london zoo

Just came across this and thought I'd post it here before I forgot. A new book about the founding of London Zoo, due for publication in November this year "The Zoo: The Wild and Wonderful Tale of the Founding of London Zoo"...

Looking at the photo of Chi Chi in the gallery, got me to wondering, what other gems were kept in this part of the gardens. Was there wild dogs as well as deer kept there too?

Three Sumatran tiger cubs were born to five-year-old tigress Melati on February 3 after a 106-day pregnancy. Fingers crossed for a better outcome. Video: Rare tiger cubs born in London Zoo - Telegraph

Hi there, I'm interested in old zoo maps of whipsnade, London zoo and Woburn Safari park from 1970s onwards. Also! Interested generally in what the collections held from the 70s onwards also. If anyone has any ideas or old maps to scan that would be fab and much appreciated :)

I was at the zoo yesterday and thinking just what a great waste of space the Lubetkin pool is. My brother, who doesn't visit very often, asked why the zoo didn't net it over and perhaps use it as an aviary. I can't really see why they couldn't do this. I know that it has a tendency to fill...

The aquarium at London zoo has sent out an appeal to fish keepers around the world. The zoo currently holds 2 males of the critically endangered Mangaraharan cichlid from Madagascar, so far only another male at the aquarium at Zoo Berlin has been found. Anyone with information about the...

Westminster City Council received, on 4th September 2012, an application for Permission to Provide Temporary Catering Facilities on one of the lawns at London Zoo. This is for the duration (approx. 9 months) while the proposed works to the existing restaurant facility is undertaken (covered...

If you can tolerate the presenter, the linked footage shows a brand-new Cotton Terraces, and Casson Pavilion. Interesting shots of various species inside the bird and monkey houses. Its strange how even film from the past makes enclosures look bigger than they are today. I had always just put it...

hello all:) could some people give em some infomation about zoo's that have kept sumartran rhino's in the past, where was there enclosure and when were they kept. I am particuarly intrested about rhino's in London Zoo, Port Lypne, Copenhagen Zoo, San Diego Zoo, L.A Zoo and Bronx Zoo. But i am...

Would anyone here have any info or pics, regarding the small nocturnal house that was situated for many years in the old childrens zoo. I know from guidebooks that they held the aardvarks here for many years and bred them too (were any of the births successful?). Along with galagos, lorises...

(Sorry if this is duplicate post) Rest in peace, sweetie. :( http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13395331

Aquarists at London zoo are caring for 800 juvenile giant clams, received from a customs seizure at Heathrow airport, London. The zoos aquarium will hold on to some and are now looking for suitable homes for rest. Calamity of the clams - aquarium takes on a giant delivery - News - ZSL London...

I know London Zoo has a breeding pair, Lucifer and Abi and they had cubs a while ago. I recently saw a video on youtube that showed those cubs I guess older and still with their mother and I guess their father is still with them The male cub seems ro be growing a mane. Anyone knows when...

New series 3 part Series called "The Zoo" will be broadcast on Tuesday 9th November @ 8pm on ITV1. Duration 1 hour. An insight into the daily life for the staff and animals at London Zoo in Regent's Park and its country home at Whipsnade. Across the two sites, 800 keepers look after more...

heres a 2 minute video of the rainforest at london zoo let me know if the link works

hi all im off to london zoo next week hopefully, and would be happy to look out off,ask about or take photos of anything. let me know if you have any requests :)

Every Friday in August, ZSL London Zoo will be opening its doors after hours. Zoo Lates - What's on - ZSL London Zoo - ZSL I bought three guest (£14.20 online in advance thus obtained a 20% discount off the £16 admission price) to last Friday’s first Zoo Lates for the season and here is my...

I never saw the bears on the mappin terraces. They had just left when I first went up onto the structure in 1985. Seeing a recent photo of two sloth bears fighting in the left-hand side enclosure in 1982 ingnited my interest in what was actually kept on the terraces in the last few years...

The Western LowLand Gorilla Mujukuu is pregnant and is expecting her baby September/October 2010. London Zoo has had a choice of around a dozen male to replaced Yeboah (who died of diabetes and a virus). I estimate that this new Gorilla will be in the zoo's quarantine around January for 3...

Malcolm Whitehead, Head of Discovery and Learning at ZSL London Zoo suddenly resigned last week. Malcolm Whitehead | ISOTOPE It is not know why exactly he resigned but a possibility is a major conflict with the Directors above. When Ken Livingstone (former Vice-President of ZSL) was Mayor...