London Zoo counts its animals - in pictures

A tally is required every year as part of the zoo's licence

Keeper Andrew Dixon poses with a clipboard amongst squirrel monkeys during the annual stocktake at ZSL London Zoo in London, Britain, January 3, 2023. REUTERS / Toby Melville TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

London Zoo is carrying out its annual stocktake of animals. Reuters

Sumatran tiger Gaysha and her cubs Zac and Crispin investigate a chalkboard. AP

A young big-headed turtle is inspected. AP

Mjukuu the Western lowland gorilla. Required as part of the zoo's licence, the annual stock take includes every animal, with all other British zoos required to do similar yearly counts. PA

Humboldt penguins. Zookeepers care for more than 500 species. AP

A meerkat investigates a clipboard. London Zoo's information is used to create a database shared with other zoos to help manage the worldwide conservation breeding programmes for endangered animals. AP

This is the world's oldest scientific zoo, having been opened in 1828. AFP

Mjukuu climbs on ropes. AFP

Gaysha bites a blackboard. AFP

Humboldt Penguins are counted. AP

More than 14,000 animals are being counted this year. EPA

Pygmy goats. The annual audit takes the zookeepers almost a week to complete. EPA

A Majorcan midwife toad sits on a calculator. EPA

Kiburi, a Western lowland gorilla, is one of the animals that arrived in 2022. EPA

Also featuring in the tally for the first time is snappy big-headed turtle Celia, whose parents were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade and given a new home at the Zoo’s Reptile House in 2018. AP

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