Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) is an organisation dedicated to cryptozoology, and allied disciplines. It is a non-profit organisation. Its Hon. Life President is the British explorer John Blashford-Snell.
| Hon. Life President:
Colonel John Blashford-Snell |
| Director: Jonathan Downes |
| Deputy Director: Graham Inglis |
| Zoological Director:
Richard Freeman |
| Administrative Director:
Corinna Newton Downes |
| Ecologist: Oll Lewis |
| Expedition Co-ordinator: Adam Davies |
| Charity advisor: Matthew Osborne |
| Technician: David Phillips |
The Centre was founded in 1992 by Jonathan Downes. In 2005, Downes inherited his family home in rural North Devon, and the organisation relocated there; they are in the process of building a visitor's centre complete with a museum, and library.
The publishing arm of the CFZ is a company called CFZ Press, which has now published over fifty titles, which may make them the largest publisher of books on cryptozoology in the world. Since 2000, the CFZ has promoted an annual conference called The Weird Weekend. In 2006, after six years in Exeter, the conference was moved to rural North Devon as well. In 2006 the CFZ announced plans for a web-based TV station called CFZtv.
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