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Zoos in the UK are legally required to be licensed by local authorities under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981, but many are also members of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. [ 1 ] List
Edinburgh Zoo was the first zoo in the world to house and breed penguins. It is the only zoo in Britain to house Queensland koalas and, until December 2023, giant pandas . The zoo is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), the World Association of Zoos and ...
Twycross Zoo has around 500 animals of almost 150 species, including many endangered species. Renowned as a specialist primate zoo, it is the only zoo in the UK to exhibit all four types of great ape: gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee and bonobo, the latter being the only bonobos in the country.
London Zoo, previously known as ZSL London Zoo or London Zoological Gardens and sometimes called Regent's Park Zoo, is the world's oldest scientific zoo. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It was opened in London on 27 April 1828, [ 9 ] and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study .
Dudley Zoo & Castle (previously Dudley Zoological Gardens) is a 40-acre (16 ha) zoo within a 200-acre densely-wooded site located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England.
Chester Zoo is a zoo in Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England.Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. [3] The zoo is one of the UK's largest zoos at 51 hectares (130 acres) [4] and the zoo has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares (400 acres).
Howletts Wild Animal Park (formerly known as Howletts Zoo) in the parish of Bekesbourne, [2] near Canterbury in Kent, was established as a private zoo in 1957 by John Aspinall. [1] In 1962, the House known as Howletts was being restored. A small cottage was inhabited by an employee. The animal collection was opened to the public in 1975. [1]
The zoo began with a tearoom that added poultry and livestock to its grounds in 2009. The zoo opened in 2011 as Eshottheugh Animal Park , adding exotic species like meerkats. [ 1 ] it changed its name to Northumberland County Zoo in 2015, before shortening it to its current name in 2018. [ 2 ]