Staff at London Zoo began the daunting task of counting around 14,000 animals on Wednesday, from giant tortoises and millipedes to penguins and tigers.The yearly stocktake is a requirement of the zoo's annual licence, and sees zookeepers count hundreds of species over the course of two days.These include Sumatran tigers, Asiatic lions, Galapagos giant tortoises, zebras, penguins and endangered Seychelles giant millipedes.

Staff at London Zoo began the daunting task of counting around 14,000 animals on Wednesday, from giant tortoises and millipedes to penguins and tigers.The yearly stocktake is a requirement of the zoo's annual licence, and sees zookeepers count hundreds of species over the course of two days.These include Sumatran tigers, Asiatic lions, Galapagos giant tortoises, zebras, penguins and endangered Seychelles giant millipedes.