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in Animals on 21st November 2019 with 0 Comments
Fota Wildlife Advent Animals Calendar of Events - December 2019
We are running our annual ‘Advent Animals’ events every Sunday in December at Fota Wildlife Park.
You can enjoy a special feeding time and informative talks from our rangers with a different featured animal each week.
Starting Sunday, December 1st at 13.00 in the Tropical House there will be a special talk from our rangers on how the care for the tropical fish and other species in the specially heated and temperature-controlled…
in Animals on 21st October 2019 with 0 Comments
The Golden Mantella
The Golden Mantella is a small poisonous frog which is bright yellow, orange or red. Native to Madagascar, these Critically Endangered frogs don’t croak! Instead, males attract females by a series of clicking noises. This bright yellow frog is known for attempting to eat anything that can fit in their mouth, even if the taste is repulsive.
One of the BIAZA top ten reptiles and amphibians most reliant on zoos, the Golden…
in News on 18th October 2019 with 0 Comments
Eagle Athletic Club presents a cheque for over €5500 to Fota Wildlife Park
Following on from the successful Cheetah Run in May, Eagle Athletic Club has handed over a cheque for €5,500 to the non-for-profit Fota Wildlife Park , raised from the proceeds of the race.
Fota Wildlife Park is a charitable status organisation which is is completely self-financing, relying entirely on gate receipts and membership fees for its income. Every year the funds raised of the Cheetah Run are used to support it’s core…
in Animals on 15th October 2019 with 0 Comments
Guinea Fowl Chicks Move in with Elongated Tortoise
Have you spotted some new and unusual residents in the Tropical House this October? There are currently nine Guinea Fowl chicks who have moved in with the Elongated Tortoises at the wildlife park.
The rangers had kept track of when the chicks were due. Keeping an ear out for an activity, Ranger Jess heard the hatchlings and took them to the back of the Tropical House, where the rangers had already prepared a new home for them. Not all…
in Animals on 10th October 2019 with 0 Comments
Fota announces the birth of a male Rothschild’s giraffe calf and wants your help to name him.
Today Fota Wildlife Park announced the birth of a male Rothschild’s giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), born on 14th September to mother Sapphire and first-time father Ferdie and Fota are asking the public to help name the calf through the form below. Mother, Sapphire, who came to Fota from Edinburgh Zoo in 2004, has given birth to six surviving calves and is 17 years of age. Ten year old Ferdie who is the father, arrived to Fota…
in Kids on 7th October 2019 with 0 Comments
Halloween at Fota Wildlife Park 2019
Fota Wildlife Park’s education team will be hosting a variety of Halloween events over the mid-term break (Mon 28th Oct – Sun 3 Nov) with themed animal talks, seasonal arts & crafts and additional activities such as our Animals of Halloween exhibition in the park’s marquee. We've added some spooky fun events that are ideal for all ages with activities running from 12 to 4pm on the specified dates at the Large Marquee, beside…
in News on 6th October 2019 with 0 Comments
Tropical House Closed Mon 7th & Tues 8th of October
Due to Essential Maintenance Works the Tropical House will remain closed 1Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th of October 2019. We apologise for any inconvience caused.
The Tropical House is home to a variety of amphibian, butterfly, fish and reptile species that are on display amogst 340 tropical plants.
Two of our popular recent additions to the Tropical House and the Pot-bellied Seahorse and Two-toed Sloth.
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in News on 3rd October 2019 with 0 Comments
Fota Wildlife Park opens its first photography exhibition at Cork Airport
Fota Wildlife Park opens its first photography exhibition at Cork Airport featuring the winners and runners up from their summer photography competition
Finalists chosen to feature in the 2020 Fota Wildlife Park calendar
Sean McKeown, Director of Fota Wildlife Park, Kevin Cullinane, Head of Communications, Cork Airport and Darragh Kane, press photographer officially opened an exhibition at the Cork Airport terminal building featuring the…
in News on 30th September 2019 with 0 Comments
Fota Photography Competition Winners Announced
The winning photographs have been chosen for the 2020 pictorial Fota Wildlife Park calendar and the images will be exhibited in the main (Landside) terminal in Cork Airport for the month of October 2019.
Over 6 Categories the following winners were selected -
CATEGORIES:
• Best photograph by camera club photographer
Winner – Henry O’Brien
Runner Up – Heather Rice
• Best photograph by professional photographer…
in Animals on 26th September 2019 with 0 Comments
New Male Sumatran Tiger Cub Named
The 'D' name chosen by our rangers is Dash!
Suggested several times, the winning entry was submitted by Nick Sharp, who has won a Conservation Annual Pass to Fota Wildlife Park. Nick's daughters Dorothy and Heidi came up with the name.
Sumatran tigers first arrived at Fota Wildlife Park in 2014 as part of the European Endangered Species programme (EEP). Mother Dourga originally came from Le Parc des Félins in France and father Denar from…
Spider monkeys fill an important ecological role in South America. The primates feed on an assortment of fruits and as they travel throughout their environment, they disperse undigested seeds through their manure. These then sprout and replenish the rainforest vegetation.
