Wild Planet Trust

Wild Planet Trust also owns runs several local nature reserves in Devon, including Slapton Ley.

[citation needed] Wild Planet Trust is governed by a Board of twelve trustees made up of a selection of professionals with skills and experience in science, commerce, the law and other relevant fields.

Herbert was born into a family of considerable means; his father, Edward Whitley, was the owner of a brewery empire and also the MP for Liverpool.

Herbert and his older brother William were well known locally as breeders of prizewinning livestock[citation needed], although it was in 1910, with the arrival of his first monkeys, that the seeds were sown for what was to become Paignton Zoo.

Herbert also recognised the valuable role that zoos could play in education; in 1923, the Torbay Zoological Gardens opened its gates to the public.