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Abbotsbury Swannery Abbotsbury, Dorset

Appleby Castle Conservation Centre Appleby in Westmoreland, Cumbria

Animal Gardens North End, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire LN12 1QG Telephone: 44-01-507-473346 Fax: Attendance Staff Area Associations 50000 4 1     Species Specimens Mammals 20 63 Birds 54 195 Reptiles 3 11 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 77 269

Basildon Zoo Vange, Basildon SS16 4QA. Essex Telephone: 44-01-268-553-985 Fax: Attendance Staff Area Associations 30000 7 2     Species Specimens Mammals 32 145 Birds 51 270 Reptiles 3 7 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 86 422

Battersea Park Children's Zoo Battersea Park London SW11 4NJ UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-81-871-7540 Fax: 44-01-81-871-7533

Bentley Wildfowl & motor Museum Lewes, East Sussex

Birmingham Nature Centre Pershore Road, Birmingham B5 7RL ,UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-21-472-7775 Fax: Attendance # Staff Area Associations 160000 4 2     # Species # Specimens Mammals 30 193 Birds 16 43 Reptiles 6 26 Amphibians 7 18 Fish 12 N/A Invertebrates 2 N/A Totals 73 280

Brent Lodge Park Animal Centre C/O London Borough of Ealing 14/16 Uxbridge Road London W5 2BP Telephone: 44-0181-579-2424 Fax: 44-0181-579-5453

Bridgemere Wildlife Park Nantwich, Cheshire

Cannon Aquarium and Vivarium Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester 13. Telephone: 44-01-61-275-2670 Fax: 44-01-61-275-2676 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 280000 1 1     # Species # Specimens Mammals 0 0 Birds 0 0 Reptiles 14 46 Amphibians 6 20 Fish 5 33 Invertebrates 2 5 Totals 27 104

Carrick Green Wildlife Park 3 Taylors Road Stotfold Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 4AZ UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-462-834-788 Fax:

Cat Survival Trust The Centre Codicote Road Welwyn, Herts. AL6 9TU UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-43871-6478 Fax: 44-01-43871-7535 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 0 9 4     # Species # Specimens Mammals 14 102 Birds 18 99 Reptiles 0 0 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 32 201

Chestnut Centre Conservation Park Castleton Road Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire SK12 6PE UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-298-814-099 Fax: 44-01-298-816-213

Child Beale Wildlife Park Reading, Berks

Combe Martin Wildlife Park Higher Leigh Manor Combe Martin, North Devon UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: Fax:

Cornwall Animal World Trenance Park Newquay, Cornwall TR7 2LZ UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01637-873342 Fax: 44-01637-851315

Cotswold Llama Farm The Manor, Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire 9L54 5RP Telephone: 44-1-451-831191 Fax: 44-1-451-831330 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 0 2 15     # Species # Specimens Mammals 4 80 Birds 0 0 Reptiles 0 0 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 4 80

Cotswold Wildlife Park Burford, Oxon. OX18 4JW Telephone: 44-01-99-382-3006 Fax: 44-01-99-382-3807

Dartmoor Wildlife Park Sparkwell, nr Plymouth, Devon PL7 5DG. Telephone: 44-01-752-837-645 Fax: 44-01-752-837-209 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 68000 11 11 FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 44 355 Birds 59 478 Reptiles 24 51 Amphibians 11 21 Fish 5 10 Invertebrates 19 31 Totals 162 946

Exmoor Animal & Bird Gardens South Stowford, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 4SG Telephone: 44-01-598-763352 Fax: 44-01-598-763352 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 15000 5 5 FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 29 131 Birds 52 245 Reptiles 2 5 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 1 1 Totals 84 282

Flamingo Land Kirby Misperton, Malton, Yorks. YO17 0UX Telephone: 44-01-65-386-287 Fax: 44-01-65-386-280 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 1006000 78 40     # Species # Specimens Mammals 42 270 Birds 63 348 Reptiles 15 78 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 53 308 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 173 1004

Gatwick Zoo Russ Hill Charlwood, Surrey RH6 0EG UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-293-862312 Fax: 44-01-293-862550

Haigh Mini Zoo Haigh Country Park Wigan WN2 1PE UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-942-832-895 Fax:

Howletts Wild Animal Park Bekesbourne, nr Canterbury Kent UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-227-72-1286 Fax: 44-01-303-72-1853

Lakeland Wildlife Oasis Hale Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7EW UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01539-563-027 Fax:

Liverpool Museum Aquarium & Vivarium National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, William Brown St. Liverpool L3 8EN Telephone: 44-0151-207-0001 Fax: 44-0151-478-4390 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 488732 4   FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 0 0 Birds 0 0 Reptiles 6 8 Amphibians 5 125 Fish 103 1000 Invertebrates 31 N/A Totals 145 1133

Lotherton Hall Bird Garden Towton Road, nr. Aberford Leeds LS25 3EB UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-132-813-723 Fax:

Manor House Wildlife & Leisure Park St. Florence Tenby, Dyfed Wales SA70 8RJ UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-646-651-201 Fax: 44-01-646-651-201

Natureland Seal Sanctuary North Parade, Skegness, Lincs. Telephone: 44-01-754-764345 Fax: Attendance # Staff Area Associations 143522 8 1     # Species # Specimens Mammals 7 81 Birds 18 131 Reptiles 10 53 Amphibians 1 1 Fish 34 336 Invertebrates 3 232 Totals 73 834

Norfolk Wildlife Centre and Country Park Great Witchingham, Norwich, Norfolk NR9 5QS Telephone: 44-01-603-872-274 Fax: Attendance # Staff Area Associations 38540 4 16     # Species # Specimens Mammals 19 130 Birds 40 282 Reptiles 0 0 Amphibians 1 38 Fish 3 86 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 63 536

Otter Trust Earsham, nr Bungay, Suffolk NR35 2AF Telephone: 44-01-986-893470 Fax: Attendance # Staff Area Associations 42317 4 9     # Species # Specimens Mammals 5 82 Birds 19 318 Reptiles 0 0 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 24 400

Owl Centre Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria CA18 1RQ Telephone: 44-01-229-717393 Fax: 44-01-229-717107 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 62416 5 5 FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 3 8 Birds 48 192 Reptiles 0 0 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 51 200

Palacerigg Country Park Cumbernauld Scotland G67 3HU UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 41-01-236-720-047 Fax:

Penscynor Wildlife Park Cilfrew, Neath, Glam., SA10 8LF, S Wales Telephone: 44-01-639-642189 Fax: 44-01-639-635152 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 216000 18 6 ISIS, FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 28 199 Birds 87 317 Reptiles 8 41 Amphibians 3 11 Fish 40 3000 Invertebrates 8 50 Totals 174 3618

Plymouth Aquarium Marine Biological Association Citadel Hill Plymouth, Devon PL1 2PB UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-752-222772 Fax: 44-01-752-226865

Ridgeway Trust for Endangered Cats 7 Parkwood Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 2RN Telephone: 44-01-424-752145 Fax: Attendance # Staff Area Associations 120 2 1     # Species # Specimens Mammals 3 12 Birds 0 0 Reptiles 0 0 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 3 12

Robin Hill Country Parks Ltd. Combley Farm Downend Newport, Isle of Wight UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-983-527352 Fax:

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Scottish National Zoological Park Murrayfield Edinburgh, Scotland UNITED KINGDOM EH12 6TS Telephone: 44-01-31-334-9171 Fax: 44-01-31-316-4050

Shaldon Wildlife Trust Ltd. Ness Drive, Shaldon, nr. Teignmouth, South Devon TQ14 0HP Telephone: 44-01-626-872234 Fax: 44-01-626-872234 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 14000 4 1 ISIS, FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 23 62 Birds 5 10 Reptiles 3 5 Amphibians 4 14 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 4 6 Totals 39 97

Smestow Water Mill & Wildlife Centre Heath Mill Road Wombourne, W Midlands WV5 8AP UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-902-898-213 Fax:

Tropical World Canal Gardens Roundhay Park Leeds LS8 1DF UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01132-661850 Fax: 44-01132-370077

Twycross Zoo* East Midlands Zoological Society Ltd Twycross, Atherstone Warwicks. CV9 3PX UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-827-880250 Fax: 44-01-827-880700

University Marine Biological Station Millport, Isle of Cumbrae KA28 0EG Telephone: 44-01-475-530581 Fax: 44-01-475-530601 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 5571 41 1

Welsh Mountain Zoo (Zoological Society of Wales) Colwyn Bay Clwyd. LL28 5UY, Wales UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-492-532938 Fax: 44-01-492-530498

Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre Mill Road Arundel, W Sussex BN18 9PB UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-903-883-355 Fax:

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust District 15 Washington Tyne & Wear NE38 8LE UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01-91-4165454 Fax: 44-1-91-416-5801

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Castle Espie Ballydrain Road Comber, Co. Down BT23 6AE UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 44-01247-874146 Fax: 44-01247-873857

The Wildfowl Trust, Peakirk, Peterborough, Cambs The Wildfowl trust, Welney, Wisbech, Cambs

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Canolfan Llanelli Centre, Penclacwydd, Llwynhendy, Llanelli, Dyfed SA14 9SH, Wales Telephone: 44-1-554-741087 Fax: Attendance # Staff Area Associations 30050 11 18 FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 0 0 Birds 97 1132 Reptiles 0 0 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 97 1132

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancs. L40 OTA Telephone: 44-01-704-895181 Fax: 44-01-704-892343 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 190000 30 146 FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 0 0 Birds 102 1000 Reptiles 0 0 Amphibians 0 0 Fish 0 0 Invertebrates 0 0 Totals 102 1000

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust National Centre Slimbridge, Gloucester GL2 7BT Telephone: 44-01-453-890-333 Fax: 44-01-453-890-827 Attendance # Staff Area Associations 202978 100 500 ISIS, FZG   # Species # Specimens Mammals 0 0 Birds 113 3078 Reptiles