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A tiger bares its teeth. Its ears are up and its nose is wrinkled in expression. It is lying down beside a clump of grass

Would you spend £2,000 to feed a tiger at the zoo?

Edinburgh Zoo is offering exclusive experiences at eye-watering prices.

Edinburgh, Fife & East

Composite picture with light brown jungle cat Teddy on the left in a cage with straw bedding. On the right is black female jungle cat Binks also in a straw-covered cage.

Jungle cats saved from death by wildlife park

Jungle cats Teddy and Binks were about to be put down before the Ark Wildlife Park stepped in.

Ziggy the zebra, photographed at Colchester Zoo, standing in front of a backdrop of trees and bushes.

Zebra died after rhino punctured stomach - zoo

Ziggy the zebra dies at a zoo after a female rhino unintentionally punctures his stomach.

Crocodile in an enclosure

Zoo's crocodile exhibit reopens after fundraiser

The crocodile swamp exhibit at Paignton Zoo will reopen on 18 January.

Five rhinos are pictured in a misty and frosty paddock

Wildlife park animals cope with winter weather

An ice-skating goose and rhinos in the mist are captured on camera at Cotswold Wildlife Park.

A woman with blonde hair, a green jacket and beige trousers with a large bundle of keys on her belt feeding an orangutan with a red watering can through the bars of its cage

Zoo animals enjoy a warm drink on a cold day

Keepers at Dudley Zoo have been feeding their animals warm food and drink during the cold weather.

Birmingham & Black Country

A woman wearing a green jacket and holding a clipboard stands in front of two elephants at Colchester Zoo.

Monkeys, tigers and fish counted in zoo stock take

The zoo celebrates new births and mourns old friends during an annual head count in Essex.

Riki, the lesser spot nosed Guenon, a small fawny coloured monkey with a white chest, neck and nose, with orange eyes and black pupils sits on top of a Christmas tree nibbling some nuts that were scattered over it for him to find.

Old Christmas trees enrich lives of zoo's animals

Bears rip them up and possums love to hunt for food hidden in the tree's branches, says the zoo.

A chimpanzee on Gerald Durrell's shoulder, Mr Durrell has a beard and short hair and is smiling and the monkey is sucking its own thumb. The picture is black and white

Trust celebrates Gerald Durrell's 100th birthday

The late conservationist's wife says he was a "larger than life character".