The 1995 Penscynor guidebook and map. View online and download.
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Penscynor guidebook (1987)
The 1987 Penscynor guidebook and map. View online and download.
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Animal watching
Zoos offer a marvellous opportunity to develop your animal observation skills and build an understanding of how we study animal behaviour.
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Today we take it for granted that illustrations can be scanned and digitised, designs created, and high-quality printed materials produced with relative ease. Back in 1991, the idea of using desktop publishing to produce low-cost, responsive signage for a small zoo like Penscynor was quite revolutionary.
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Penscynor’s chimpanzees
I posted lots of photos, press cuttings and other information about the Penscynor chimps to a Facebook album on the 25th anniversary of the escape on Feb 3, 1992. The page here just has a few sketches for now. If you want to see how they are doing today, visit ape-monkey-rescue.org.uk.
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