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in News on 8th August 2019 with 0 Comments
Fota Wildlife Park welcomes it’s 10 millionth visitor Catherine Cullinane from Tuam, Co Galway
Fota Wildlife Park welcomes it’s 10 millionth visitor
Catherine Cullinane from Tuam, Co Galway has won a holiday to South Africa including Safari for two!
The search for the 10 millionth visitor to Fota Wildlife Park has ended as Catherine Cullinane from Tuam, Co. Galway walked through the gates and scooped the prize of a safari holiday for two to South Africa. Fota Wildlife Park is a conservation and educational charity and the income…
in News on 1st August 2019 with 0 Comments
Visit Fota’s new rare Sumatran tiger cub and be in with a chance to win a holiday break this August
Come and see Fota’s new rare Sumatran tiger cub and be in with a chance to win a holiday break to South Africa including Safari as the ten-millionth visitor this August.
Today Fota Wildlife Park announced the birth of an endangered male Sumatran tiger cub born on the 25th June to second-time parents’ eight-year-old mother Dourga and father, Denar, who is seven years of age. Sumatran tigers are the rarest subspecies of tiger in the world…
in Animals on 24th July 2019 with 0 Comments
Join our fun and educational International Tiger Day celebrations on Monday 29 July
Join our fun and educational International Tiger Day celebrations on Monday 29th July and help raise funds for Wild Cat Conservation Alliance.
Join the Rangers and staff of Fota Wildlife Park at the Asian Sanctuary on July 29th to celebrate International Tiger Day 2019. We will be celebrating the day with ‘Meet the Ranger’ talks, an informational and interactive stand run by the Education Department, tiger-themed arts, crafts and face…
in Kids on 15th July 2019 with 0 Comments
Tuesday 16 July only - Leap Card offer for children
*** Special Offer on Tuesday 16th July for Under 16 year old Leap Card Holders - see the below conditions***
Tuesday 16th July
Station Gate Only
Kids Go Free on production of the childs leap card – which will grant the child free entry to Fota Wildlife Park on a self-guided basis along with paying or annual pass holding adult guardian or parent–this offer is not applicable for any private tours (Wild Experience) or any Educational…
in Animals on 4th July 2019 with 0 Comments
Names of the four endangered Asian lion cubs announced after public competition concludes
Today the search for the names of the four endangered Asian lion cubs (Panthera leo persica) who were born at Fota Wildlife Park in February finally concluded. The Rangers at the Wildlife Park sifted through hundreds of names before finally selecting the names Ri, Riann, Rani and Ravi. The naming competition which was announced in April was won by Ian Twohig and Emma McCarthy both from Cork, Helen Cronin from Macroom, and Pamela Kent-Ryan from…
in Kids on 5th June 2019 with 0 Comments
Summer of Events for All at Fota Wildlife Park
(PLEASE NOTE - SUMMER EVENTS ARE ALL INCLUDED WITH YOUR ADMISSION PRICE /TICKET ON THE DAY OF EVENT)
The stage is set this summer at Fota Wildlife Park for a series of fun and educational events - the summer programme (full dates and times below) will feature the Blue Imagination Playground, educational weekends, art workshops, music workshops, and Yoga@Fota and all the events are included with your admission or entry ticket; however,…
in Research on 5th June 2019 with 0 Comments
The Irish Ladybird Research Project calls on the public to help log records
The Irish Ladybird Research Project calls on the public to help log records on newly launched Android App
An Android app has been developed by UCC student Liam Kelly for the citizen science research project on 'The status, threats, protection and conservation of ladybirds in Ireland'. Fota Wildlife Park in partnership with University College Cork, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences are managing the project which is…
in Animals on 30th May 2019 with 0 Comments
Say hello to two new critically endangered Black and White Ruffed lemur babies at Fota Wildlife Park
Say hello to two new critically endangered Black and White Ruffed lemur babies at Fota Wildlife Park
Today Fota Wildlife Park announced the birth of two Black and White Ruffed lemur babies (Varecia variegatea) to mother ‘Cloud ‘who is seventeen years old and seven-year-old Fota-born dad ‘Paraic’. The baby lemurs were born on the 27th April after a gestation period of 102 days. The species is native to the tropical forests of…
in News on 27th May 2019 with 0 Comments
New Fota Photography Competition Opens 1 June
Fota Wildlife Park in Association With Cork Airport
Photography Competition Categories and Rules 2019 - Opening date 1 June 2019 closing date 31 Aug 2019 - Winners announced September 2019
12 photographs will be chosen for the 2020 pictorial Fota Wildlife Park calendar and the 12 images will be exhibited in the main (Landside) terminal in Cork Airport during the month of October 2019.
CATEGORIES:
• Best photograph by camera club…
in News on 21st May 2019 with 0 Comments
Fota Wildlife Park announces new partnership with Every Can Counts
Fota Wildlife Park installs aluminium drink can recycling bins in a new partnership with Every Can Counts
Tuesday 21th May - Fota Wildlife Park today announced that it has partnered with Every Can Counts to help promote the recycling of aluminium drink cans. Every Can Counts has donated several recycling bins to Fota Wildlife Park, who has begun phasing out the sale of fizzy drinks in plastic bottles in favour or recyclable aluminium canned…
This is the first Tiger species that Fota Wildlife Park has ever had of the eight recognized subspecies of tiger, five of which are living (Bengal, Amur, Indo-Chinese, Sumatran and South China tigers). These subspecies are distinguished by their geographic distribution and…