Isn't 1967 around the time when Colchester Zoo got Chimpanzees? As it may of been counted small back then...
A small zoo in my opinion is less than 20 acres, The zoo I'm thinking of doesn't have elephants but does still have a chimp. Geographically, Chlidonias is the closest
Drayton Manor?
Yes it is Pipaluk, your turn now
Ok, which current UK zoo currently holds no meerkats, but formerly held Asiatic Black Bear?
I think that this zoo have more than 20 acres.
Sewerby Zoo? It fits the clue, although I do doubt it is correct...
The zoo is 15 acres
Ok, which current small UK zoo currently holds no meerkats, but formerly held Asiatic Black Bear?
Well I could answer that for Magpie: No(Denver is 80 acres)
It depends on how you define a "small zoo" but I think that the answer is Linton Zoo.