What makes Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks different?
Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks are well known within the UK and Europe for their high standards of animal welfare and captive breeding success. The wild animal parks have an outstanding record in preserving endangered species and wherever possible these animals are displayed to the public. However, our policy of not exhibiting certain species or individuals to the public has almost certainly also had a positive effect with regards to breeding successes.
It is not always possible to return animals back into the wild and sometimes the only hope for their long term survival is to be able to live and breed in conditions close to their natural habitat as possible. Howletts and Port Lympne's purpose is to ensure the continuation of this environment and remain a world leader in wild animal care, breeding and education.
Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks are different from conventional zoos with our focus on endangered species, successful breeding programmes, highly specialist feeding routines and dedicated veterinary team at the parks.
The Aspinall Foundation
Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks in Kent work closely with internationally renowned animal conservation charity, The Aspinall Foundation. The charity has successfully returned back into the wild black rhinos and western lowland gorillas who were born at Howletts and Port Lympne. Also Przewalski horses have been returned to protected areas in the wild. The Aspinall Foundation fund and manage animal protection projects in Congo, Gabon, Java and Madagascar, as well as providing financial support to other animal protection schemes around the world including India and Cambodia.
