Animal enthusiast, Cartoonist, Photographer, Writer
My Dad and I visited this zoo in Amsterdam earlier this month, after we arrived in the Netherlands for Dad’s conference in Rotterdam. Called Artis for short, it somewhat reminds me of the Menagerie du Jardin des plantes in Paris, … Continued
My Mum and I visited this Dutch zoo on Tuesday. We had come to the Netherlands this month because Dad had a two-day conference in Rotterdam. Diergaarde Blijdorp, also called Rotterdam zoo, first opened in 1857 and is one of … Continued
Friday was my birthday, and for my birthday, my parents and I went to Belfast zoo! I was lucky to meet education officer, John Fisher, who was with me at the summer camp 4 years ago, and keeper, Raymond Robinson. One … Continued
On Sunday morning, Dad and I stepped into Dublin zoo’s newest attraction, Zoorassic world, a refurbishment of the old Robert’s house which features a T-rex skeleton named Stan, along with other Mesozoic creatures and several species of living reptile. Stan is … Continued
On Saturday, my parents and I went to stay at an apartment in Paris. We stayed for 2 days before flying home to Dublin on Monday. During my stay, we visited the two zoos, Parc Zoologique de Paris, and Menagerie du … Continued
At the end of May 2016, my family and I flew to Algarve in the south of Portugal for my uncle’s wedding. We stayed in an apartment for a week where I studied in preparation for the junior cert using … Continued
It was July of 2015, and my family and I visited Coolwood Wildlife Park in Co. Kerry, which was home to animals you would expect to see at any petting zoo, including lemurs, raccoons, owls, prairie dogs, New World monkeys, parrots, … Continued
I first visited France back in 2006, when I was just 5, and this was the first time I had ever left my native Ireland. At the beginning of our trip, we first stayed in Paris at an apartment next to … Continued
Dubbed “Ireland’s only reptile zoo”, the National Reptile Zoo is located in Co. Kilkenny, and is home to all kinds of reptiles, including American alligators, red-footed tortoises, Asian water monitors, rhinoceros iguanas, king cobras, alligator snapping turtles and anacondas. There … Continued
The Isle of Man’s only zoo, Curraghs Wildlife Park was opened in 1965, and covers an area of 26 acres in the Ballaugh Curraghs, an area of wetland. Among the species kept here are red pandas, raccoons, Humboldt penguins, Brazilian … Continued