It goes without saying that by far the finest zoological library in the UK, if not the world, is the one belonging to the Zoological Society of London, in which I've spent many a happy hour. In my opinion it should be compulsory for each zoo, no matter how small the collection, to have a well-maintained library, and probably many of the larger British ones do (I know Chester, Paignton, Twycross, and Bristol have a library, but I'm not sure about the others). Do Dudley, Edinburgh, Colchester, or Welsh Mountain Zoos have libraries? In particular I'm interested to know which of the smaller, and in many cases privately owned, collections have a library.
