The Lifesaving Legacy of Livingstone's Fruit Bats at Jersey Zoo
BatChat29 Nov 2023

The Lifesaving Legacy of Livingstone's Fruit Bats at Jersey Zoo

S5E48 Jersey Zoo in the Channel Islands is home to 90% of the world's captive population of Livingstone's fruit bats. With an estimated 1300 in the wild, this captive breeding programme is vital to the survival of the species in a disaster event. We join Dominic Wormell inside the bat enclosure as he explains how they care for the colony and how the bats are received by the visiting public. Discover more about the colony here Have a listen to our other zoo episode from Chester Zoo More about ...

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