I know there has been some discussion on here about whether or not a live duck-billed platypus has ever been kept at London Zoo. But the subject...
Can anyone tell me - did Knaresborough zoo, Yorkshire, UK, ever produce a guide book ? I have never seen one so I am curious. They did produce...
As the new year starts -2016, I wondered exactly how many UK collections still produce a proper zoo guide book these days ? The typical zoo guide...
Can anyone tell me ; 1) when the FIRST pit was built ? 2) When did Dahlolhli Zoo FIRST start looking after the bears ? The zoo opened in...
Reported by the mirror newspaper on 25th July, an escaped "leopard" which is actually an African Serval Cat was seen in a garden in Molesey,...
On Channel 5 Sunday 20th July at 8pm was the shocking TV programme featuring the largely American trend of keeping pet primates as "substitute...
As the title says........does anyone know how many Babirusas are left in the UK, and at which zoos ?
Well for me there were two main zoos that featured strongly in my childhood, with great memories from both. They are London Zoo and Chessington...
Over the years zoos into the UK have obviously followed trends for certain species. For instance in the 1960 & 70`s mammals like as old world...
I will kick this off with my own thoughts on this. ID tagging is usually essential in zoos and a very useful tool. But there are various methods,...
There are generally not many weavers in zoos these days, I know of a few such as London Zoo`s Weaver aviary near the entrance, a handful at...
I will start this off by mentioning the ones I know of and maybe other zoochatters can add what they know ? ; Southport Zoo - now a...
In the 1960`s the landlord of the "Bear Inn" public house, Noak Hill Road, Noak Hill, Essex, kept a Himalayan Black Bear in a cage in the beer...
Can anyone tell me what happened to the Polar Bears "Bonnie & Clyde" that lived at Zagreb Zoo please? PM me if you like instead? Is their...
Can anyone tell me anything they know about Limburgse Zoo, Genk. Now obviously closed down but I would like to know about which animals/species...
Can anyone tell me if the Rare Species Conservation Centre still has their Pumas and has anyone any details about them? Equally does anyone know...
Advertised in yesterdays Cage & Aviary Birds Magazine ; Claythorpe Water Mill Wildfowl Gardens in Lincolnshire for sale £575,000. This three...
Can anyone confirm how many melanistic leopards there are left in U.K. collections? I know there is a pair at Drayton Manor and at least one...
This is a query for the older zoo-chatters out there. In the 1980s I visited a very small childrens zoo / Pets Corner located behind some trees by...
Newquay Zoo have just announced the arrival of two young Visayan Warty Pigs and a male Philippine Spotted Deer (Prince Alfreds Deer) from Poznan...
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