CSS United Kingdom - Hertfordshire Zoo
Established in 2019, in Hertfordshire, this Center hired a species officer, Andrea Dempsey to create a central database of all native conservation efforts by all parties and to highlight gaps in the conservation cycle for a species in need.
Supporting the Species Conservation
At Hertfordshire Zoo (Formerly Paradise Wildlife Park), we support our native wildlife in various ways. We actively work with other UK (BIAZA) institutions to help conserve our native species. Such as our European hedgehog population through our rehabilitation and release program.
We are engaging our staff, volunteers and visitors in the ‘Spotted on Site’ campaign encouraging them to find, identify and therefore learn more about the British species which call our site home. Also, our physical initiatives such as native species gardens and tree planting which helps provide biodiversity on site.
At Hertfordshire Zoo, we are one of the industry leaders in digital marketing and helping to spread viral conservation stories via our social media platforms to over half a million followers.
Meet our team
Andrea Dempsey
Andrea is working as a Species Survival Officer at the Center for Species Survival UK based at Hertfordshire Zoo, one day a week. Andrea has worked in the zoological sector since 2004 and obtained an MSc in Primate Conservation in 2014 before relocating to Ghana in the same year, returning to the UK in 2019. Since returning Andrea has been assisting the Red List Unit in Cambridge and the red list government body in their assessment process. Now Andrea is working with BIAZA to faciliate their contribution to the RtR movement through the Conservation Cycle. Andrea is the ISB/EEP Coordinator for Cercopithecus diana and the Vice Chair of the EAZA Afro-Eurasisan Taxon Advisory Group.
Andrea is working as a Species Survival Officer at the Center for Species Survival UK based at Hertfordshire Zoo, one day a week. Andrea has worked in the zoological sector since 2004 and obtained an ...
Rob Everett
Robert is the video content creator for Hertfordshire Zoo (Formerly Paradise Wildlife Park) using social media to spread positive wildlife stories.