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Edinburgh Zoo is a zoological park in Edinburgh, Scotland that was opened in 1913.

[edit] Pre

  • 1839-1857 — Royal Edinburgh Zoological Gardens exists

[edit] Early

  • 1909 — RZSS founded[1]
    • late 1913 — incorporated by Royal Charter (the only Zoo in Britain)[1]
    • 1948 — granted 'Royal' prefix[1]
  • 4 Feb 1913 — Corstorphine Hill site purchased[1]
  • 22 Jul 1913 — opened to the public[1]
  • 1914 — first three King penguins arrive aboard a whaling fleet[1]
  • 1919 — first (ever) captive King penguin chick hatched[1]
  • 1927 — Carnegie Aquarium built using grant[2]
  • 1929 — Ape House opened[2]
  • 1930 — first Penguin Pool constructed[3]
  • 1933 — Wolf Wood planted[2]
  • 1934 — first sealion and beavers born[2]
  • 1936 — first chimpanzee born[2]
  • 1938 — first litter of wolves[2]
  • c1940 — first orangutan born[2]
  • c1940 — stray bomb kills a giraffe[4]
  • 1941 — wolves euthanised amid fears that bombings could lead to their escape[2]

[edit] Post war-era

  • 1950 — accidental penguin release establishes Penguin Parade[2]
  • 1963 — Voytek the Soldier bear dies[5][6]
  • 1972 — Monkey House opened[2]
  • 1972 — Nils Olav adopted by Norway[7]
  • 1980 — Zoo given a captured Scottish cougar[8]
  • 1984 — Mercedes the 3 year old polar bear donated to zoo[9]
  • 1985 — pudu breeding program starts, births in 2000 and 2004[10]
  • 1986 — acquired Highland Wildlife Park
  • 1992 — Penguin Pool opened by Princess Ann
  • 1992 — first (European) blue poison dart frog born[11]
  • 1998 — Asiatic lion dies of FSE[12]
  • 1998 — rare Indian Star tortoise hatches[13]
  • 1999 — several penguins die during avian malaria epidemic[14]
  • 1999 — giraffe saliva[15] and snail slime[16] taken for medical research
  • 1999 — baby pygmy hippo dies of E. coli infection[17]
  • 1999 — committee considers plausibility of a move[18]

[edit] 21st century

  • Feb 00 — plans to move scrapped[19]
  • 2000 — masterplan announced
  • Dec 00 — four rare Arabian oryx were put down[20]
  • Early 01 — closes for 5 weeks over foot and mouth scare,[21] financial problems develop[22]
  • Apr 01 — Zoo receives £1.9m from mystery donor[23]
  • Jul 02 — giraffe born[24]
  • Nov 02 — Asiatic lioness dies of cancer[12]
  • Dec 02 — third pygmy hippo born[25]
  • Feb 04 — key-hole surgery saves giraffe[26]
  • Apr 04 — giraffes all leave for Denmark (but will later return)[27]
  • May 4 — meerkats born[28]
  • Jan 05 — Budungo chimp house unveiled[29] along with Britain's first primate behaviour research centre[30]
  • Aug 05 — Animal Liberation Front threaten action over polar bear enclosure[31]
  • Aug 05 — two male koalas arrive (currently Britain's only, and first since 1992)[32][33]
  • Aug 05 — ten brown rats arrive for animal handling sessions[34]
  • Dec 05 — male black jaguar arrives to greet current female to form breeding pair[35][36]
  • Feb 06 — four chameleons arrive[37]
  • Mar 06 — third buff-cheeked gibbon born[38]
  • Apr 2006 — honey bear arrives[39]
  • Jun 06 — four Asiatic lions born[40]
  • Jul 06 — Canna mouse returned to Canna island,[41] following a successful rat cull[42]
  • Aug 06 — twelve tenrecs born[43]
  • Nov 06 — Edinburgh chimps found to use "words" for food[44]
  • 2007 — Zoo wins 'Education Award'[45]
  • Apr 07 — Scottish beaver captured[46]
  • Jun 07 — two Siberian musk deer born[47]
  • Jul 07 — snow monkeys arrive at the wildlife park[48]
  • Mid 07 — 23 Gentoo chicks hatch (plus first rockhopper since 2003)[47][49][50]
  • Sep 07 — three cancer-bearing macaques euthanised[51]
  • Late 07 — Mercedes set to become top attraction[52]
  • Dec 07 — Rainbow Landings opens[53]
  • Dec 07 — Ocellated Turkeys arrive[54]
  • Jan 08 — Annual animal stocktake takes place[55]
  • Feb 08 — Two red pandas move to HWP[56]
  • Mar 08 — Two capuchin monkeys arrive at Zoo[57]
  • Mar 08 — Two lioness leave for Twycross Zoo[58]
  • Apr 08 — Takin arrives at the Highland Wildlife Park[59]

[edit] 2007 council troubles

  • Jan 06 — Zoo planned to sell off 15 acres (61,000 m2) of land for funding[60]
    • Oct 07 — plans rejected by council[3] by a single vote[61]
    • Oct 07 — Zoo extremely disappointed[62][63]
    • 27 Nov 07 — Zoo plans to fight the councils decision[64]
  • 21 Nov 07 — rumoured plans to move to Glasgow[65][66]
    • 23 Nov 07 — Glasgow approves plans for a second Zoo to be built at in Glasgow[67][68]
    • 23 Nov 07 — Zoo insists move rumour not true[69][70]
  • Mar 08 — Independent group set up to enquire into the matter[71]

[edit] References

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