bristol Zoo

Bristol zoo

Extinct: (no animal population outside the zoos) 7 animals are in Bristol including the rather dull Socorro Dove, Goodical Bird, some fish and 4 varieties of snail, one of which only exists in Bristol.

The zoo acts as a safety net to keep species alive that would otherwise die out, and then with Breading Programmes tries to increase numbers that may later be released back into the wild.  The Breading Programmes are a Worldwide coordinated activity where each endangered animal species has a studbook to keep track of family history and prevents interbreeding.

This photo shows more than one animal in on e shot and it was taken from a nice angle