Evolving From Crowd-Pleasing to Conservation
Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › January 31, 2011
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Summary
BRISTOL Zoo's official name, Bristol Zoological Gardens, was in recognition of the title used by Regent's Park, a zoo which had opened a few years earlier - in 1828, in fact.
Bristol Zoo is, in fact, the fifth oldest zoo in the world - and the oldest one not in a capital city.See the full content of this document
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Evolving From Crowd-Pleasing to Conservation
Originally planned for a sloping site on the Bath Road - later utilised by Arnos Vale cemetery - the shareholders living in Clifton, who got their way, wanted it nearby.
Some of the descendants of the 200 original subscribers still benefit ...See the full content of this document
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