Elle Sherwood, 22, from Reading, was visiting Paignton Zoo for the first time while on holiday with her family. She said: “We love animals and were hoping to come to a zoo while we were here.

An endangered baby monkey has been born at Paignton Zoo Today (August 9). The baby Diana monkey is the first of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in more than 10 years.

Paignton Zoo is marking its 100th birthday with the opening of a new display. The zoo, in Devon, opened for the first time in July 1923 as Torbay Zoological Gardens before it was renamed.