asia. The World Land Trust BIAZA zoo reserve in South America is also supported through the wild spaces scheme. Support is also given annually to students at the Libanona Ecology Centre in Southern Madagascar. The EAZA Campaign is supported annually. Recent overseas project information can be found for each project on the zoo website. Increasingly animal species held at the zoo are listed as threatened or endangered species on the Red Data lists produced by the IUCN.
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