My father worked for the architects and designers DRU at the time and I got taken to the zoo and behind the scenes off the back of his...
I'm so glad I posted that link! I have really enjoyed all the responses and it has certainly generated some lively discussion... I do think zoos...
This long piece by Damian Aspinall appeared on 14 August: Zoos are outdated and cruel – it’s time to make them a thing of the past – I thought it...
No one has mentioned how zoos staff extra opening hours. London Zoo currently has five walkthroughs which must be constantly attended either by...
Yes, Ellish was euthanised last Friday evening, the 19th, as she took a turn for the worst. The two new otters, hopefully a breeding pair, have...
London Zoo used to cater for guide dogs to be held in kennels near the entrance while the owner visited the zoo, but not any longer. However, they...
And by the way, half the squirrel monkey enclosure isn't closed off, it's just that the entrance near the Blackburn has been closed for some time...
Yup, squirrel monkeys very active yesterday, no problems there; and the lemur walkthrough is up to strength in numbers again as new youngsters...
Okay, well that's good and I'm looking forward to it, as I dare say volunteers will be involved! It's just hard to imagine as squirrel monkeys...
Going back to the Snowdon (which is now closed to visitors, incidentally) – does anyone know if there is a colobus monkey walkthrough in any other...
Bear in mind that the roof of the aquarium forms the structure of the Mappin terraces and I believe is structurally unsafe, not to mention full of...
There are 14 Rodriguez bats in the rainforest now – 7 each male and female – the inventory records a total of 24 so I don't know where the others...
A new male southern tamandua ("Toby") has been introduced to the rainforest, to be a companion to Ria, the existing female.
I visited Edinburgh for the first time on Wednesday and had a lovely day – we spent six hours there and still didn't (quite) see everything. The...
Seven female Rodrigues fruit bats have been installed in the Rainforest. Yesterday they were hanging in a bunch in a top corner, but they may well...
I'm very doubtful about ravens in Regent's Park – their croaky bark is so distinctive and I've never heard it in London. Rooks (with trousers)...
As far as I know, the original gibbons, Jimmy and Yoda, will be brought back.
Pipaluk, the corridor round the tree kangaroo leads into the education area which doesn't have a door. It would be very distracting to have...
Yes, today all were closed: the Blackburn, the African aviary, the one at the gorilla entrance; the parrots are offshow... I assume the Snowdon...
Bad news about the carpark and hedgehog colony here: HS2 to build on hedgehogs’ key habitat
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