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Pay once and visit free for a year!The Living Rainforest is proud to announce a new admissions scheme which allows returning visitors to enter free for a whole year.
The new ‘Annual Ticket’ costs only about £1 more than the old day-entry ticket but allows visitors to return as many times as they like for free for one year, with the exception of Bank holidays between March and September.
Read more... 'Frog Art' Auction Captures Celebrity ImaginationsThe Living Rainforest will host a celebrity art auction next month as part of its ‘Year of the Frog’ initiative to raise awareness and funds for amphibian conservation work in Madagascar and elsewhere.
Read more... Golden Birdwing butterflies arrive from HeathrowThe Living Rainforest has received a shipment of illegally imported butterfly pupae from the Philippines, which was intercepted by HM Customs at Heathrow.
Read more... Swedish ex-PM Ola Ullsten backs Living RainforestOla Ullsten, the patron of The Living Rainforest and former prime minister of Sweden, has arrived in the UK to lend his support for The Living Rainforest’s plans to build the world’s first carbon-neutral rainforest glasshouse.
Read more... Leap into the Year of the Frog Frog fans will leap into a number of amphibious activities at The Living Rainforest, this half term, to launch the Year of the Frog.
Events kick off with a chance to meet Edward Kelsey, voice of Danger Mouse’s terrible toad Baron Greenback and current Archers favourite, Joe Grundy, at a special event on Saturday 16th February. Visitors will each receive a complimentary copy of the booklet ‘Threatened Frogs of Madagascar’, which co-author, Mike Bungard, will sign with Edward from 1.30-3.00pm.
The Year of the Frog campaign is supported by The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and Sir David Attenborough, who are urging zoos and animal centres to consider new ways to make breeding facilities for amphibians more successful. Mike said, “It’s frightening to think that some of the world’s rarest and most beautiful frogs could disappear in a matter of years if we don’t address the issues of habitat loss, climate change and pollution. The booklet is intended to make people aware of the situation facing frogs around the world and will hopefully support efforts to conserve their habitats and secure their future.”
Among the froggie goings on, visitors will also have a chance to glimpse The Living Rainforest’s collection of frogs, including the Golden Poison Dart Frog - possibly the most poisonous vertebrate in the world! To find out more, visit www.livingrainforest.org
