Animals


Showing love for lowland tapirs


Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park also works in partnership with the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative (LTCI).


Protecting our rare breeds We are proud to be a member of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST), whose mission is to ensure the country does not lose the diversity of its native breeds, and Jimmy has a pivotal role as the organisation’s president.


At Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park, we have some wonderful rare breeds, spanning sheep, cattle, pigs, goats and birds. Native breeds are part of our


national identity and heritage – and represent a unique part of the earth’s biodiversity. T ey also provide a major


contribution to the rural economy, both economically and culturally. T ere are around 30,000 herds and fl ocks of native breeds in the UK, contributing more than £700 million to UK local economies. T e RBST monitors the number


of rare and native breeds, each year collecting data from breed societies to estimate the total number of breeding females. It also watches out for threats to rare breeds, such as in-breeding and geographical concentration, and works to reduce these. T e RBST also promotes the


breeding and registration of rare and native breeds, providing a network of knowledge to support and encourage breeders.


Lowland tapir is a South American mammal that can be found in montane and lowland rain forest. It is one of four species of tapir, all of which are becoming increasingly endangered in the wild.


The LTCI is a long-term research and conservation effort that aims for tapir research and conservation programmes to be undertaken in all four Brazilian biomes where lowland tapirs are found – Atlantic Forest, Pantanal, Cerrado and Amazon.


Tapirs are nocturnal, semi-aquatic mammals. In the wild, they take to water to escape from predators, such as jaguars, and have a prehensile nose that they use as a snorkel and to pull down branches to get to the leaves.


Our pair of tapirs, Teddy and Tip Tap, were our fi rst European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) animals to arrive from other wildlife parks in 2017 and 2018.


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