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WOOP WOOP CONSERVATION CONVERSATION

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COLLECTORS EDITION NOVEMBER | 2022

WOOP WOOP ‘A place far away, unfamiliar and difficult to get to’

WO O P WO O P MAGAZINE EDITOR IN CHIEF Lewis Phillips

EDITOR

INTRODUCTION

Faith Millward

WOOP WOOP - ‘A place far away, unfamiliar and difficult to get to’ This is the start of something new. Heralding a new era of conservation; one that is accessible, authentic and accurate

OPERATIONS Ben Ap Hywel

FRONT COVER Chris Couch

BACK COVER Lewis Phillips

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WOOP WOOP ‘A place far away, unfamiliar and difficult to get to’

Contributors and Thanks

Paul Whitfield Mark Habben Sally Holt Vicky Breakell Josh Miers Katrin Lohegral Jack Gradidge Toby Forer

The Caring Family Dominic Harris Kathryn Lo Jim Clubb Jonathan Glynn-Smith Beth Stewart Julia Bracewell Jenny MacPherson

Jemima Parry-Jones MBE Philip Orrell Sophia Fagan Simon Jeffereys Emma Owen Darren Priddle David Rampling Koen Cuyten

Gareth Davies Colin Clegg Frankie Hobro Penny Billington Mark Keir Lee Jenkins Patricia Medici Helen MacDonald Eliott Bullpett Tim Parkin Roger Morgan Richard Birchett

Dr Craig Shuttleworth Colin Preece Steven Mathews Kerri Wolter Paul Bullimore Josh Torlop Barbara Royle Llana Young Benny Hawksbee Vicky Ashdown Tyler Whitnall Aaron WhitnalL

Ingrid Vermeulen Tim Doyle Trigon Farm Natasha Winn Emma Lock Neil Garrick-Maidment Ellen Bassam Phil Sheldrake Mary Thomas Katie Baker Jim Bliss Alison Ensor

Sustainability Credits At WOOP WOOP Magazine, we constantly review many aspects of the production process as we believe that everyone should play a in part in looking after our planet for future generations.

Our publications are printed by Stephens & George Ltd, an award-winning environmentally-friendly printer based in Wales, UK. Copies are produced using vegetable-based inks combined with the latest “chemical free” plate and Heidelberg press technology.

All papers are sourced from well managed, sustainable forests and their vast supply chain hold many environmental accreditations. In addition to this, they hold a Climate Change Agreement along with ISO14001, ISO9001, FSC, PEFC and offer Carbon Balancing via The World Land Trust. They achieved a E2B Silver award for energy improvements along with an E2B Gold award for recycling and the majority of all their waste is recycled.

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CONTENTS EUROPEAN BISON

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GREYHOUNDS 184

THE WILDWOOD TRUST | KENT | ENGLAND

LOWLAND GORILLA

GREYHOUND RESCUE WALES | AMMANFORD | WALES

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BEAVERS 192

ASPINALL FOUNDATION | PORT LYMPNE | ENGLAND

WALES

VULTURES 26

CLOUDED LEOPARDS

MAGALIESBERG MOUNTAIN RANGE | PRETORIA | SOUTH AFRICA

EXMOOR ZOO | DEVON | ENGLAND

GREY SEALS

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AMAZING ANIMALS 208

DORSET COASTLINE | ENGLAND

ANNABEL’ S FOR THE AMAZON

HEYTHROP ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS | OXFORDSHIRE | ENGLAND

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TRIGON FARM | DEVON | ENGLAND

BADGERS 48

WHAT’ S IN OUR SOIL?

CEREDIGION | WALES

GREAT BRITAIN -&- IRELAND

56 62

OTTERS 232 WALES

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SEAHORSES 238

WORSLEY | MANCHESTER | ENGLAND

HONEY BEES

220

ABERCYCH | SOUTH WEST WALES

SEATTLE | USA -&- SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

BARN OWLS

214

HEDGEHOGS 226

TRENTHAM MONKEY FOREST | STOKE-ON-TRENT | ENGLAND

SNOW LEOPARDS

WILDLIFE CORRIDORS

BERKELEY SQUARE | LONDON | ENGLAND -&- BRAZIL | SOUTH AMERICA

BARBARY MACAQUES

198

THE SEAHORSE TRUST | DEVON | ENGLAND

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TAPIRS 244

FORTNUM & MASON | LONDON | ENGLAND

ASPINALL FOUNDATION | PORT LYMPNE | ENGLAND

GARDEN OF EDEN 82

GERONIMO 250

CLAPHAM | LONDON | ENGLAND

A STORY ABOUT AN ALPACA

ASIAN ELEPHANTS

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THE TRUE COST OF CHEAP MEAT

CHESTER ZOO | CHESTER | ENGLAND

GREAT BRITAIN -&- IRELAND

A FAMILY AFFAIR 96

FAIR GAME

PARADISE WILDLIFE PARK | HERTFORDSHIRE | ENGLAND

A FEAST FIT FOR A KING

RED PANDAS

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TAKE YOUR FANCY!

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ARTFUL JOGGER

THE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST | HERTFORDSHIRE | ENGLAND

WILD CATS

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PANTRY 262

PARADISE WILDLIFE PARK | HERTFORDSHIRE | ENGLAND

PINE MARTENS

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264

SOUTH COAST | ENGLAND

NATURE ’ S TONICS

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THE WILDWOOD TRUST | KENT | ENGLAND

MEDICAL MARVELS

PERMACULTURE 116

WATCH 272

GLOUCESTERSHIRE | ENGLAND

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS 120

A TALE OF TWO TURTLES

SEAWATCH FOUNDATION | CEREDIGION | WALES

ANGLESEY SEA ZOO | WALES

RED DEER

WHO WAS SHE?

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274 280

EXMOOR | SOMERSET | ENGLAND

SOMEWHERE IN WALES

CALL OF THE WILD 138

ZOYSA 284

THE HIGHLANDS | SCOTLAND

EXMOOR ZOO | DEVON | ENGLAND

KING HENRY III ’ s MENAGERIE 146

PEREGRINE FALCONS

THE TOWER OF LONDON | LONDON | ENGLAND

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL | SALISBURY | ENGLAND

BLACK RHINOCEROS

152

AVIAN INFLUENZA

FOLLY FARM | PEMBROKESHIRE | WALES

DOGS FOR WILDLIFE

290

A GLOBAL ISSUE

162

SPOTTING A SLOW TRAIN CRASH

CARMARTHEN | WALES -&-SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

THE HEN HARRIER

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298

AN ESSAY

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EMZOTIC

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE | ENGLAND -&- UK MOORLAND

INFLUENCER - DENVER | COLORADO | USA

NATURE’S IMAGE 172

NATURALLY DRAWN 310

NORTH DEVON BIRD OF PREY CENTRE | ENGLAND

ILLUSTRATOR - UK

BROWN BEARS

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RHENEN | NETHERLANDS

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PERMACULTURE

GLOUCESTERSHIRE | ENGLAND

I always thought of myself as a nature lover.

I have worked for the Wildlife Trust in the past, encouraging composting and wildlife friendly gardening and I have been a perma-culture addict ever since I gained the certificate in 2000, and eventually a diploma in 2013.

I have even opened our garden to the public, running open days, workshops and tours showing all the encouraging ways we can grow food, harvest fuel, build low impact buildings and bring thriving bio-diversity into a domestic garden. Yes, I felt I truly understood how to be part of the solution, not the problem.

But one day it dawned on me, I was feeling less than understanding about nature; indeed, I was downright angry with it! Now, I expect most gardeners have experienced annoyance at an invasive weed or an explosion of slugs and thought little of it, yet noticing my angry reaction to some crop being decimated came as a revelation to me.

When I actually owned up to this stress it hit me hard; here was the point where I had started to think I knew best, the point where I had mentally and emotionally separated from the bigger picture. I had gone into battle with one tiny element, deemed a ‘pest’ to most, but now I saw this emotional disconnection caused by a misunderstanding which could perhaps be extrapolated to the core of our global environmental crisis.

Many nature lovers might know we breathe in what trees breathe out, we eat food which was once soil and sunlight, that the water inside us has also been in rivers, seas and clouds. Rationally, people may recognise our bodies are Earth grown and therefore dependent on the set of nested ecosystems surrounding us, but clearly, rational thought is not driving our behaviour towards the planet. So what is?

Standing there dismayed, it became obvious to me. We are driven by an emotional disconnect that happens whenever we consider ourselves under attack, or more precisely whenever something we consider ‘ours’ is threatened; be it livelihoods, lifestyles, or even a crop of lettuce, it seems!

A garden might just be the place where we can watch this pattern at work because gardening is a two-way relationship, if we are prepared to listen, and is not just a lovely walk in the woods. We have an idea of what we want to grow, we put it into action and then nature tells us something else needs to happen instead!

It is at that point we have a choice: to crack down or crack open. There is the knife-edge where we decide if we are working with or against nature, for even when we know the theory, our emotions will tell us when we have forgotten we are part of something much, much vaster. There and then is the opportunity to witness an uncomfortable truth and our stress is the messenger.

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AMAZING ANIMALS HEYTHROP ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS | OXFORDSHIRE | ENGLAND

The 1950’s was undeniably the golden age for many of the zoological gardens that we love today; Chester zoo, London zoo and Bristol zoo had all come into their own and started to explore how to make their collections more accessible to visitors in an engaging way.

Some of these ideas, such as reptile shows, ape scatter feeding, penguin feeding and parrot shows, remain a fixture even now in certain establishments; guests will see a Macaw flying from perch to perch with the aide of a favourite treat, displaying its’ huge wingspan and glorious coloured feathers at full extension, or a penguin displaying its’ underwater acrobatics as it dives for fish thrown by the keepers.

These displays are engineered to not only give the audience a better understanding of the animal’s capabilities, but to illicit a sense of awe at how truly magnificent and complex these creatures are.

Jim Clubb is the owner of Heythrop zoological gardens and like most animal lovers, started his career with a handful of ‘pets’ that he observed and tended to with careful consideration, gradually finding himself completely bewitched by the differing attributes and potentials of each species in his care.

Whilst most young boys at 12 years old might have been collecting toy cars, Jim was content with his back garden menagerie of two monkeys, a slow loris, a raccoon, a fox and a host of reptiles. Despite this exotic array of potential partnerships, it was the humble ferret that became the species that provided Jim with his first insight into the possibilities of humans working with animals. Training with his pets simply for fun, he found that by providing a food reward they soon were able to perform tricks and follow his instructions. Jim had no professional training when it came to working with animals, just an avid curiosity and an appreciation for his pets.

In the 1970’s, Jim joined Chipperfield’s circus; it was within this environment that he was able to expand on the positive reinforcement training that had tentatively started in his back-garden at 12 years old, with his pet ferrets – only now it was with big cats!

At that time, the circus remained the only place that you could really learn about training wild animals. Whilst nowadays we have fallen staunchly out of love with the once thriving circus setting, it is important to remember that the Chipperfield’s (possibly the oldest circus family, with roots in animal training that can be traced back to the Thames Frost fayre in the 1600’s) were also instrumental in creating both Longleat and Woburn safari parks; establishments that remain both lucrative and popular in present day. Outfits that owe a lot of their acclaim to the capacity for visitors to get within close-proximity to the rarer animals in a more ‘true-to-the-wild’ setting; again, in the hope of showcasing some of the animal’s individual capabilities and inform the audience on each species. Jimmy Chipperfield was the pioneer of these projects. With decades of experience in animal husbandry from a lifetime within the circus community, it is hard to dispute that the plans for these safari parks could have been born from witnessing the awe of his audiences when his big cats would jump or roar on request.

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EMZOTIC

INFLUENCER - DENVER | COLORADO | USA Emma Lock (or ‘Emzotic’) is an Animal Educator and content creator.

She is best known for her “Creature Feature” series on YouTube, and for her former work as a Zookeeper. Em is also the author of the book ‘Animal Kind’, which is a collection of true, short stories of pet ownership.

In 2018, Em released a limited edition necklace which raised thousands of dollars for Honey Bee conservation, and in 2020 she donated the profits made from her book to equip frontline workers in the fight against Covid19.

In 2021, Em assisted Douglas Thron, of the hit Curiosity Stream show ‘Doug to the Rescue’, in the effort to locate missing pets via infrared drone, following devastating wildfires in Colorado.

Em is also currently the Director of Partnerships for Zen Habitats a reptile enclosure company breaking the tradition of “minimum space requirements”, and is a board member for ‘The Biodiversity Group’, ‘AnimalCon USA’, and ‘The Flora Fauna Conference’.

We talk to ‘Emzotic’ about her career in animal education, her many pets and why she feels that social media can play a crucial role is aiding conservation effort.

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