* Amazing and endangered animals from around the world, hand-picked to match Bristol Zoo’s size & scale
* Fabulous Gardens
Save Bristol Zoo Gardens has developed a plan with industry experts and ex-Bristol Zoo staff for a NEW and REIMAGINED Bristol Zoo Gardens. Click here to find out more.
A NEW BRISTOL ZOO GARDENS CAN REOPEN!
Bristol Zoo Gardens Did Not Need to Close
There is no objective truth, nor ever was there, that Bristol Zoo Gardens needed to close its doors to the public after being open for 186 years, surviving two World Wars and welcoming over 90 million visitors in its remarkable history as the world’s 5th oldest Zoo. UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP, BRISTOL ZOO CAN REOPEN!
Bristol Zoo Gardens was already an internationally recognised conservation zoo with excellent animal welfare standards.
Over 99% of Bristol Zoo Garden's animals moved to other zoos, NOT Bristol Zoo Project (formerly the Wild Place Project).
Bristol Zoological Society's finances were healthy before the closure was announced in 2020. In its 2019 published accounts, the Society declared an "increase in profitability of £2.5m."
Bristol Zoological Society's plans for its luxury housing development at Bristol Zoo Gardens include chopping down 150 beautiful trees.
Bristol Zoo Gardens was consistently ranked among the Top 10 most visited and best zoos in the UK each year up until its closure, attracting over half a million visitors every year.
Between 2018 and 2021, Bristol Zoological Society's spending on governance rose 864%.
Despite repeatedly publicly stating that Bristol Zoo Project (formerly the Wild Place) is 136-acres in size, since 2019 - almost two years before announcing the closure of Bristol Zoo Gardens - according to publicly available documents, Bristol Zoological Society has been planning to sell 41 acres of its Cribbs Causeway site for a housing development.