--- description: Last year saw the birth of a Western-lowland gorilla and baby lemur title: See Animals Line Up to Be Counted at the London Zoo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ec42ec5b83e67d6/698877da2dce0102cb9e736e/london-zoo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Animals Line Up to Be Counted at the London Zoo by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2016 6:07 PM CUT  A zoo keeper poses with Humboldt penguins during the annual stocktake photocall at London Zoo in central London on January 4, 2016. A zoo keeper poses with Humboldt penguins during the annual stocktake photocall at London Zoo in central London on January 4, 2016.Ben Stanstall—AFP/Getty Images by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2016 6:07 PM CUT London Zoo has begun its annual census of creatures, which saw the addition of a litter of African hunting pups, a baby lemur and male gorilla. During the tally, zookeepers with cameras and clipboards scour enclosures and tanks for information that is shared with zoos around the world. “As a part of the school’s licensing requirement we have to do the annual stocktake,” says Mark Habben, the zoological manager of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). “It is also a brilliant opportunity to share information with other zoos.” The animals zookeepers have to count include meerkats, lemurs, llamas and jellyfish, Habben said. The last [annual inventory, taken at the beginning of 2015](https://www.zsl.org/about-us/animal-inventory "undefined"), counted over 17,000 animals and 756 species. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4169656/see-animals-counted-london-zoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4169656/see-animals-counted-london-zoo/"},"headline":"See Animals Line Up to Be Counted at the London Zoo","datePublished":"2016-01-06T18:07:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:23.711Z","description":"Last year saw the birth of a Western-lowland gorilla and baby lemur","url":"https://time.com/4169656/see-animals-counted-london-zoo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","london"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ec42ec5b83e67d6/698877da2dce0102cb9e736e/london-zoo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ec42ec5b83e67d6/698877da2dce0102cb9e736e/london-zoo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-OFFBEAT-ANIMALS","caption":"BRITAIN-OFFBEAT-ANIMALS","creditText":"Ben Stanstall—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4169656/see-animals-counted-london-zoo/","name":"See Animals Line Up to Be Counted at the London Zoo"}}]}] ```