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###### 16/08/2018

## [Baby Javan Gibbon Makes Debut At Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/baby-javan-gibbon-makes-debut-at-port-lympne-hotel-reserve)

Primate Keepers at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, Kent’s award winning wild animal park, are celebrating as an adorable gibbon infant makes its public debut. Born in July this year, the precious primate has been clinging closely to its mother during...

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###### 08/08/2018

## [How To Get the Best Discounts On Short Breaks](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/how-to-get-the-best-discounts-on-short-breaks-1)

When booking a short break you want to be sure you’re getting a lot of bang for your buck. Whether that be a glamping trip, a cottage in the countryside, or a luxury hotel break, you’re going to want to scout out the best deal. Here’s a few tips on...

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###### 07/08/2018

## [Gelada Born At Howletts](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/gelada-born-at-howletts)

Primate keepers at Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury, have announced the birth of a baby gelada.

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###### 07/08/2018

## [Giraffe Calf Takes First Steps On The African Experience.](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/giraffe-calf-takes-first-steps-on-the-african-experience)

Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve’s female giraffe calf has taken her first steps out onto The African Experience – 110 acres of Kentish savannah, at the popular wild animal reserve, alive with African animals.

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###### 16/07/2018

## [Introducing The Mighty Achilles!](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/introducing-the-mighty-achilles)

Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury, have announced the arrival of Achilles, a male [Sumatran tiger.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwpcTwxsX8g)

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###### 21/06/2018

## [Gorilla Birth Marks An Outstanding Record For Conservation Charity](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/gorilla-birth-marks-an-outstanding-record-for-conservation-charity)

Gorilla keepers at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve are celebrating as Tamba, a western lowland gorilla, gave birth to her 6th infant on Friday 25th May.  This is the 17th gorilla infant to be sired by silverback, Kouillou. 

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###### 21/06/2018

## [It's A Girl!](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/its-a-girl)

**Latest Addition Takes Giraffe Herd Numbers Into Double Figures At Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve.** 

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###### 11/06/2018

## [Giraffe Calf Born At Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve!](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/giraffe-calf-born-at-port-lympne-hotel-reserve)

With less than 2500 mature Rothschild giraffes left in the wild, Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve are celebrating the birth of a healthy male calf, born on Thursday 7th June at the popular visitor attraction. This is mother, Lehana’s second calf to be...

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###### 11/06/2018

## [Why Should You Donate to The Aspinall Foundation?](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/why-should-you-donate-to-the-aspinall-foundation-infographic)

For over 30 years, The Aspinall Foundation has been dedicated to protecting endangered animals around the world. Whether it’s through conservation work on-the-ground in struggling nature reserves across the globe, or through returning captive-bred...

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###### 10/06/2018

## [Gorilla Populations Are Improving, But They’re Still in Dire Need of Support](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/gorilla-populations-are-improving-0)

A landmark decade-long study has recently been published in [Science Advances](http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/4/eaar2964), bringing with it the uplifting news that there are around a third more gorillas in the wild than previously thought, with numbers now thought to be over 360,000 in the...

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