{"id":335374,"date":"2026-03-18T07:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/335374\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:46:08","slug":"prince-edward-sounds-alarm-on-habitat-loss-during-gorilla-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/335374\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Edward sounds alarm on habitat loss during gorilla visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/656161_500358_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Edward sounds alarm on habitat loss during gorilla visit\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince Edward sounds alarm on habitat loss during gorilla visit\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prince Edward stepped out for a lively day at Bristol Zoo Project on Tuesday, in his role as Patron with a hands-on visit ahead of the busy Easter period.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke was given a behind-the-scenes look at preparations to welcome visitors back to see the zoo\u2019s gorilla troop, which is being gradually reintroduced to the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edward even helped prepare food for the animals, getting a taste of the daily routine involved in their care.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, the Duke also addressed the importance of protecting wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that many endangered species face growing threats due to the loss of their natural habitats rather than direct danger to the animals themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And also spoke about the vital link between species and their environments, stressing how closely connected ecosystems are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted that we\u2019ve created this brilliant new facility for the gorillas and primates here, which hopefully will give them a very different experience and you\u2019ll see them mixing with others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The upgraded space allows the animals greater freedom to interact and move, while giving visitors a closer insight into their behaviour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Edward sounds alarm on habitat loss during gorilla visit\u00a0 Prince Edward stepped out for a lively day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-335374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}