The Zoo Today
Newquay Zoo is Cornwall's only zoo and now covers over 13 acres (53,000 m2) of land, as well as housing 300 animals of over 130 species. An expansion of 3.5 acres (14,000 m2) opened as an African Savanna area from Easter 2009 followed by a new Philippines area housing endangered Fishing Cat, Visayan Warty Pig and Philippine spotted deer.
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Famous quotes containing the words zoo and/or today:
“The zoo cannot but disappoint. The public purpose of zoos is to offer visitors the opportunity of looking at animals. Yet nowhere in a zoo can a stranger encounter the look of an animal. At the most, the animal’s gaze flickers and passes on. They look sideways. They look blindly beyond.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“Most personal correspondence of today consists of letters the first half of which are given over to an indexed statement of why the writer hasn’t written before, followed by one paragraph of small talk, with the remainder devoted to reasons why it is imperative that the letter be brought to a close.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)