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Colchester Zoo has been ranked as one of the top 10% of things to do worldwide, by TripAdvisor as the hand out their ...
Colchester Zoo has been privately owned since it was launched on 2 June 1963, with a charitable arm added in 2004. Advertisement. When it announced the upcoming changes in 2023, ...
Zookeepers have fully reopened an orangutan enclosure 15 months after it was badly damaged by high winds. The roof of Rajang's Forest at Colchester Zoo was compromised when 50mph (80km/h) gusts hit ...
Colchester Zoo has announced it will be changing its name in February. As of Saturday, the north Essex zoo will be known as Colchester Zoological Society. It was originally announced that the zoo ...
The Colchester Zoo has a walk-in enclosure where members of the public can interact with and even feed birds like the rainbow lorikeet with a cup of nectar. At some point, the bird landed on a ...
Colchester Zoo has been privately owned since it was launched on 2 June 1963, with a charitable arm added in 2004. When it announced the upcoming changes in 2023, ...
Colchester Zoo shared an update after initially posting on social media about an “extremely rare” incident on 10 January in its mixed species African habitat between the rhino and a male zebra.
Why is Colchester Zoo now called Colchester Zoological Society? In February, the zoo began its next chapter as a charity, the Colchester Zoological Society (CZS). Since 2004, Colchester Zoo has ...
After first opening in 1963, Colchester Zoo’s website says it first welcomed rhinos in 1972, with the Kingdom of the Wild mixed species habitat completed in 2001.
Jan. 10 (UPI) --Officials at a British zoo said a parrot escaped from the facility by hitching a ride on a zoo visitor. The Colchester Zoo in Heckfordbridge, Essex, said the rainbow lorikeet ...
Colchester Zoo zebra dies after 'incident' with rhino in mixed species enclosure The two animals were kept in the zoo's 'Kingdom of the Wild' enclosure, which is also home to animals and birds ...
An orangutan at the Colchester Zoo surprised a couple from Essex when it kissed a pregnant woman’s belly through the glass window. Maisie Knight, who has been pregnant for 37 weeks, got two ...