I had several visits when growing up in the 80s and early 90s. It was the second nearest zoo to me after Paignton. I remember the elephants,...
Relatively complete, I think, though I am sure I am missing some French collections from family holidays when I was little. UK: ZSL London Zoo...
Well, there's this review from 1981 by Lord Fisher that could help, but I'm not sure. All I can say is let's hope one of the four zoo visited is...
Hello, please could I email you to request a photo/image of a news piece from Volume 26 Issue 6 - Edition 162 - September? Thank you!
toto ariived at circus hoffman about 1971 or 1973 so where records say she was at cirus for 1 year is wrong
1979: VOLUME 26 Seven issues, all represented within this thread. Volume 26 Issue 1 - Edition 157 - January/February 1979 - physical copy...
A couple of UK ones I can potentially think of that had different animals. I am not 100% sure so hopefully someone can clarify. Isn't Bristol's...
Does anyone know what happened to the two cows "Chikki" and "Milli" from Cricket-St-Thomas Wildlife Park???
Although I wouldn't always have described cricket st. thomas as a typical wildlife park, certainly the only one in recent decades to have...
they had elephants, wow how long ago was that?
Yes, but since the elephants left its reverted to being a rather 'sleepy' place, viz. it hardly ever gets a mention on this Forum. Beautiful...
I think that's right, the Taylor Family seemed to own the estate from the mid 1960s, and still appear to, but the House and Wildlife Park, which...
This is mentioned in Some Of Our Best Friends Are Animals: The Story Of A Wildlife Park (i.e. Cricket St. Thomas) by Peter Spence. It's...
Since Cricket St Thomas closed as a wildlife park, I think Paignton probably has the best site for a Zoo collection in the UK. Agree the Rhino...
Sorry, the name of the African elephant was Rosa, not Topaz, she had to be put to sleep about three years due to internal problems.
If anyone can add to or contradict the following timeline of asian elephants which lived at Cricket St Thomas please do. I am especially...
The elephant you are referring to is I am sure Toto, who was owned by Jeffrey Hoffman of Circus Hoffman up till 1989, she was then sold to Cricket...
Early 1990's- or earlier? The original family who owned the estate previously on a longterm basis (and started the wildlife park)- although not...
I saw the thread started by glyn for Australian so thought i would start one for the uk, mammal highlights i can think of this year are - Births...
The fact that she will have been packed off to Spain is in itself very stressful for the animal concerned, also it is not her fault that she had...
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