Chester Zoo is a zoo in Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England. Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. The zoo is one of the...
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The Chester Zoo monorail was an internal transport system at Chester Zoo that operated from 1991 to 2019. The system was 1.4 kilometres (0.9 miles) long...
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of the Zoo is a British documentary programme produced by Blast! Films on behalf of Channel 4. The series is filmed on location at Chester Zoo in the...
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dreams of creating a cage-free zoo, his family and how their lives changed when they embarked on the creation of Chester Zoo. Lee Ingleby as George Mottershead...
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George Mottershead (category Zoo directors)
Saul Mottershead OBE (12 June 1894 – 5 May 1978) was the founder of Chester Zoo. Mottershead was born in Sale Moor, Manchester. His father Albert Mottershead...
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born in Chester Zoo, to Asian mother Sheba and African father Jumbolino. He was named after George Mottershead, who founded the Chester Zoo in 1931....
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Chester and the surrounding area. Chester Zoo opened in 1931 and is now one of the largest zoos in the United Kingdom. In and around Upton-by-Chester...
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2006, it was reported that Flora, a captive Komodo dragon living in the Chester Zoo in England, was the second known Komodo dragon to have laid unfertilised...
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Captive populations are held in several zoos in the UK including: Chester Zoo, London Zoo, Jersey Zoo and Edinburgh Zoo. The Montserrat galliwasp (Diploglossus...
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summer repertory season. To the east side of the city is Chester Zoo, the UK's largest zoo with over 11,000 animals in 110 acres of award-winning gardens...
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