Chester Zoo
| Chester Zoo | ||
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| place | Upton-by-Chester , Cheshire, England | |
| surface | 51 hectares | |
| opening | 1931 | |
| Animal species | 500 | |
| Individuals | 35000 | |
| Visitor numbers | 1.69 million | |
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| http://www.chesterzoo.org/ | ||
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Coordinates: 53 ° 13 '36 " N , 2 ° 53' 3" W.
Chester Zoo is a zoo at Upton by Chester in Cheshire , England . It was founded in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. It is one of the largest zoos in the UK with 125 acres (51 hectares ) open to visitors. The zoo also has a total area of approximately 400 acres (162 hectares).
It is maintained by the North of England Zoological Society , a Registered Charity from 1934, and receives no government grants. It is the most visited animal exhibition in Britain with more than 1.4 million. Visitors in 2014. In 2007, Forbes listed it as one of the fifteen best zoos in the world. In 2015 it was named the best zoo in Great Britain and seventh best zoo worldwide by TripAdvisor.
history
The Mottershead family nursery was in Shavington near Crewe . George Mottershead collected lizards and insects that were among the imported exotic plants. A visit to the Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester in 1903 piqued the boy’s interest in building his own zoo.
Mottershead was wounded in World War I and spent several years in a wheelchair. Regardless of this, his collection of animals grew and he started looking for a suitable place for his zoo. He selected Oakfield Manor in Upton by Chester . Back then the place was a rural village, whereas today it has become a suburb of Chester . Mottershead acquired Oakfield Manor in 1930 for £ 3,500 . The manor house had 3.6 hectares (9 acres) of gardens and was conveniently located with connections to the railway lines and to Manchester and Liverpool . Despite resistance from the town, Mottershead prevailed and the Chester Zoo opened on June 10, 1931. The first animals were exhibited in small enclosures in the courtyard.
After the Second World War , there was a rapid expansion, despite great difficulties in procuring the necessary materials. Mottershead had to build in a way that conserved resources. The polar bear enclosure (1950) was built using materials from roadblocks from the war and pillboxes (small bunkers). "Always building" was the zoo's slogan at the time. Mottershead received an Order of the British Empire and was President of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (then International Union of Zoo Directors) . He died in 1978 at the age of 84.
On December 15, 2018, there was a fire in the rainforest house, the Monsoon Forest facility, which was opened in 2015 due to an electrical fault. The fire broke out during opening hours at lunchtime. As a result, the visitors were evacuated and attempts were made to lure the animals to the outdoor areas of their enclosures in order to protect them from burns and death. All mammals and some birds could be saved by the keepers, many insects, fish, frogs and birds died in the fire. The zoo was able to open to visitors the next day. The rainforest house will reopen in summer 2020.
Chester Zoo was closed during the 2020 corona pandemic . Instead, he offered visitors a virtual tour of the zoo. Various animals were shown over several hours via live stream .
layout
Mottershead wanted a zoo without the traditional Victorian iron bars. He was influenced by the ideas of Carl Hagenbeck and Heini Hediger , a pioneer in ethology .
In Chester, Mottershead realized Hagenbeck's idea for ditches and water pits as an alternative to cage bars and implemented them throughout the zoo, often also for species for which Hagenbeck had not intended. For example, in 1956 the chimpanzees were given a new enclosure, a group of green islands where they were only separated from visitors by a 12 ft (3.8 m) wide moat. Nobody knew if chimpanzees could swim and it was relieved to find out that chimpanzees cannot. Today the enclosure forms the heart of the zoo.
In 1986 the zoo had to be fenced in due to the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 .
In 2007, the Realm of the Red Ape facility was opened, a facility over the forests of Indonesia with endangered species of Sumatra and orangutans from Borneo .
In 2009 the zoo released the Natural Vision , a £ 225 million plan to transform the zoo into Europe's largest conservation attraction. Among other things, with the construction of a new Africa facility and a hotel. These plans were abandoned in 2011 after £ 40million. the funding was lost because the North West Regional Development Agency was abolished.
In December 2012, permission was given to tackle a phase of the Natural Vision master plan. The Islands at Chester Zoo project is one of the largest zoo renovation projects in Europe, valued at £ 40 million. to expand the profile of the zoo and to renew the six island habitats to Southeast Asia . Among other things, a rainforest house was built. In 2015, the work in this area was completed.
administration
The North of England Zoological Society (NEZS) runs the Chester Zoo and the Act for Wildlife conservation organization . It was founded in 1934 by George Mottershead.
The zoo itself is run by an executive team led by Mark Pilgrim , the Director General. He is responsible for the zoological teams, for science and education, for on-site nature conservation work and research as well as for the entire zoo grounds. Jamie Christon is a managing director responsible for development, finance, guests and management, marketing, human resources, and health and safety. Both are responsible to a Board of Trustees for The North of England Zoological Society .
Facilities
There are electric vehicles , lockers and the possibility to borrow buggies.
The zoo is divided by a public path called Flag Lane. For many years only a single bridge ( Elephants' Bridge ) led from one area to another near the elephant enclosure. A second crossing ( Bats' Bridge ) was built in 2008 near the Twilight Zone .
Other means of transport in the zoo are the monorail and a boat tour on the lazy river in the "Islands" facility. There are the restaurants Bembé Kitchen (2006), June's Pavilion , Manado Street Kitchen (on Sulawesi in the island complex), Oakfield Restaurant (in a Victorian building near the lion complex), and the Acorn Bar . There are also playgrounds, shops and kiosks as well as several picnic areas.
The first entrance was at the east end, on Caughall Road , which is still temporarily open as a pedestrian entrance to Oakfield House. The main entrance was relocated to the A41 Chester By-Pass in 2006 with new parking . Since then, one has entered the zoo in the extension part built in the 1990s to the west of Flag Lane . Outside of the publicly accessible part, the zoo also owns other large pieces of land on which u. a. Forage for herbivores is grown.
Monorail
A $ 4 million monorail system was built by Computerized People Mover International in 1991 and opened by Duchess of Kent . The system is 1 mile (1½ km) long and runs on an elevated rail. The route runs once around the zoo and crosses Flag Lane twice. The two parking halves are connected by the system and there is a station on each side. One of them is by the lion enclosure and the other near the monkey enclosure. Each train offers seats for 24 passengers in four compartments. One round lasts 15 minutes.
The train is driven by electric motors on a guide rail. There is a separate depot and a control room. Around 2,000 passengers are carried every day. In 2009, T&M Machine Tool Electronics made £ 300,000 improvements to the electrical system and chassis, including installing new 25 mi (40 km) of wiring. The monorail was inaugurated by Pete Waterman on July 23, 2009. The improved system runs with 2.2 kW AC motors arranged in pairs , with remote monitoring via a 5Ghz wireless link . Just a week later there was a power outage, whereupon the first eight passengers had to be taken off the train with a lifting platform.
In May 2012, Queen Elisabeth II drove a lap of honor in a specially decorated train on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee .
The monorail was closed in summer 2019 and then demolished. Due to the spatial expansion of the zoo in the years of its operation, too little area was covered by the monorail.
Exhibitions and animals
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Chester Zoo has a large and diverse collection. In 2007 more than half of the animal species in the zoo were on the red list of endangered species and 155 were classified as "threatened". 134 were kept as part of breeding programs. The zoo maintains the studbooks (Studbooks) for African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus - Congo buffalo), Jaguar , blue-eyed cockatoo , Madagascar Tree Boa , gemsbok , black rhino , Ecuador amazon (Amazona lilacina) Mindanaohornvogel and Rodrigues flying fox (all in the European Endangered Species Program ). In addition, 265 endangered plant species are cared for. In 2015, Chester Zoo became the first zoo outside New Zealand to breed tuatara .
| Species number | Number of individuals | |
|---|---|---|
| Mammals | 79 | 1864 |
| Birds | 155 | 1138 |
| Reptiles | 52 | 230 |
| Amphibians | 24 | 577 |
| fishes | 100+ (from 2012) | 3829 |
| Lower animals | 300 | 1381+ |
| Total | 710+ | 9019+ |
Islands in the Chester Zoo ( Islands at Chester Zoo )
Islands at Chester Zoo opened in July 2015. The zoo was enlarged by 15 acres (6 hectares). The facility is located in the southwest of the zoo.
"Islands" shows the areas in which the zoo also carries out conservation programs: Sumatra , the Philippines and Indonesia . Visitors can walk from island to island or watch the animals on a boat tour. In the facility, among others, cassowary , banteng , binturong , sun bears , black-backed tapir , Sumatran tigers , Sunda gaviale , lowland anoa , Visayas pustular pig , as well as other reptiles, birds and invertebrates are kept. In December 2015, a "Monsoon Forest" facility with orangutans and Javanese silver gibbon was opened, which was destroyed in a fire in December 2018.
Elephants of the Asian Forest ( Elephants of the Asian Forest )
Asiatic elephants were successfully bred for the first time in Great Britain in Chester . The most famous of them was Jubilee (1977-2003), who was born in the year of the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II . The zoo has a breeding herd. The elephant house also houses African elephants , rhinos , hippos and tapirs .
Motty , a hybrid African-Asian elephant (* July 1978) died as a calf.
A breeding facility with a cost of £ 2 million. opened at Easter 2006. The facility was designed according to the conditions of the Assam rainforests . Elephants of the Asian Forest is an extensive redesign of the elephant house. Within the facility, hornbill , blue magpie , eared peacock , red-billed magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha ), Prevost's squirrel , northern pointed squirrel and giant tree rat are presented, and there is an aquarium for loach and tiger barb .
Spirit of the Jaguar ( Spirit of the Jaguar )
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Spirit of the Jaguar opened in 2001 and is sponsored by Jaguar Cars . Architects were McCormick Architecture . The exhibition is divided into four sections with two indoor areas: rainforest and savannah , and two outdoor areas divided by rivers and ponds to demonstrate the jaguars' swimming skills. A breeding pair came from various French zoos in 2013. Leaf cutter ants , sloths and an aquarium with discus fish and schools of tetras are also on display in the complex . In 2011, the system was revised and since then it has addressed the conflict-prone coexistence of humans and wild animals.
Empire of the red apes ( Realm of the Red Ape )
Realm of the Red Ape is an extension of the orangutan house for Bornean orangutans . The project was worth £ 3.5m. the most expensive project in the history of the zoo before the establishment of Iceland . The facility was opened in May 2007. The two-story building has three indoor enclosures and two outdoor enclosures for a larger number of monkeys. The outdoor enclosures can be viewed from the gallery on the upper floor. White-handed gibbons live in another enclosure .
Within the complex animals and plants of the rain forests additionally Indonesia shown, among other blue crown , Timor Sparrow , chestnut throttle (chestnut-backed thrush - Geokichla dohertyi), Crested Partridge , Pracht Fruchttaube , black-necked Fruchttaube , Varanus Salvadorii , reticulated , Spitzkopfnatter , Bell's Angle -Head lizards (Gonocephalus bellii), Green Wasseragame , emerald tree monitor , trimeresurus albolabris , Green Tree Python , giant beetles , phobaeticus serratipes , Heteropteryx Dilatata , Mantis , Malaysian grasshoppers and Wandering sheets .
There is an enclosure for dwarf otters and deer boars next door .
The breeding center for chimpanzees ( The Chimpanzee Breeding Center )
In 1989, Princess Diana opened the Great Ape Pavilion. 26 chimpanzees live in the facility - the largest group in a zoo in Europe. The facility consists of a round house with a conical indoor enclosure and an outdoor facility on an island with a moat. The facility is richly equipped with bushes and climbing trees and has seven interconnected retreat areas.
Tsavo rhino experience ( Tsavo Rhino Experience )
The facility for the black rhinos is based on the model of the Tsavo West National Park in Kenya and was sold in 2003 for ₤ 2 million. built. The zoo operates a successful breeding program and currently has eight rhinos. Meerkats , porcupines and warthogs are also housed next door .
The safari of wetlands and Tsavo Birds ( The Wetlands and Tsavo BirdSafari )
In the aviary, which was opened in 2009, are among other African storks , ceiling Tokos , fork Racken , hammer heads , weaver birds , wattled cranes and crowned cranes accommodated.
Flying Foxes Forest ( Fruit Bat Forest )
Fruit Bat Forest is the largest bat cave in Europe, in which the bats fly free. In addition to the two species, the Rodrigues flying fox and the spectacled nose , other nocturnal species are housed in the complex: large tenreks and cave fish .
Monkey Island ( Monkey Island )
Monkey Islands opened in 1997 when the old monkey house was replaced. Today four species of monkeys are kept there: Colombian brown-headed spider monkeys , mandrills , bearded monkeys and yellow-breasted capuchins . The monkeys each have an indoor enclosure with a glass front, which can be viewed from the visitors' walkway, as well as densely planted outdoor enclosures.
Dwarf monkey ( Miniature Monkeys )
Miniature Monkeys opened in 2004 and consists of two enclosures. Two-colored tamarins with pygmy marmosets live in the first enclosure, and imperial mustache tamarins and golden-headed lion tamarins in the second enclosure .
Bear of the cloud forest ( Bears of the Cloud Forest )
Bears of the Cloud Forest opened in 2004 and is home to two spectacled bears as well as other South American animal species: capybaras , lowland tapirs , guanacos , vicunas and rheas .
The secret world of the okapi ( Secret World of the Okapi )
The former camel house was converted into an enclosure for okapis in 2006 . In 2012 there was a first breeding success. In addition to the okapis, there are enclosures for kirk dikdiks , Gambian giant hamster rats , Peter's elephantnose fish , Gabon vipers , short-eared elephants , spiny mice and African welted grass mice .
Lizards in Danger ( Dragons in Danger )
The facility was created mainly for the Komodo dragons from the Sunda Islands . The exhibition was built in place of the old bird house and expanded in 2003. In 2007 several young animals could be shown that had hatched even though the eggs were not fertilized. This case of parthenogenesis is the first documented case for this species. In 2009 iguanas were also housed and thornback turtles, as well as the endangered Leptodactylus fallax and Coenobita clypeatus are currently on display.
In addition, the building also houses Indonesian and Philippine rain forest birds and animals: Palawan Peacock-Pheasant , Pheasant Pigeon , Montserrat Oriole , Tariktik hornbill , Tragulus nigricans . For the first time in captivity, Cyrtopholis femoralis were bred here.
Mangustenmanie ( Mongoose Mania )
The former petting zoo was closed after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease and converted into a picnic area with a kiosk.
Mongoose Mania in the immediate vicinity houses dwarf mongooses and in the enclosure there are tunnels for children who can catch a glimpse of the mongoose's perspective through plastic hoods.
Giant otters and penguins
In 2010 the former sea lion enclosure was converted into an enclosure for giant otters . In 2013 the zoo had offspring. Next door is a breeding group of 50 Humboldt penguins in another basin .
Topical Realm ( Tropical Realm )
The Tropical Realm is the largest tropical house in Britain with more than 26,000 m³ (26 ha). It was opened in 1964 and features a landscaped garden with pools and mature tropical plants and paths through the undergrowth for visitors. More than 30 species of birds are kept free-flying here. Among other things, collar pigeons , various starlings and ostrich quails .
Further aviaries and vivariums run along the sides. There are Paradiesvögel and hornbills ( hornbill , rhinoceros bird , penelopides , Walden's Hornbill ) held, as well as Red-Crested Turaco , Palawan Pfaufasan , Congo peacock , Bali Star , Krontaube , fairy-bluebird , Schamadrosseln (Copsychus malabaricus) Tauraco leucolophus , Cossypha niveicapilla , Bartlett gallicolumba , Green Aracari , Luzon Zwergohreule , Sumatran laughing thrush (Garrulax bicolor), white-winged duck and Bülbülamsel .
Tropical Realm is also the heart of the zoo's reptile collection. Spectacled caiman , Rhinoceros Ratsnake , emerald tree boa , Eyelash viper , Parson's chameleon , Northern Caiman Lizard , crown basilisk and Bronchocela cristatella are the current residents. Bridge lizards hatched in 2016, so Chester Zoo can boast of being the only zoo outside New Zealand where the lizards breed.
Galapagos giant tortoise and radiated tortoise with a Vietnamese Terrapins are representatives of the turtles. As for amphibians, there are poison dart frogs , golden frogs , Rio Cauca Caecilian , tomato frogs and Morelet's Tree Frogs .
Since 2015, there have been two more finger animals and Madagascan giant jumping rats .
Europe on the edge ( Europe on the Edge )
The vulture enclosure is the zoo's largest aviary and one of the largest in the UK. It was opened in 1993 and is home to European birds of prey, including the black vulture , griffon vulture , black stork , spoonbill , ibis , heron and other water birds. Small birds such as rock pigeons , lapwing , red grouse and alpine crow also live there .
Kondor cliff ( Condor Cliffs )
In the aviary for the breeding pair of Andean condors . Black vultures and various water birds are also kept. The facility is defined by a large waterfall and the dummy of a llamas skeleton is used for feeding . The brown bears used to be housed in the enclosure.
Breeding center for rare parrots ( Rare Parrot Breeding Center )
In breeding enclosures are Rotsteißkakadus , yellow-crested cockatoo , Diademloris , Lorius garrulus , Apoloris and Gelbbrustaras housed. The only enclosures that can be viewed are those of the Ecuador Amazon .
Mythical macaws ( Mythical macaws )
Mythical Macaws is an aviary containing rare and threatened South American parrots and macaws, including hyacinth macaws and blue- throated macaws .
Aquarium
The aquarium is a small old fashioned building. It is now one of the oldest buildings in the zoo and was built by Mottershead's daughter and son-in-law in the 1950s. The breeding successes in seahorses and freshwater rays should be emphasized . In addition to Hemiscyllium ocellatum , mudskippers , Malawi - cichlids and invertebrates such as starfish , sea urchins , corals and shrimps shown.
Asian plains and pastures ( Asian Plains and paddocks )
In 2008 the Asian Plains were opened. Lyre deer , Indian rhinoceros and cheetahs are shown on various paddocks , along with barasinghas , Watussi cattle, deer goat antelopes and Sitatungas . In the west of the zoo there are further paddocks for Grevy's zebras , sitatunga , kirk dikdiks , saber antelopes , bongos , lesser kudu and roan antelopes .
Mkomazi National Park conservation of wild dogs ( Mkomazi National Park Painted Dogs Conserve )
Since 2009 the zoo has had a group of African wild dogs . In 2011 a new enclosure was set up for the wild dogs, which with its island mountains reproduces the landscape of the Mkomazi National Park . In addition to the wild dogs, aardvarks and hyrax are shown there.
Forest zone and butterfly travel ( Forest Zone and Butterfly Journey )
In the northeast corner of the zoo, mainly forest-dwelling animal species are shown. In addition to chimpanzees, okapis, jaguars , condors and the tropical house, there are enclosures for African forest buffalo , brush-eared pigs , black-backed tapir , Rothschild giraffes and small enclosures for sand lizards and a mixed enclosure for red-billed crocodiles and cyanocorax yncas yncas .
The butterfly house Butterfly Journey was opened in 2008 and shows the complete life cycle and free-flying butterflies ( blue morpho butterfly , Caligo idomeneus , glass winged butterfly , knight butterfly , Atlas moth ). Other invertebrate species and some panther chameleons are also shown.
Big cats ( Big cats )
Chester Zoo continues to hold lions , tigers and the threatened Sudanese subspecies of cheetahs. The Asiatic lion is a subspecies that lives in Gir National Park in India. The rearing of the first lion cub was shown in the television series Zoo Days .
In 2007 a Sumatran tiger came from Dudley Zoo to mate with the Bengal tiger females, which were given up in 2008. A female was brought from the Prague Zoo to create a breeding pair for the endangered subspecies. You have successfully raised offspring several times.
Sunbears ( Sun Bears )
In 2015, the zoo received a pair of sun bears from the Rare Species Conservation Center in Kent . A new enclosure was opened in 2017.
Asian Steppe ( Asian Steppe )
Bump animals and onagers live in a large paddock in the center of the zoo. Prince Alfred deer is housed in an enclosure that can only be viewed from the monorail and the Bats' Bridge .
More enclosures
In addition, there are pens for white-faced saki , Alaotra bamboo lemur , howler monkeys , tamarins , black and white ruffed lemurs and red Varis , Forest dogs , pandas , pudú , Great anteaters , Cabottragopane and other water birds and owls.
Chile flamingos and Cuban flamingos live in the shallow trenches along the lemur houses with ring- tailed lemurs and red- fronted lemurs . In 2011 and 2012 there were also exhibitions with animatronic dinosaurs.
Membership and Adoption
The zoo offers the opportunity for friends to "adopt" an animal or to become a member, which allows free entry to the zoo and other attractions. Every three months, supporters and members receive the Z-Magazin .
In the media
In 2007 the documentary Zoo Days was filmed by Granada Television and aired on Channel Five from October 8th .
In 2009, The History of Chester Zoo was a specialty on the Mastermind quiz show .
In 2014 BBC One released the feature film Our Zoo about the history of the zoo. The six-part mini-series was nominated for 2 National Film Awards.
Channel 4 has been broadcasting the series The Secret Life of the Zoo since 2016 .
Collections on Commons
- Chester Zoo Commons : Chester Zoo - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Asian elephant at Chester Zoo Commons : Elephas maximus at Chester Zoo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Blue-throated Macaw at Chester Zoo Commons : Ara glaucogularis at Chester Zoo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Jaguar at Chester Zoo Commons : Panthera onca at Chester Zoo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monorail at Chester Zoo Commons : Chester Zoo monorail - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Queen to visit zoo on jubilee tour. In: Chester Chronicle 2012-05-17.
- ^ The Queen unveils plaque at Chester Zoo. In: ITV News, 2012-05-17
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- ^ Bank Holiday is a record. ( Memento of November 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Wrexham Leader, 2008-05-12
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- ↑ http://www.chesterzoo.org/support-us/adoptions
- ↑ http://www.chesterzoo.org/support-us/membership
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- ↑ The broadcast information for "The Secret Life of the Zoo" on the Channel 4 homepage, accessed on May 19, 2020