Fota Wildlife Park, part of the Zoological Society of Ireland, is located on 100 acres at Fota Island 10km east of Cork City and has an annual attendance of 440,000 visitors.
Fota Wildlife Park’s vision is to inspire people to understand and conserve the biodiversity of our natural world.
What's happening at Fota Wildlife Park
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World’s rarest duck returns home
19th Oct 2023
The team at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust are delighted to announce that the Madagascar pochard, thought to be the world’s rarest duck, has…
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Zoos and aquariums applauded for saving species from extinction by the IUCN
12th Oct 2023
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has acclaimed the conservation work of a zoos and aquariums in an unprecedented statement of…
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First Ever Baby Indian Rhino Born in Ireland
15th Oct 2022
Fota Wildlife Park announced a first in its 39-year history and a first for Ireland; a baby Indian rhino was born on the 19th of September 2022, after…
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The BIAZA Annual Awards 2022 - The Full List of Winners
31st Aug 2022
Each year, we recognise the achievements of BIAZA member zoos and aquariums across a wide range of categories in the BIAZA Annual Awards. Having featured…
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Cross border zoos & aquarium unite to call for international agreement between UK and EU
5th Jul 2022
Zoos and aquariums across Ireland and Northern Ireland have come together in a letter to Taoiseach, Micheál Martin and Prime Minister Boris Johnson …
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Conservation of one of world’s most enigmatic and rare large animals – the saola
2nd Apr 2018
Known as the Asian “unicorn”, the biological discovery of the saola was one of the most astonishing of the 21st century. In 1992 a group of…
