A photograph dated to 11 June 2006 of the Bactrian Camel, during the period where they replaced the Elephants at the Casson Pavillion (aka the Cassons).
Found this on my old Windows XP hard drive after I finally got it out of the PC. Taken on a PENTAX Optio S6, originally 2816 x 2112 resolution.
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I received an email from Whipsnade Zoo yesterday. Apparently ZSL have released some limited edition heritage prints from their archive. Just in case anyone is interested in taking a look:
Discover ZSL Heritage Prints | ZSL Shop
If anyone is interested, and as far as I am aware, P. Chalmers Mitchell's Centenary History of the Zoological Society of London (1929) has been made publicly available online for the first time, which has been an enormous boon for my personal research (saves me about 2 hours of commuting to my...
Hello all, as a ZSL history lover, I have been collecting ZSL animal inventories for a couple of years now. I have cataloged the inventories for the past 5 years however I am missing the 2016 and 2017 editions. With the recent uploading of all the annual reports from ZSL I now also have...
Hey all, I just found out that the Zoological Society of London has digitized what looks to be all of their annual reports from the beginning of the Garden's existence in 1829 till 2021. Looks like most if not all were uploaded on Jan 4, 2024. They include tons of information related to Zoo...
This is an exhibit-by-exhibit walkthrough account of ZSL London Zoo, my home zoo. It will not be in as much detail as, say, my Burgers' review, as this is a collection with which I am extremely familiar and I will not need to waste time on first impressions. It will also be arranged by exhibits...
ZSL have created a series of online lectures that some zoochatters might find interesting, I'll share them below.
Enjoy ;)
Reptile conservation:
Habitat loss and how this impacts human health:
The future of rewilding: