Hi @neilgilmour,
Thanks for your reply. My only concern was that my table contains 150 rows, so not using the external database would mean entering all 150 entries into WordPress. But you recommend doing this since it should be less complicated and easier in the long run correct?
Instead you’d create a Plugin that registers a custom Post Type, and have your animals added that way.
Any further advice on how to do this, or somewhere I can look? Thanks.