About The Aspinall Foundation

The Aspinall Foundation's founder, John Aspinall, dreamed of reintroducing gorillas bred at Howletts and Port Lympne back to the wild almost as soon as he started collecting and breeding them in the early 1970s.

Today, this dream is being carried forward by his son, and current chairman of The Aspinall Foundation, Damian Aspinall. They believe that the reintroduction of animals into their natural habitats can help conserve wildlife and their environment.

Over the past few years alone, The Aspinall Foundation have bred, nurtured and released hundreds of animals from our UK partner parks back to the wild where they belong. From our partner parks in Kent and other collections in Europe plus working in situ in Congo, Gabon and Java we have released 4 cheetah 8 black rhino, hundreds of primates, 11 European bison and over 70 western lowland gorillas back to the wild.