Wild Planet Trust, which runs all three zoos, blames the enforced lockdown closure and falling visitor numbers.

Living Coasts zoo closed permanently - Paignton and Newquay Zoos also at risk

The annual check has to be done by all zoos as a licensing requirement. At Newquay Zoo they have to keep track of more than 1,300 animals. 

Staff at Newquay Zoo take on their biggest job - counting all the animals

The new arrival at Newquay Zoo who's set to spend the next three months clinging to mum's back

Newquay Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare crowned lemur. It's not known whether its a boy or a girl but it certainly is very cute.

After months of searching for a potential partner, keepers have found a mate for Germaine on the international zoological dating agency.

The pups were born in early July but have been keeping a 'low profile', say keepers.

Zoo keepers suspected the arrival of the twins after mum Kicsi didn't appear at feeding time and they have now caught the pair on camera

The Cornish charity zoo is one of only five collections where Javan green magpies can be seen, making them the rarest species at the zoo. 

Newquay Zoo is celebrating the birth of one of the most endangered deer in the world.

A baby male crowned lemur - named Lakobee - is the newest arrival at Newquay Zoo and was born at the end of June.

A pair of Brazilian Tanager chicks have been born at Newquay zoo, they're the first  of their species to be hatched there.

It wasn't the traditional cornish filling - instead the primates gorged on pasties full of mealworms. 

An extremely rare Philippine spotted deer has been born at Newquay Zoo. The breed is so endangered that less than 2,500 exist in the wild.