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  1. MrFabchild

    MrFabchild New Member

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    LONDON ZOO EARLY 1990'S Cine film - SEAL FEEDING TIME PARROT ELEPHANTS RHINO'S ANIMALS.

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  2. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    After London Zoo was saved from closure in 1992, ZSL planned for the future. I have a leaflet detailing the plans.

    The Parrot House would become 'The World of Invertebrates' to include Partula snails, wart-biter crickets, Mexican red-kneed spiders and other endangered invertebrates.
    The Lion Terraces would become 'The Carnivore Conservation Centre' for rarest felids, such as Sumatran tigers, Asiatic lions and African hunting dogs.
    The Stork and Ostrich House and Casson's would become 'The Forest Conservation Centre', including spectacled bears, forest birds and insects and an extended elephant paddock.
    The Insect House would be replaced by an IMAX cinema
    There would also be new aviaries on the North Bank near the Snowdon Aviary
    The Aquarium would be completely renovated and improved
    The Sobell Pavilion would become 'The Primate Conservation Centre' including golden lion tamarins and Sulawesi crested macaques.
    The Children's Zoo would be replaced by 'The New Children's Centre and Zoo' including The Animal Activity Hall, Adventure Play Area and Trail, Pet-care Centre and Children's Zoo'.
    The map doesn't show 'The Madagascar Area', which would focus on the conservation of Madagascan fauna, including lemurs, but I resemble this was due to be included in the area occupied by the Clore Pavilion.
     
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  3. StoppableSan

    StoppableSan Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Where would you plan to upload this? I'm curious to see how and where they would have extended the elephant paddock had they followed through with those plans.
     
  4. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Thanks, StoppableSam. I'll try and upload it, although the leaflet is A2 and the text is quite faint. The proposal was to have an extended Elephant Paddockon the side of the Cassons and keep black rhinos on the right side.
     
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    Panthera1981 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    If I recall, this also included accommodation to house a breeding Bull elephant.

    The plans also mention renovations to the Mappins to house gorilla.
     
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    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I think that was after yet another revamp idea for the area- it was going to be a Chinese display with Giant Pandas. I remember at the time this later plan was billed as going to be 'Europe's biggest gorilla breeding centre'. It was only publicity for something that never happened, of course, but considering the reality of London's gorilla-keeping history and the current status of their group, it seems rather wide of the mark.
     
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