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# The Aspinall Foundation

## Amanda McCabe

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###### 31/01/2019

## [Hand Raised Sambar Fawn](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/hand-raised-sambar-fawn)

Hoofstock Keepers at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, Kent’s largest wild animal park, have been hand raising a sambar fawn after it was discovered unattended by its mother, on the Reserve’s Asian Experience, in the depths of winter.

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###### 31/01/2019

## [Happy Birthday Kingut!](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/happy-birthday-kingut)

Hoofstock keepers at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, Kent’s largest wild animal park, are helping a very special Malayan tapir celebrate a milestone birthday.

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###### 13/12/2018

## [Remembering Babydoll By Richard Johnstone-Scott.](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/remembering-baby-doll-by-richard-johnstone-scott)

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###### 10/12/2018

## [Christmas Gifts For The Wild At Heart.](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/christmas-gifts-for-the-wild-at-heart)

**Top Christmas Gift Ideas For The Wild At Heart, Will Create Memories That Last Forever.**

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###### 10/12/2018

## [Illegal Rhino Horn Trade Still Threatens Kruger's Rhino.](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/illegal-rhino-horn-trade-still-threatens-krugers-rhino)

**A Report Funded By The Aspinall Foundation, Highlights How Illegal Trade In Eastern Asia Still Threatens Kruger’s Rhinos.**

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###### 27/11/2018

## [Our Kids Go Free offer is back!](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/our-kids-go-free-offer-is-back)

[Port Lympne Hotel](https://info.aspinallfoundation.org/kids-go-free-at-port-lympne-december18) & Reserve and [Howletts Wild Animal Park](https://info.aspinallfoundation.org/kids-go-free-at-howletts-december18) have announced the return of their popular Kids Go Free offer.

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###### 27/11/2018

## [Babydoll 1961 - 2018](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/babydoll-1961-2018)

Howletts Wild Animal Park is saddened to announce that Babydoll, The UK’s oldest female western lowland gorilla, has been euthanised today. Her dedicated keepers and the parks’ expert vet team, along with The Aspinall Foundation’s Chairman, Damian...

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###### 23/11/2018

## [Young Gorillas Enjoy First Steps To Freedom.](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/young-gorillas-enjoy-first-steps-to-freedom)

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###### 21/11/2018

## [Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve Awarded Wedding Accolade For Fourth Year.](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/port-lympne-hotel-reserve-awarded-wedding-accolade-for-fourth-year)

Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, near Ashford, has been awarded yet another coveted accolade at the hotly contested Kent Wedding Awards 2018. The popular venue won in the category Wedding Venue of the Year – Something Different, for the fourth year in a...

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###### 01/11/2018

## [1st November 2018: Statement From Howletts Wild Animal Park](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/1st-november-2018-statement-from-howletts-wild-animal-park)

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