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Howletts Wild Animal Park (formerly known as Howletts Zoo) in the parish of Bekesbourne, [2] near Canterbury in Kent, was established as a private zoo in 1957 by John Aspinall. [1] In 1962, the House known as Howletts was being restored. A small cottage was inhabited by an employee. The animal collection was opened to the public in 1975. [1]
John Damian Androcles Aspinall (born 24 May 1960) is an English businessman and conservationist. He is the chairman of The Aspinall Foundation, founded by his father, which has raised and released several zoo-bred lowland gorillas in Gabon. He manages Howletts Wild Animal Park and Port Lympne Wild Animal Park.
John Victor Aspinall, known to all his friends as "Aspers", was born in Delhi, British India on 11 June 1926, the son of Lt-Col. Dr Robert Stivala Aspinall (1895–1954), a British Army surgeon of British parentage and Maltese origin; he had added Aspinall to his original surname Stivala after joining the Indian Medical Service, being known for some time as Robert Aspinall-Stivala.
Zoo officials are on high alert, Dr. Anne Burgdorf-Moisuk, associate vice president of animal health and welfare at the Dallas Zoo, told The Dallas Morning News in an interview published on Monday.
The Aspinall Foundation (formerly The John Aspinall Foundation) is a British charity that promotes wildlife conservation. It was set up by casino owner John Aspinall in 1984 and runs the two zoos he established, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, England. It also runs conservation projects to protect endangered ...
Jun. 12—Many school children may typically pass neighborhood dogs or cats on their way to the bus stop. For Thurmont's Hahn family, however, the three children would greet an arctic fox, spider ...
The estate with an Edwardian mansion near Lympne was purchased in 1973 by John Aspinall; the intent was to solve lack of space at the nearby Howletts Wild Animal Park. It was opened to the public in 1976. Since 1984 the animal parks have been owned by a charity (The John Aspinall Foundation, currently led by Damian Aspinall).
Fortunately, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has been managing wildlife for over 100 years, so they know how to mitigate the impact of drought. Each year, the department hauls over a million ...