Marwell Zoological Park is owned and run by Marwell Preservation Trust, a registered charity dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and natural habitats both locally and internationally. The Zoological Park in Hampshire is open daily from 10am.
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Keepers were astonished recently to find an albino Bennett’s wallaby peering out of her mum’s pouch. It is not un-common for albinos to be born in captivity and they have been born at Marwell in the past. However, albino wallabies in the
wild are rare with as few as one in 10,000.
The albino was born to regular grey-brown coloured parents and is the first wallaby to be born this year. Ten more joeys with regular grey-brown colouring can also be seen looking out from their mum’s pouches.
Wallabies are simply small kangaroos. The Bennett’s wallaby is the Tasmanian subspecies of the red-necked wallaby of southern and eastern Australia.
8th May 2008
- With a winning time of 32 minutes it was no snail pace
29th April 2008
Despite the thunderstorms and rain, nearly 1000 runners and 300 children gathered at the Park last Sunday (27th April) for the Marwell 10km Road Race and Fun Run. Luck was on our side and the weather cleared just in time for the race starts.
