New Forest Wildlife park

We’re passionate about wildlife and conservation at New Forest Wildlife Park and we want to encourage our visitors to learn more about conservation too.

Giant Otters, are on the IUCN endangered species Red List; we’re doing our best to help breed and conserve them for the future.We were the first park in the UK to send a captive-bred giant otter to an international breeding programme abroad.

Katuma, a young giant Otter, born at our sister park the Chestnut Centre in Derbyshire, was sent to Emperor Valley Zoo in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 2013 to meet his specially chosen mate, Suzie. Suzie and Katuma are getting along well and it’s hoped the pair will soon breed.

At New Forest Wildlife Park we work closely with all the regulatory authorities to make sure our animals receive the best care. Our European bison, may also be included in international captive breeding programmes in the future. These programmes are strictly controlled to ensure good breeding stocks are available for species under threat.

Other conservation projects include:

• Rehabilitation of injured and orphaned native species – otters, owls, and deer Scottish wildcat captive breeding programme
• Harvest mouse captive breeding programme
• Pine marten captive breeding programme and studbook management European polecat captive breeding programme
• Water vole captive breeding programme
• Supporting Diane McTurk’s Giant Otter rehabilitation programme at Karanambu Ranch, Rupununi, Guyana
• European bison captive breeding programme
• Eurasian otter captive breeding programme
• Managing a European studbook for the Asian short-clawed otter and pine marten
• Donations to Nick Marx in Cambodia to help with his Wildlife Rescue Alliance and work with endangered hairy nosed otter

Work with us

Careers with wildlife

All sorts of jobs are available at the New Forest Wildlife Park, keeping the park running smoothly, from keeper work to retail and education.

If you are considering working with animals there are many different employment opportunities available. A good place to start looking is on the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) or Association of British and Irish Wild Animal Keepers (ABWAK) websites:

• http://www.biaza.org.uk/careers/Vacancies/
• http://www.abwak.org/careers-jobs/job-vacancies/

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