The Zoological Society of Glasgow was founded on 14th December 1936 by Edward Hindle, who was a professor of zoology at the University of Glasgow. Its name was later changed to the Zoological Society of Glasgow and West of Scotland.
The Zoo Zürich is a zoo located in Zürich, Switzerland. Opened in 1929, it is the third oldest zoo in Switzerland
The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighbourhood of Jerusalem. The zoo was founded by Aharon Shulov, a professor of zoology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus. Among Shulov's goals were to provide a research facility for his students; to gather animals, reptiles and birds mentioned in the Bible; and, as he wrote in 1951, to break down the 'invisible wall' between the intellectuals on Mount Scopus and the general public
Belle Vue Zoo was a zoo in Manchester between 1836-1977. It was opened by John Jennison, who was a part time gardener and kept a small aviary at home – which formed the beginnings of the Zoo – the first privately financed in England
Dierenpark Wassenaar is a former zoo located in the Netherlands which was closed down due to lack of funds. The zoo was founded in 1937 by the wealthy car importer Piet Louwman, and continued by Jan Louwman. Piet Louwman also had a collection of tropical birds in his home in Wassenaar. In the early years, the park's population consisted mainly of birds, elephants and tigers, but was soon expanded to include a large collection of great apes, including chimpanzees and orangutans. The zoo was also able to take over animals from The Hague Zoo which was closed in 1943
Brookfield Zoo Chicago, is a zoo located in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield, Illinois. In 1919, Edith Rockefeller McCormick donated land she had received from her father as a wedding gift to the Cook County Forest Preserve District for the development as a zoological garden. The district added 98 acres to that plot and in 1921, the Chicago Zoological Society was established.
It quickly gained international recognition for using moats and ditches instead of cages to separate animals from visitors and from other animals. The zoo was also the first in America to exhibit giant pandas. In 1960, Brookfield Zoo Chicago built the nation's first fully indoor dolphin exhibit, and in the 1980s the zoo introduced Tropic World, the first fully indoor rainforest simulation and the then-largest indoor zoo exhibit in the world
Ragunan Zoo is a zoo located in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Indonesia. The zoo has an area of 140 hectare (250 acre). The zoo has an aviary and a primate centre. It is the oldest zoo in Indonesia.
Jersey Zoo, formerly Durrell Wildlife Park, is a zoological park on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It is operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Since 1964, the zoo has been home to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (formerly the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust)
Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is an international scientific, conservation and educational charity whose mission is to promote and achieve the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It runs the Institute of Zoology, conservation projects in more than 50 countries, and two Zoos, ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
The National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka is a zoological garden in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, founded in 1936. What is known today as the National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka was founded by John Hagenbeck in the late 1920s. During John Hagenbeck's ownership of the zoos the facility was used as a collection centre by his colleague Heinz Randow who collected numerous native and exotic species from across Asia, for Hagenbeck's zoo; Tierpark Hagenbeck