Elephant Shrews Charm Visitors With Funny Expressions

After visiting that zoo, he became determined to create a zoo one day with no bars, where animals could run around. When he was a young man he experimented with large aviaries, tanks, and runs for reptiles. Chester Zoo, which receives no financial help from the government, has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares (400 acres). With over 1.4 million visitors in 2014, it is the most-visited wildlife attraction in the United Kingdom. It was included among the world's top fifteen zoos by Forbes magazine in 2007.