IZES - Zoo Grapevine Magazine

The magazine seems amazing and I‘d love to subscribe (especially being in the UK) but I’m struggling to see how that works? The website doesn’t seem to exist and the email I sent to the sales email address didn’t arrive according to Gmail. Is there any other route to try?
 
Joker22Hero said:
The magazine seems amazing and I‘d love to subscribe (especially being in the UK) but I’m struggling to see how that works? The website doesn’t seem to exist...
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The website is down currently, but you can still subscribe!
Please email the society's chairman, Tim Brown, at raresoulvinyl@btconnect.com
He can arrange a subscription to the magazine.
A new issue will be coming out in May.
 
The latest issue of Zoo Grapevine & International Zoo News (Issue 74, Spring 2025) has been published and it contains 46 glossy, full-colour pages and includes the following:

- 4 pages of 'Zoo News' from around the world
- 8 page review of Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo & Aquarium and Chiang Mai Night Safari (separate facilities)
- 4 pages on Cologne Zoo's Aquarium/Terrarium (an overview of 2024)
- 7 pages on 3 zoos found in Tenerife (Loro Parque, Jungle Park, Monkey Park)
- 4 pages on Vultures in European Zoos
- 3 pages on Dik-diks
- 5 pages on Zoos in Film: Part One (which mentions 19 zoos)
- 4 pages on the history of Drayton Manor Resort
 
MikeG said:
The website is down currently, but you can still subscribe!
Please email the society's chairman, Tim Brown, at raresoulvinyl@btconnect.com
He can arrange a subscription to the magazine.
A new issue will be coming out in May.
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Hey, I'm not getting any replies on this email. Is there anyone else who can help me set up a subscription please?
 
Apologies but the problem(apart from the current one with the payment portal on the website) has been that your email inevitably bounces back. I was going to write to you but here you are. Thanks for your patience and persistence. Just send £29 for an annual subscription to sales@izes.co.uk or send c/c details over two emails (as a security measure) and I will pick it up. The Summer edition will be out in August,we sent you Spring previously so you havent missed anything..
 
Tim Brown said:
Apologies but the problem(apart from the current one with the payment portal on the website) has been that your email inevitably bounces back. I was going to write to you but here you are. Thanks for your patience and persistence. Just send £29 for an annual subscription to sales@izes.co.uk or send c/c details over two emails (as a security measure) and I will pick it up. The Summer edition will be out in August,we sent you Spring previously so you havent missed anything..
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Hi Tim,

I need to do this too - can I pay over Paypal with that email address?

Thanks!
 
I didn't renewed my subscription because of the payment problems but still got an new message from Belgian Customs to pay custom duties.

So apparently a new magazine has been sent. I thought these problems with the Belgian Customs were resolved? The special note 'gift' is apparently no longer mentioned on the package? So that caused the same problems as before.
 
Philipine eagle said:
I didn't renewed my subscription because of the payment problems but still got an new message from Belgian Customs to pay custom duties.

So apparently a new magazine has been sent. I thought these problems with the Belgian Customs were resolved? The special note 'gift' is apparently no longer mentioned on the package? So that caused the same problems as before.
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Just a basic question, from a curious onlooker.
How can it be classed as a gift, if you have paid for a subscription?
If you have paid for something, then it must be a purchase?
Surely this is the the case in Belgium too?
 
ZooNews2024 said:
Just a basic question, from a curious onlooker.
How can it be classed as a gift, if you have paid for a subscription?
If you have paid for something, then it must be a purchase?
Surely this is the the case in Belgium too?
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I believe the way that @Tim Brown has explained the matter in the past is that officially his view is that the payment is for membership of the IZES, and the magazine is merely a free perk of membership - akin to how if one is a member of the RSPB you get a copy of the membership magazine every few months along with other benefits, but you aren't purchasing the magazine per se.

However, as noted by @Philipine eagle and others in the past, the Belgian authorities have started to take a rather erratic (but expensive for those who fall foul) stance on the matter.
 
ZooNews2024 said:
Just a basic question, from a curious onlooker.
How can it be classed as a gift, if you have paid for a subscription?
If you have paid for something, then it must be a purchase?
Surely this is the the case in Belgium too?
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36 or something euros for a subscription of 4 issues and then 20-26 euros for each issues on custom duties. That's the ridiculous way Belgian Customs interpretate European legislation.
If it's a 'gift' no customs duties have to be paid.
And even more ridiculous: there are Belgian subscribers who don't have to pay anything. So it depends entirely on the official in question.

To be sure to be clear: None of this is the fault of IZES.
 
Sorry for the delay in response..Ive been abroad looking at zoos (as ever). Managed to clock up #971 (Panthera Park in Slovakia - not very uplifting). But less of that. The problems with the EU and customs is very annoying...yes,we stupidly (in my opinion) voted to leave,but I feel that some of this is a form of revenge. We have had problems with at least half a dozen countries, but Belgium is by far the worst- whatever we have tried - a low cover price,sending as a gift etc etc some officials are determined to charge a ridiculously outrageous amount of duty ,whilst others let it go free gratis How would they feel if a Belgian fruit beer ended up at £20 or more for a small bottle? Apologies all round ,but as Philipine Eagle points out ,it really isnt our fault.
 
The latest issue of Zoo Grapevine & International Zoo News (Issue 75, Summer 2025) has been published and it contains 42 glossy, full-colour pages and includes the following:

- 3 pages of 'Zoo News' from around the world
- 5 page overview of Heart of Africa at Chester Zoo
- 7 pages on St. Louis Zoo
- 5 pages comparing Georgia Aquarium and Tennessee Aquarium
- 4 pages analyzing the history of Talapoin Monkeys in UK zoos
- 6 pages on Zoos in Films: Part Two (which mentions 18 movies)
- 2 pages on Kirk's Dik-diks in Europe
- 3 pages about Hemsley Conservation Centre
 
The latest issue of Zoo Grapevine & International Zoo News (Issue 76, Autumn 2025) has been published, and it contains 38 glossy, full-colour pages and includes the following:

- 3 pages of 'Zoo News' from around the world
- 4 pages on New York's newest zoo: The Gecko Gallery
- 6 pages on Lisbon Zoo
- 3 pages about London Zoo's new Reptile House
- 5 pages reviewing Kosice and Bojnice (two Slovakian zoos)
- 2 page review of Corfu Aquarium in Greece
- 3 book reviews
- 2 pages about Gerald Durrell and Volcano Rabbits
- 3 pages on Sumatran Rhinoceroses at London Zoo 1872-1910
 
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