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If your children are interested in any of the species that are in the MASC project below are links to zoos that keep these species in the UK and Ireland.
For an activity to accompany a trip to Whipsnade Zoo (ZSL) click here
The following zoos have multiple species:
Twycross Zoo, Bristol Zoo Gardens, London Zoo (ZSL), FOTA Wildlife Park, Zoological Society of Ireland (Dublin), Flamingo Land
Roloways:
Twycross is the only zoo in the UK but there are several in France and Germany.
Agile gibbons:
Bristol Zoo Gardens, FOTA Wildlife Park, Twycross Zoo.
Black spider monkeys:
Welsh Mountain Zoo, London Zoo (ZSL), Twycross Zoo.
Ring-tailed lemurs:
City of Belfast Zoo, Cotswolds Wildlife Park, Zoological Society of Ireland (Dublin), Flamingo Land, Edinburgh Zoo, FOTA Wildlife Park, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (Jersey Zoo), London Zoo (ZSL), Newquay Zoo, Twycross Zoo, Whipsnade Wild Animal Park (ZSL), Isle of Wight Zoo. For the full list of British and Irish zoos that keep this species click here.
White-naped mangabeys:
Zoological Society of Ireland (Dublin), London Zoo (ZSL), Flamingo Land
Zoos keeping other primates from factsheets
The primates mentioned in the game can be found at the following zoos in the UK and Ireland:
Blue-eyed black lemurs:
Banham Zoo, Colchester Zoo, Edinburgh Zoo.
Japanese macaques:
Sumatran orang utans:
Chester Zoo, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (Jersey Zoo)
