Young pair of rare endangered hyenas arrive at zoo

A young pair of one of the world’s rarest carnivores has arrived at a Cornish zoo.

Newquay Zoo said it was the only zoo in the south-west of England and one of two zoos in the UK to house endangered brown hyenas, also known as strandwolves.

Flo and Quinn, a sibling pair aged just under two years old, arrived from Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire on Wednesday.

Newquay Zoo’s curator of plants and animals John Meek said: “For people to be able to see them up close is a powerful reminder of why zoo conservation matters.”