It’s not too late to create something wonderful for Bristol. Let’s campaign to keep Bristol Zoo Gardens for current and future generations to enjoy.
At today’s date, 11th May, 10,183 people have signed the petition against the Zoo Gardens being turned into a luxury housing estate. Help us get to 15,000 to really demonstrate the pubic outcry at the recent Council decision to grant planning permission. Please sign today!
Bristol Zoological Gardens are hallowed ground in this city. The Zoological Society that owns and runs the Zoo has closed the site to the public as part of a plan to sell it off to the highest bidder and develop the site for luxury housing.
Our campaign questions this strategy, based on evidence from animal experts, zoo employees, academics and the zoo’s own statements and financial records. It calls for the Zoo’s development scheme to be rejected, to allow time for a plan that keeps the site as a treasured place for the people of Bristol, whether as a reimagined zoo or something else, inspiring and wonderful.
Please explore the site and take action by supporting the petition, reading the report and objecting to the current planning application, and save Bristol Zoo Gardens from becoming an exclusive housing estate.
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Bristol Zoo Gardens’ transformation into an exclusive housing is not a foregone conclusion; there is still time to act to keep this space open to the public. Find out what you can do today.
It’s not too late: act now
“Bristol Zoo will hold fond memories for so many. I remember visiting as a child, and I have taken my own children there - enjoying their wonder at seeing some of the incredible animals that we share this planet with. But it’s time to reimagine what a zoo could be.”
Professor Alice Roberts FRSB is an English biological anthropologist, biologist, television presenter and author with strong connections with the city and University of Bristol.
Alice Roberts says…
The vision
Bristol Zoo Gardens could become many things for the benefit of millions, rather than exclusive housing for the fortunate few. Explore some alternative ideas, from a 21st-century, virtual-reality assisted zoo to a city farm or cultural and growing space.
