Wildlife Art Competition and Exhibition

In advance of the first DZP Wildlife Art Competition and Exhibition, we thought we'd give you a sample of the standard we can expect.

Here's a selection of web sites from a few of the applicants.

www.davidfinney.com

www.cwright.co.uk

www.suemclearie.co.uk

www.artbygriff.com

www.annabeljharris.co.uk

www.lynnedavies.com

www.amamenec-sculpture.co.uk

waddamsfineart.webs.com

www.sheilahogge.com

www.colincourtice.co.uk

www.animalspiritart.co.uk

www.mariefineart.com

www.julierhodes.com

Applications are still open - deadline is 8th May 2010.

For more information, see the events section of our Facebook page and follow us on Twittter.

Kids go FREE in March

Every Saturday and Sunday in March Kids go FREE at DZP!

Yes, as long as they're accompanied by at least one full paying adult and you consider a no-obligation donation to our Monkey Mayhem fundraiser kids go free every weekend in March.

So - bring your little monkeys to help out our little monkeys!

Tweet Yourself to a Keeper for a Day

We've donated over £1000 in prizes, including Keeper for a Day experiences for adults and juniors, to the Plymouth Twestival.

Twestival™ (or Twitter Festival) is a global charity event which uses social media for social good. On Thursday 25 March 2010, people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to raise money and create awareness for Concern Worldwide.

All of the local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects. The Plymouth Twestival will be hosted by Plymouth Argyle and will feature a number of bands including, Francis and the Drakes, Kitty and the Lost Boys and The Delahays.

You can keep up-to-date with developments at the Plymouth Twestival web site. If you feel like getting right into the social media spirit you can follow the organisers on twitter, as well as become a fan on facebook.

And don't forget, you can also follow DZP on twitter and become a fan on our Facebook page.

So get yourself some Twestival tickets, have a bunch of fun, do some good for charity and maybe even get yourself a Keeper for a Day into the bargain.

Monkey Developments

Development of our new monkey enclosure is well under way.


As I'm sure many of you know we have been raising funds for our new Vervet monkey enclosure to give them a bigger and better home. Work is well under way, the house is already built and in position, the posts and mesh are on order and most of the outside furnishing is done. We are aiming for the opening at Easter. We have almost reached our target but still need a bit more money.

Bill & Ted's excellent adventure

Our two male baby pygmy goats are now a week old and exploring their enclosure under the watchful eye of their mum Vanilla. The two energetic kids have been tackling the obstacles with ease, their favourite being the big oak tree.

The bigger of the two is called Bill (he has more black on him) and the smaller is Ted.

They also got to meet their dad, Elvis, today as when they were born he was too boisterous and had to be removed. They seem to be getting on well so far.