Wild Place Project announce first details of the new Bristol Zoo

Wild Place Project announce first details of the new Bristol Zoo

Posted on: 22 Feb 2023

The Wild Place Project, the future site of the new Bristol Zoo, have today released four illuminating CGI images of what the grounds will look like. 

 

Construction of the new Bristol Zoo will begin in 2024, with the move from the previous Clifton site phased over a number of years. The current Wild Place Project will remain open throughout the process.

 

Visit the Wild Place Project website for more information

 

 

The first look CGI images (scattered throughout this article) shows that visitors to the new zoo will be welcomed by a world of nature the moment they step inside the BS10 location.

 

Developed on the Bristol Zoological Society’s Wild Place Project site, these pictures show plans for a Central African Forests area, home to Bristol Zoo Garden’s Western lowland gorilla troop; a conservation learning campus; and a beautiful new entrance.

The new city zoo will provide a home for some of the world’s most endangered species, reflecting the vital conservational work that Bristol Zoological Society does with species and habitats worldwide.

 

As well as the gorilla troop, the Central African Forests area will feature a new group of cherry-crowned Mangabey monkeys, African grey parrots, slender-snouted crocodiles and several rare species of West African fish – all of which are Endangered and Critically Endangered species.

The conservation campus, located at the heart of the zoo, will feature purpose-built facilities for students to study, along with a conservation medicine centre, providing modern veterinary facilities. A brand-new entrance area is also planned with a red panda exhibit and updated facilities.

 

Bristol Zoological Society have also released details about the animals in the first phase of the new Bristol Zoo. Its resources will be focused on 76 protected species with about 80% of the species linked to the society’s conservation programme.

50 species will be transported from Bristol Zoo Gardens, including the Western lowland gorillas, blue-eyed black lemurs, Polynesian tree snails, Mindanao bleeding heart dove, Tarictic hornbill, Socorro dove, European turtle dove, turquoise gecko, lemur leaf frog and Corfu killifish. Various new species will also be moved from other zoos and aquariums.

 

Construction of the new Bristol Zoo should start in 2024 and will be phased over a number of years. Wild Place Project will remain open throughout, find out more here.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.