In late 2020, we announced our plans to safeguard the future of our 185-year-old charity, by relocating Bristol Zoo to the Wild Place Project site. This decision followed an extensive process to explore a number of options as well as taking…
Month: July 2021
Exciting plans for a new Bristol Zoo take another step forward
Plans for a world-leading zoo for the south west have taken another step forward as Bristol Zoological Society reveals the team of consultants appointed to create its new vision. The Society will develop a new world-class Bristol Zoo at its Wild…
Chief Executive looks to the past and the future of Bristol Zoo
It was 185 years ago on July 11, 1836, that Bristol Zoo Gardens welcomed its first visitors. Founded by Henry Riley, a local physician, it was designed to facilitate ‘the observation of habits, form, and structure of the animal kingdom,…