News

Twycross Zoo has sadly confirmed the death of one of their chimpanzees. Genet the chimp was born at the zoo on May 25, 1995, and spent her life at the Leicestershire attraction. According to the ...
This is the astonishing moment two chimpanzees with ... filmed yesterday at Twycross Zoo at Atherstone, England, shows the two angry chimps, who are completely bald, chasing each other and ...
Twycross Zoo said it was "displaying" rather than fighting and was perfectly normal behaviour for chimpanzees. This video can not be played Mongo the chimp was said to be popular with the ladies ...
A zoo has spoken of its "great sadness" after one of its chimpanzees died. Genet, who was 28, died at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire on Tuesday. The chimpanzee had a number of health complications ...
A chimp who had been at Twycross Zoo for 40 years has sadly died. Staff are mourning the loss of Tojo, who first arrived at the zoo in 1980. The elderly female chimp was 43. Sadly, she had been ...
A chimpanzee at Twycross zoo has died after showing no signs of being unwell. The chimp, called William, died on Tuesday in his outdoor enclosure. The zoo said he had been his "usual cheerful self ...
The Chief Executive of Twycross Zoo says chimps should never have been ... been reared with people… They have not learned normal chimp etiquette and so when we have to re-introduce them, these ...
A chimpanzee at Twycross Zoo was "his usual cheerful self" before he sadly died. William, who was described as an "incredible ambassador" for his endangered species, passed away peacefully on ...
Bosses at the zoo had to close the doors to the public for about two hours while handlers ensured each chimp was safely back in their rightful home. A statement on the Twycross Zoo website said ...