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Edinburgh Zoo is a 94 year old zoological park in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1839-1857 — Royal Edinburgh Zoological Gardens exists
- 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 — second Penguin Pool unveiled[2]
- 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 oynx 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 04 — 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)[49][50][51]
- Sep 07 — three cancer-bearing macaques euthanised[52]
- Late 07 — Mercedes set to become top attraction[53]
- Dec 07 — Rainbow Landings opens[54]
- Dec 07 — Zoo to build rhino research facility?[55]
- Dec 07 — Ocellated Turkeys arrive[56]
- Jan 08 — Annual animal stocktake takes place[57]
- Feb 08 — Two red pandas move to HWP[58]
- Mar 08 — Two capuchin monkeys arrive at Zoo[59]
- Mar 08 — Two lioness leave for Twycross Zoo[60]
- Apr 08 — Takin arrives at the Highland Wildlife Park[61]
[edit] 2007 council troubles
- Jan 06 — Zoo planned to sell off 15 acres of land for funding[62]
- Oct 07 — plans rejected by council[3] by a single vote[63]
- Oct 07 — Zoo extremely disappointed[64][65]
- 27 Nov 07 — Zoo plans to fight the councils decision[66]
- 21 Nov 07 — rumoured plans to move to Glasgow[67][68]
- 23 Nov 07 — Glasgow approves plans for a second Zoo to be built at in Glasgow[69][70]
- 23 Nov 07 — Zoo insists move rumour not true[71][72]
- Mar 08 — Independent group set up to enquire into the matter[73]
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