Since 1975, when my father John Aspinall (1926 – 2000) first opened Howletts to the public, we have continued and developed our mission to breed rare and endangered species and to return them to the wild.
The Aspinall Foundation is a world leader in animal husbandry and conservation and has to date returned gorillas, black rhino, Przewalski’s horses, cape buffalo, ocelots, and pythons to protected areas of their ancestral homelands. We also manage two African gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects situated in approximately one million acres of rainforest in Congo & Gabon, as well as a programme to protect one of the most threatened of all lemur species, the Greater Bamboo Lemur, in Madagascar. The Aspinall Foundation also contributes to several other conservation projects around the world.
OUR OBJECTIVES ARE:
To halt the extinction of rare and endangered species in the wild.
To continue to provide the most natural environment possible for the animals in both parks.
To re-introduce these animals back to their wild habitat where this is possible.
To increase public understanding and awareness of the threats facing endangered species.
To develop sustainable conservation-minded activities which provide economic benefits on a local and national scale.
I hope you will visit the parks in Kent and see for yourself the wonderful work our dedicated team are doing with some of the world’s most endangered animals. Please remember that this work is funded solely through charitable donations and your visit alone is not enough to save these remarkable creatures. Please take a look at the many other ways in which you can help us to continue The Aspinall Foundation’s vital work, before it is too late.
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