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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ben Mitchell

Penguins and ‘forest giraffe’ among animals totted up at Hampshire zoo

Marwell Zoo staff carried out an audit of their animals (Marwell Zoo/PA) - (PA Media)

A colony of Humboldt penguins, a rare okapi calf and a critically-endangered, cotton-top tamarin baby are among the new arrivals totted up in the annual stocktake at a Hampshire zoo.

Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, carried out the audit as part of its licence requirements and staff counted more than 500 animals across 145 species.

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