I never saw the bears on the mappin terraces. They had just left when I first went up onto the structure in 1985. Seeing a recent photo of two...
Does anyone know when this was? I find it strange that this wonderful species has been maintained in the UK for so long with so little...
Is anyone able to contradict or add to the information below? Have only Howletts and Belfast been successful with this species in recent...
Inspired by the way in which Dartmoor and Dudley zoos are progressing, I wanted to start off a thread for contributors to list 10 changes your...
Has anyone visited this place yet?: Untitled Document I never heard anything else about it after the planning stages until I stumbled on...
Dudley Tecton Carnivore Pits - History of Occupation I wanted to start this thread as there are many interesting comments and photos around the...
If anyone can add to or contradict the following timeline of asian elephants which lived at Cricket St Thomas please do. I am especially...
Has this place closed down? Their website is down and I know they were stuggling financially... I don't know much about this place, but how...
As well as the recent birth at Edinburgh, ISIS is now showing Malayan tapir calves born recently at both London and Twycross zoos. This would...
We had an afternoon to kill and so headed up to see the collection at Golder's Hill Park, near Hampstead. I was expecting to see blackbuck,...
I noticed the following statement on the ALTA website....does anyone know what the 'rogue founder No. 2' means? Does it mean that the captive...
I briefly worked with penguins a long time ago, and back then it seemed easier for collections to acquire pretty much whatever they wanted. I...
Having not visited a safari park since Windsor just before it closed, I was wondering what people's experiences were of seeing carnivores pacing...
I just read that the Isle of Wight zoo are looking after two Vietnamese 'white-faced' gibbons for paradise wildlife park. They look like crested...
A Chinese leopard has recently arrived in the UK BBC NEWS | England | Kent | New surroundings for rare leopard This collection is not open to...
Mitochondrial DNA sequencing has shown two skulls in the moat at the tower of London belong to pure Barbary lions. I wonder if these will be...
I wondered if anybody knows about the history of this species at ZSL? I first saw the collection in the early 1980's, I think at the time they had...
I thought it would be interesting to share what little knowledge I have of some of the small mammal species barely seen in public in the UK, which...
Do members know how many of this species are left in the UK? Are all in flight displays or are any housed in breeding situations? A private...
(Once again, if this has been done then stop me :)) What are your 'must-see' priorities for UK collections this year, in terms of new exhibits,...
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