Rare Species Zoo

A small Conservation Centre and zoo in South-East Kent

[Michelle Beaumont @chelliusbee]

Pop the Binturong at @RareSpeciesCC.

[Free the Bears @freethebears]

Brighten up your Wednesday with Donut's feeding time! Turn on subtitles if you don't speak bear language!

https://t.co/8xrJVUduMy

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The first successful birth of a Fanaloka - Fossa Fossana in captivity in over 50 years born in June 2014 at RSCC

[Robert Carmichael @Carmichael_Rob]

Cambodia and the wider trade in bears in Asia (HT @freethebears) - CNN story by @erika_pineros and me: http://t.co/bZlXqjfbyy

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More Palawan Bearcats born at RSCC our second successful litter of 2014

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We regret to inform you that our facility in now closed to the public. Please see our Facebook page for more information and details.

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Our new male Sun Bear prepares for his move from Singapore Zoo: http://bit.ly/jNFEzb

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A visit over the weekend to RSCC blogged about by Pui Hang: http://bit.ly/e1sOHc

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Videos of Slow Lorises acting adorable are actually from the illegal pet/trafficking trade: http://bit.ly/fBe8CJ Sad, not adorable.

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RSCC closing to the public on a daily basis at the end of September. Please see our website http://bit.ly/3FUci4 for more details.

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Labour Minister Angela Smith calls for the banning of all of the UK's 400 zoos: http://bit.ly/9BIOzz

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Our Palawan Bearcats have arrived from the Philippines! Come see them tomorrow on Easter Monday!

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We're open today, but due to weather conditions many outdoor animals may not be on display. The Sun Bears love the snow though!

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Our New Guinea Singing Dogs had their first litter! Welcome Bismark, Kerema, Hagen and Sepik to the RSCC. Congratulations new mum Belle!

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Our Geoldi's Monkeys have produced another youngster! Look very closely and you can see the child clinging to a parent's back!

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Man rescued into sneaking into San Francisco Zoo grizzly area: http://bit.ly/442bz2 Excellent work by the @sfzoo keepers!

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@Zobo87 Very Rare, but also Very Hard To Get! While we'd love to have them in our indoor rainforest, they're too hard to get, I'm afraid!

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@Zobo87 Glad to hear it! We have some ducks that come to visit our Flamingos as well. I think it's the free food they're after!

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Toco Toucans may have large beaks to help regulate temperature: http://tr.im/tOTK

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Clouded leopard cub found in Bangladesh; Neofelis nebulosa thought extinct in Bangladesh: http://tr.im/tw5E