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Zoos with elephants... in the past... now... and in the future

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by Douanita, 14 Oct 2010.

  1. Douanita

    Douanita Well-Known Member

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    Belfast
    Blackpool Tower
    Blackpool Zoo
    Blair Drummond
    Bristol
    Bristol, Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
    Chessington
    Chester
    Cleethorpes
    Colchester
    Colwyn Bay
    Coventry
    Cricket St. Thomas
    Dudley
    Edinburgh
    Exeter Change Royal Menagerie
    Flamingoland
    Glasgow
    Glasgow, The Scottish Zoo & Variety Circus
    Glasgow, Wombwells Menagerie No.1
    Grimsby
    Howletts
    Sherwood
    Knowsley
    Lambton
    Liverpool, Founded by Thomas Atkins
    Liverpool, Founded by Mr. H.E. Rogers
    London
    London, Crystal Palace
    London, Tower Menagerie
    Longleat
    Maidstone
    Manchester
    Southport
    Oxford
    Paignton
    Plymouth
    Port Lympne
    Sandringham
    Southampton
    Twycross
    Warwick Castle
    Wellingborough
    West Midland
    Whipsnade
    Windsor
    Woburn

    Is there somebody with corrections to this UK list?
     
  2. Johnny Morris.

    Johnny Morris. Well-Known Member

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    There's a picture in the gallery of an old Elephant house in the Welsh hawking centre in Barry, formerly Barry Zoo, so i'm assuming they may have had Elephants.
     
  3. robmv

    robmv Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    After many years of searching, I have managed to find information about elephants at the following collections:

    Aberdeen Zoological Gardens*
    Belfast Zoological Gardens
    Bideford Zoo
    Aston Lower Grounds Menagerie, Birmingham (1880s)
    Birmingham & Midlands Zoological Gardens (1873-?)
    Birmingham Zoo
    Blackpool Tower Menagerie
    Blackpool Zoo Park
    Blair Drummond Safari & Leisure Park
    Bristol Zoo Gardens
    British Empire Exhibition, London (1924)
    Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
    Butlins Holiday Camp, Ayr
    Butlins Holiday Camp, Filey
    Butlins Holiday Camp, Pwllheli
    Butlins Holiday Camp, Skegness
    Cardiff Zoo, Barry
    Causeway Safari Park
    Cheltenham Zoological Gardens*
    Chessington World of Adventures
    Chester Zoo
    Cleethorpes Marineland and Zoo
    Colchester Zoo
    Coventry Zoo Park
    Cricket St. Thomas Wildlife Park
    Cromer Zoo
    Crystal Palace Children's Zoo, London
    Curraghs Wildlife Park
    Drayton Manor Park & Zoo
    Dublin Zoo
    Dudley Zoo
    Edinburgh Zoological Gardens (1839-1857)
    Edinburgh Marine Gardens and Zoological Park (1909-ca.1913)
    Edinburgh Zoo
    Flamingo Land, Kirby Misperton
    Glasgow Zoopark
    Craigend Castle Zoo
    The Scottish Zoo and Variety Circus, Glasgow
    Grimsby Zoological Gardens
    Guernsey Zoo
    Halifax Zoo and Amusement Park
    Heathfield Wildlife Park
    Howletts Wild Animal Park
    Hull Zoological Gardens
    Knaresborough Zoo
    Knowsley Safari Park
    Lambton Lion Park
    Lilleshall Hall
    Liverpool Zoological Gardens (1832-1863)
    William Cross' Zoological Gardens, Liverpool (1880s)
    Liverpool Zoological Park (1932-1938)
    Llannerch Zoo Park
    The Royal Menagerie, Chiswick
    The Exeter 'Change, London
    The Tower Menagerie, London
    London Zoo
    Longleat Safari Park
    Maidstone Zoo Park
    Belle Vue Zoo Park, Manchester
    Manchester Zoological Gardens (1938-1942)
    Margate Zoological Gardens (1874-ca.1935)
    Dreamland Safari Zoo, Margate (1969-1979)
    New Brighton Tower Menagerie (1900-?)
    Wilkie's Zoo, New Brighton (1950s)
    Oldham Zoological Gardens
    Oxford Zoological Gardens
    Paignton Zoological & Botanical Gardens
    Plymouth Zoo
    Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
    Preston Zoological Gardens
    Rosherville Gardens
    Isle of Wight Zoo, Sandown
    Scarborough Zoo and Marineland
    Sherwood Zoo, Hucknall
    Skegness Zoological Gardens
    Southampton Zoo
    Southend Zoo
    Southport Zoo
    Southport Zoological Gardens (ca.1906-?)
    Southport Winter Gardens (ca.1910-ca.1913)
    Stanley Zoo
    Surrey Zoological Gardens
    Thorney Wildlife Park
    Twycross Zoo
    Wellingborough Zoopark
    The Welsh Mountain Zoo
    West Midland Safari & Leisure Park
    Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
    Windsor Safari Park
    Woburn Safari Park

    * the animal(s) may never have arrived
     
  4. Douanita

    Douanita Well-Known Member

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    Wow, that's a very big list. :eek:
    Will update my list and get back for more information later on!!!
     
  5. asv072013

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    Hi there was an Elephant shown arriving at Bideford Zoo ... Although the Zoo was officially listed as closed in early 1970 I have seen reports that the Zoo changed hands and continued to run until 1972 .... but has anyone any idea who ran the zoo until then ?
     
  6. robmv

    robmv Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    This "baby elephant" was mentioned in the Nov/Dec 1972 issue of the National Zoological Society's newsletter. I'd love to know when Bideford actually closed.
     
  7. asv072013

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    My aim is to try and find out what happened here... I have a few lines of enquiry going on and one day I will make a breakthrough.... sounds like a detective sleuth.... I know there is an archive held in Bideford Library and when I am next off from work on a weekday I am going to take a trip up there to see what is in the archive....My only other port of call is the local Bideford archive newspapers and as I am less than an hour away from Bideford that is another trek I need to make... after all what better way to pass a day or two than to read old newspapers one after another.... I mean how hard can it be ...lol