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Dumfries and Galloway medicinal leech find 'incredibly important'
... They have been collected and transferred to a specially-designed facility at the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park...
Dartmoor Zoo welcomes 'world's rarest big cat'
... Animal dating site He said: " I first clapped eyes on him seven years ago at Highland Wildlife Park when he was still a youngster and that s how long it s been in planning to get him here...
Penscynor Wildlife Park: Traumatic chimpanzee escape remembered
... On 5 February 1992, the primates broke free from their enclosure at Penscynor Wildlife Park in Neath...
Wildcat kittens bring hope for endangered species
... The kittens were born in four litters at the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park...
Yorkshire Wildlife Park welcomes new sea lion pups
...Two sea lion pups have been born at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster, the attraction has announced...
Walrus Freya killed by Norway gets Oslo sculpture
... At a Wildlife Park in China in 2016, a tourist and a zookeeper were killed by a walrus...
Cotswolds penguin Spike crowned best in the world
...A UK Wildlife Park resident has been crowned the world s favourite penguin...
Kilimanjaro: Firefighters tackle blaze on Tanzania mountain
... As well as emergency workers, including firefighters and police, Wildlife Park rangers and tourism company employees were taking part in the effort to bring the fire under control, it said...
Cotswolds penguin Spike crowned best in the world
A UK Wildlife Park resident has been crowned The World 's favourite penguin.
Spike, who lives at Birdland in the Cotswolds, gained The Most votes in The International competition held by charity Penguins International.
The King Penguin was hatched at the centre in Bourton on the Water in 2007 and hand-reared after His Mother and father abandoned him.
Birdland congratulated Spike and said he was now the " undisputed most popular penguin in The World ".
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The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.Spike, who has 15,000 Facebook followers, has been featured in a David Attenborough TV programme called Natural Curiosities and even had his own segment on a programme called Penguins Make You Laugh Out Loud.
He also features on Christmas and birthday cards, as well as on the Front Cover of encyclopaedias, and in books and magazines.
Spike was up against Mai, an African Penguin who lives in Hawaii.
The Penguins Madness challenge competition aims to raise awareness of the plight of wild penguins.
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