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Chester Zoo is a zoo in Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England. Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. [ 3 ] The zoo is one of the UK's largest zoos at 51 hectares (130 acres) [ 4 ] and the zoo has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares (400 acres).
After his death, his ashes were scattered on the zoo memorial garden dedicated to his wife Elizabeth who died in 1969. The garden is now the Chinese garden at the zoo. The story of George Mottershead's founding of Chester Zoo is the subject of a 2014 BBC television drama serial, Our Zoo. Mottershead is portrayed by Lee Ingleby.
The Secret Life 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 North West of England, and focuses on the behaviour of the animals at the zoo and their relationships with the keepers.
Image credits: Chester Zoo “Ten years ago we helped release THOUSANDS of GIANT spiders back into the UK!” read the zoo’s social media post last week. “The fen raft spiders were bred right ...
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Professor Gordon Reid, director of the North of England Zoological Society, which runs Chester Zoo, admitted at Chester Crown Court that the law on health and safety had been broken. The Zoo was fined 25,000. Elephant keeper Richard Hughes, 34, died following the incident at Chester Zoo on February 8, 2001.
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Oakfield Manor was originally a country house in Upton-by-Chester, near Chester, Cheshire, England.Since the 1930s it has been the headquarters of Chester Zoo.The house and its stables are recorded separately in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings.