Their stool samples are collected twice a week and sent to a research laboratory at Chester Zoo for hormone analysis. The research is part of the zoo’s Project Elephant, which aims to preserve ...

Animal poo could hold key to saving endangered species, research suggests - The ‘poo zoo’ might be the key to preserving ...

Chester Zoo is the only zoo in Europe with a lab set up for testing poo, so we spoke to them to see how it all works. Hi, my name is Rich. I’m one of the elephant keepers here at the zoo and we ...

Chester Zoo has grown rapidly since its foundation in 1930 so that ... NW Systems was also called in to help solve a specific concern of the Zoo’s Lead Elephant Keeper, associated with opening large ...