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Wildlife Zone News for 2019
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The Wildlife Zone at Green Dragon Eco Farm in Buckinghamshire opened in August 2018 – an exciting addition to this popular farm park.
Conservation & Close Encounters
The Wildlife Zone’s aim is to support the protection and conservation of species that are at risk in the wild by being actively involved in breeding programmes for the purpose of reintroduction to their natural habitats or habitats where they can thrive. Also, the Zone is home to rescued wildlife in need of care, sanctuary, and possibly rehabilitation. All the animals are ambassadors for their species, teaching visitors about our wonderful wildlife and their conservation in an engaging, powerful and 4-dimensional way.
The huge naturalistic enclosures in the Wildlife Zone enable visitors to view species up-close, such as the red squirrel, silver fox, Scottish wildcat, reindeer, golden eagle, common buzzard and other native birds of prey. There is a central, covered teaching space available year-round for demonstrations and flying displays, encouraging the natural behaviours of the animals during training sessions. For those visitors who are keen to get more involved, Green Dragon offer Ranger for a Day which is a three-hour experience in the company of one of their wildlife experts where visitors learn how to handle and care for the animals.
New for 2019
2019 is already seeing new arrivals in the Wildlife Zone. In February, Green Dragon welcomed two female European Polecats that will be joined shortly by a male, leading to a reintroduction programme in conjunction with one of green Dragon’s conservation partners. An additional Silver Fox has also recently been installed; pinemartens and lynx are planned for later in the year.
Training is continuing with the eagle owl, tawny owls and male kestrel and there has been a breakthrough with the pair of barn owls that are now flying in tandem. Also, the new silver fox is responding quickly to its feeding training and there are exciting Private Experiences available for visitors involving feeding and training the foxes.
The breeding programme is underway for the reindeer herd with females expecting calves in June by which time all will have shed their antlers. Other breeding programmes will begin when the animals are of age and their mates have been assigned by Green Dragon conservation partners.
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