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Royal Zoological Society of Scotland @rzss
Joined October 2014
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If you like us here, you’ll love us everywhere else🌿 Keep up with the work we’re doing to help nature in Scotland and around the world, follow us elsewhere: 📷 instagram.com/rzssofficial/ 🫂 facebook.com/RZSSofficial 👔 linkedin.com/company/the-roy… 🎞️ youtube.com/@royalzoological…
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🐘 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Sodexo Live! has been appointed the catering and hospitality partner for @EdinburghZoo! Learn more here: sodexolive.co.uk/stories/edi… #Scotland #Edinburgh #Zoo #SodexoLive
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🌿 Dive into our latest update from the heart of Brazil, where the RZSS-supported @IcasWild team is working to protect giant anteaters and giant armadillos, two incredible species facing huge challenges in their rapidly disappearing habitat 👉 rzss.org.uk/news/winter-2025…
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🎨 Calling all artists! @SaveOurWildcats is teaming up with the Aviemore and Glenmore Community Trust to commission a mural for the front of the Glenmore Visitor Centre & Café 😻 The artwork should shine a spotlight on native species 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Find out more 🔗 savingwildcats.org.uk/mural
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Giraffe population numbers have declined by almost 30% since the 1980s 🦒 By visiting the giraffes at @EdinburghZoo, you’re supporting vital conservation work in the wild 🌍 Together we’re helping protect these gentle giants for generations to come 🔗 rzss.org.uk/nubian-giraffe
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It's cold and dark so here's an adorable video of a released wildcat and her wild-born kittens from last year 😻 Our wildlife conservation charity is proud to lead @SaveOurWildcats, a partnership working to prevent the extinction of the Highland tiger 💚
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Step back in time in the Rio Preto State Park ⌛️ Our partners @IcasWild shared an incredible image of an ancient rock painting believed to be a giant armadillo! Researchers think these were created 1,600 years ago, showing incredible stories of human-animal relationships 🪨
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RZSS WildGenes in the field with @BCFS_Masindi 🤝 Members of the WildGenes team recently visited the Budongo Conservation Field Station in Uganda, leading a conservation genetics workshop. 👇
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Using invertebrates, the team trialled a state-of-the-art portable DNA sequencer, helping explore how cutting-edge science can support conservation in the field 🧬 Find out more about the team’s hopes for the future in our latest blog 🔗rzss.org.uk/news/wildgenes-v…
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2025 has been a big year for the RZSS Biobank 🧬 From medicinal leeches to the critically endangered Roloway monkey, we’ve stored nearly 450 samples from 119 species, with 51 species added for the first time. 👇
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Plus, through new partnerships and strengthened global collaboration, we’re now part of a network providing access to over 28,000 samples worldwide 🌍 Discover more about how our biobank is supporting global conservation 🔗 rzss.org.uk/news/year-our-bi…
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🧬 RZSS Conservation Wrap-up 2025 🌍 A HUGE year for our charity: 3,600 pond mud snails released, wildcat populations supported in the Cairngorms, 20 years with @BCFS_Masindi, advances in our RZSS WildGenes lab and MUCH MORE... Read the full wrap-up 🖥️ rzss.org.uk/news/conservatio…
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Still looking for the perfect last-minute Christmas gift?🎄 Our order deadline for guaranteed Christmas delivery has passed but click and collect is available from Edinburgh Zoo right up until 12pm on Christmas Eve 💚 Shop now 👉 bit.ly/4rkpBEB
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✨ WIN the chance to meet some of our amazing animals 💚 There's only a few hours left to enter our prize draw. Enter from just £5 for the chance to win one of 12 amazing prizes at @EdinburghZoo or @HighlandWPark! Enter now 🔗 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/win-a-ma…
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🌏 Meet one of the world’s most elusive high-altitude predators, the Himalayan wolf 🐺 Learn how research teams are using non-invasive genetic sampling and ecological monitoring to inform conservation in our newest update 📖 rzss.org.uk/news/himalayan-w…
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New @naturescot research has confirmed the @SaveOurWildcats project's first year of breeding and release wildcats into the wild was highly effective 🌿 The project has been truly ground-breaking, being the first in the UK to reintroduce a cat species 👇
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We’re now at the end of the third year of releases, but studies like this really help to illuminate just how big the challenge was in year one and how successful the project has been so far - against all odds 💚
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To ensure the survival of this species, it is vital that we continue further releases alongside managing the threats facing these amazing animals. Read the story 🖥️ orlo.uk/FtzFq

First year of wildcat restoration hailed big success

New research confirms first year of wildcat reintroduction to Scotland has been highly effective.

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WIN one of 12 magical animal encounters at @EdinburghZoo or @HighlandWPark 🐧🦁 Enter from just £5 and this amazing gift will help protect wildlife in Scotland and around the world 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/win-a-ma…
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Science Summer School 2026: Apply now! 🌿 This hands-on experience for 16-18 year olds explores habitat design, animal behaviour, zoo planning and vet work - all with experts from the RZSS family 💙 Find out more 👇
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📍 Edinburgh Zoo: edinburghzoo.org.uk/events-e… 📍 Highland Wildlife Park: highlandwildlifepark.org.uk/…
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