What are your memories of Glasgow Zoo? 🦁
Established in 1947, at its peak it attracted around 140,000 visitors a year and was home to more than 600 animals, from African lions and a polar bear called Winston, to elephants and snakes. It closed its gates for the final time in August 2003 amidst a storm of controversy around debt and animal treatment.
For many Glaswegians, the zoo - originally called Calderpark Zoo - was a popular day out. To celebrate its good times, we have taken a stroll back through our archives to find some of the funniest, strangest and most magical moments in its1 Simba the lion cub was held aloft, Lion King-style, for these delighted young visitors to see back in 1962.
3 Two-year-old Zoe Robson from Ochiltree had a surprise passenger when she took part in a Glasgow Zoo sponsored walk in 2000. Minnie the macaw made her presence known by landing on Zoe’s pram, much to the consternation of the toddler, and the delight of her fellow participants in the Toddle for Barnardo’s.
5 Basil the five-week-old fox cob made his appearance at Calderpark Zoo on May 26, 1970, much to the delight of these young members of the Trice family from Uddingston .
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