Zoos with elephants... in the past... now... and in the future

Douanita

Douanita

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Belfast
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Zoo
Blair Drummond
Bristol
Bristol, Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
Chessington
Chester
Cleethorpes
Colchester
Colwyn Bay
Coventry
Cricket St. Thomas
Dudley
Edinburgh
Exeter Change Royal Menagerie
Flamingoland
Glasgow
Glasgow, The Scottish Zoo & Variety Circus
Glasgow, Wombwells Menagerie No.1
Grimsby
Howletts
Sherwood
Knowsley
Lambton
Liverpool, Founded by Thomas Atkins
Liverpool, Founded by Mr. H.E. Rogers
London
London, Crystal Palace
London, Tower Menagerie
Longleat
Maidstone
Manchester
Southport
Oxford
Paignton
Plymouth
Port Lympne
Sandringham
Southampton
Twycross
Warwick Castle
Wellingborough
West Midland
Whipsnade
Windsor
Woburn

Is there somebody with corrections to this UK list?
 
There's a picture in the gallery of an old Elephant house in the Welsh hawking centre in Barry, formerly Barry Zoo, so i'm assuming they may have had Elephants.
 
After many years of searching, I have managed to find information about elephants at the following collections:

Aberdeen Zoological Gardens*
Belfast Zoological Gardens
Bideford Zoo
Aston Lower Grounds Menagerie, Birmingham (1880s)
Birmingham & Midlands Zoological Gardens (1873-?)
Birmingham Zoo
Blackpool Tower Menagerie
Blackpool Zoo Park
Blair Drummond Safari & Leisure Park
Bristol Zoo Gardens
British Empire Exhibition, London (1924)
Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
Butlins Holiday Camp, Ayr
Butlins Holiday Camp, Filey
Butlins Holiday Camp, Pwllheli
Butlins Holiday Camp, Skegness
Cardiff Zoo, Barry
Causeway Safari Park
Cheltenham Zoological Gardens*
Chessington World of Adventures
Chester Zoo
Cleethorpes Marineland and Zoo
Colchester Zoo
Coventry Zoo Park
Cricket St. Thomas Wildlife Park
Cromer Zoo
Crystal Palace Children's Zoo, London
Curraghs Wildlife Park
Drayton Manor Park & Zoo
Dublin Zoo
Dudley Zoo
Edinburgh Zoological Gardens (1839-1857)
Edinburgh Marine Gardens and Zoological Park (1909-ca.1913)
Edinburgh Zoo
Flamingo Land, Kirby Misperton
Glasgow Zoopark
Craigend Castle Zoo
The Scottish Zoo and Variety Circus, Glasgow
Grimsby Zoological Gardens
Guernsey Zoo
Halifax Zoo and Amusement Park
Heathfield Wildlife Park
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Hull Zoological Gardens
Knaresborough Zoo
Knowsley Safari Park
Lambton Lion Park
Lilleshall Hall
Liverpool Zoological Gardens (1832-1863)
William Cross' Zoological Gardens, Liverpool (1880s)
Liverpool Zoological Park (1932-1938)
Llannerch Zoo Park
The Royal Menagerie, Chiswick
The Exeter 'Change, London
The Tower Menagerie, London
London Zoo
Longleat Safari Park
Maidstone Zoo Park
Belle Vue Zoo Park, Manchester
Manchester Zoological Gardens (1938-1942)
Margate Zoological Gardens (1874-ca.1935)
Dreamland Safari Zoo, Margate (1969-1979)
New Brighton Tower Menagerie (1900-?)
Wilkie's Zoo, New Brighton (1950s)
Oldham Zoological Gardens
Oxford Zoological Gardens
Paignton Zoological & Botanical Gardens
Plymouth Zoo
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Preston Zoological Gardens
Rosherville Gardens
Isle of Wight Zoo, Sandown
Scarborough Zoo and Marineland
Sherwood Zoo, Hucknall
Skegness Zoological Gardens
Southampton Zoo
Southend Zoo
Southport Zoo
Southport Zoological Gardens (ca.1906-?)
Southport Winter Gardens (ca.1910-ca.1913)
Stanley Zoo
Surrey Zoological Gardens
Thorney Wildlife Park
Twycross Zoo
Wellingborough Zoopark
The Welsh Mountain Zoo
West Midland Safari & Leisure Park
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
Windsor Safari Park
Woburn Safari Park

* the animal(s) may never have arrived
 
Wow, that's a very big list. :eek:
Will update my list and get back for more information later on!!!
 
Hi there was an Elephant shown arriving at Bideford Zoo ... Although the Zoo was officially listed as closed in early 1970 I have seen reports that the Zoo changed hands and continued to run until 1972 .... but has anyone any idea who ran the zoo until then ?
 
asv072013 said:
Hi there was an Elephant shown arriving at Bideford Zoo ... Although the Zoo was officially listed as closed in early 1970 I have seen reports that the Zoo changed hands and continued to run until 1972 .... but has anyone any idea who ran the zoo until then ?
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This "baby elephant" was mentioned in the Nov/Dec 1972 issue of the National Zoological Society's newsletter. I'd love to know when Bideford actually closed.
 
robmv said:
This "baby elephant" was mentioned in the Nov/Dec 1972 issue of the National Zoological Society's newsletter. I'd love to know when Bideford actually closed.
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My aim is to try and find out what happened here... I have a few lines of enquiry going on and one day I will make a breakthrough.... sounds like a detective sleuth.... I know there is an archive held in Bideford Library and when I am next off from work on a weekday I am going to take a trip up there to see what is in the archive....My only other port of call is the local Bideford archive newspapers and as I am less than an hour away from Bideford that is another trek I need to make... after all what better way to pass a day or two than to read old newspapers one after another.... I mean how hard can it be ...lol
 
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