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72% OF OUR SPECIES
ARE Part of MANAGED
PROGRAMMES (EEPS)
EEPS - Supporting eaza
Ex situ programmes
We are proud to say that in 2025, 72% of the
species that we care for at Twycross Zoo
are part of EEPs. This has grown from 61%
in 2023. Our continued focus on supporting
EEP populations ensures that we utilise our
resources most e昀昀ectively to maximise our
conservation impact.
9 EEPS COORDINATED
BY OUR STAFF
To enable species conservation and e昀昀ective management of animal
populations, zoos that are members of EAZA work to ensure that
EEPs are integral to our
activities, each one represents
a species-speci昀椀c range of
population management
activities, coordinated and
carried out by EAZA members
aiming towards sustaining
healthy populations of
animals. Activities include
setting best practice for care
and welfare, genetic and
demographic population
analysis, recommendations
for breeding, biobanking
initiatives, in situ conservation
activities, applied
conservation research, and
coordinated education and
behaviour change campaigns.
every species in EAZA’s care (>500) has a Species Coordinator. This person is responsible for ensuring
that the zoo population remains healthy, both demographically and genetically. To ensure that we are
leading the way in species conservation, at Twycross Zoo we increased the number of EEPs that we
coordinate from 4 (2023) to 6 (2024) and now 9 in 2025.
The role of an EEP coordinator includes keeping a central database of all the animals of that species
within Europe, analysing the population regularly, and working with zoos across Europe to make
recommendations for breeding and transfers. They also lead conservation, science and education
activities for that species across Europe.
Babirusa
Babyrousa spp.
Vice-EEP Coordinator
Dr Stuart Young
Ecuadorian
amazon parrot
Black and gold
howler monkey
Eastern black
rhino
Alouatta caraya
Diceros bicornis michaeli
EEP Coordinator
Jess Aldred
Vice-EEP Coordinator
Dr Rebecca Biddle
Golden lion
tamarin
Mongoose
lemur
Amazona lilacina
Leontopithecus rosalia
Eulemur mongoz
EEP Coordinator
Dr Rebecca Biddle
EEP Coordinator
Mathew Ford
EEP Coordinator
Lynsey Bugg
Pileated
gibbon
Silvery
marmoset
Verreaux’s
eagle owl
Hylobates pileatus
Mico argentatus
Bubo lacteus
EEP Coordinator
Matthew Ford
EEP Coordinator
Joanne Rudd
EEP Coordinator
Rhys McKie
