In a springtime baby boom, the UK’s No. 1 wildlife walkthrough adventure has recently welcomed new arrivals from its camel, cheetah, monkey and rhino families. Cotton-Top Tamarin monkeys Consuela and Maurice are nurturing tiny twins.
The distinctive monkeys, among the smallest primates in the world, are a critically endangered species and the park is a designated conservation hub to help save them from extinction. The adults share parental duties with Maurice as likely as Consuela to be carrying the youngsters on his back. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Doncaster Free Press, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Baby Gelada monkey Kobo was born on the 23rd March to mum Feven and dad Obi, a ground-breaking moment in the breeding of the species. The most recent conservation success for the park was the birth of four cheetah cubs to mum Darcy on May 13 and the cubs are getting used to their new surroundings in Cheetah Territory at the park at Auckley, near Doncaster. Darcy was introduced to male Brooke as part of a European Breeding programme and the adorable litter represents a major triumph in the quest to preserve the species.
The cubs will be nurtured by their mother before they’re strong enough to be released into the reserve but visitors will be able to take a sneak peak of them in their house via cameras with a viewing screen set up on the Cheetah Territory walkway. Advertisement Advertisement Anoth.