The animals at the London Zoo are getting a little extra attention this week as zookeepers conduct their annual count.
Every January, beginning right after the holidays, the U.K.'s London Zoo is obligated to count its creatures. The tall task is a requirement for the zoo’s licence but it’s also a way to keep track of the animals and their health.
“I think a day and a half,” said Micah Woodhams, whose mother Judith estimated it would take three weeks. “In the case of let's say a Majorcan midwife toad, it's just one animal and doesn't move very much so pretty easy,” said Dan Simmonds, the zoological operations manager at the London Zoo. A conservation charity, the London Zoo shares the information obtained during the count with other conservation zoos around the world. The data helps manage worldwide conservation breeding programs for endangered species.
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