Twycross Zoo is an 80-acre (32 ha) zoo near the village of Twycross in Leicestershire, close to the border of Warwickshire (on the A444 about 3 miles (4.8 km) off the A42/M42). The zoo claims the largest collections of monkeys and apes in the World, and in 2006 re-launched itself as "Twycross Zoo – The World Primate Centre." The zoo attracts around 500,000 visitors a year. The zoo is open year round except Christmas Day.
In 2000 Badham and Evans co-wrote Molly's Zoo, a book telling the story of the zoo's history.
Read more about Twycross Zoo: History, Animal Exhibits, Education, Conservation and Breeding, The Future, Controversy: Allowing Re-introduction of Hybrid Tiger
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