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The following is a list of zoos and aquariums in the United Kingdom. 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]
South Lakes Safari Zoo (formerly South Lakes Wild Animal Park) was a 51-acre (21 ha) zoo established in 1994 by David Gill, and located in Cumbria, England.Its name refers to its proximity to the Lake District, though it lies entirely within the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness on the outskirts of Dalton.
The park was the first safari park in the UK to have all five African big game animals, [1] although its leopards have since been moved to Scotland and the last remaining Cape buffalo left in 2022. It was also the first park or zoo in Europe to successfully breed white lion cubs and has made efforts to conserve the species.
South Lakes Safari Zoo, near Dalton, Cumbria, will shut on 31 December as its operator Cumbria Zoo Company Limited (CZCL) looks to focus on a site 40 miles (65km) away at Tebay.
Woburn Safari Park is also the only zoo in the UK to hold Vietnamese Sika Deer - a species extinct in the wild. Woburn has won BIAZA's (British Association of Zoo's and Aquariums) for animal welfare for its management of Californian Sea Lions (2008) and Rothschild's giraffe (2004) as well as winning the BIAZA award for Education and Marketing ...
Three cows have been moved from Howletts Wild Animal Park, followed soon after by a bull named Kruger from Knowsley Safari Park. Howletts is home to the UK's largest herd of African elephants. In 2022 Port Lympne became the only zoo in Europe to house 3 species of rhino including the Black Rhino, White Rhino and Indian Rhino.
A zoo branded the “worst in the UK” is set to close following years of allegations of animal welfare failings and dangerous workplace conditions.. South Lakes Safari Zoo in Cumbria will shut ...
Longleat Safari Park is the only place in England where you can see the creatures and the only place in Europe that houses southern koalas. [13] In 2022, Longleat welcomed the birth of a southern koala joey. [14] It is the first of its kind to be born in Europe. [15]