The dodo is the symbol of the the trust and the zoo. Statues of dodos stand at the gateways of the zoo

Jersey Zoological Park (or simply Jersey Zoo) is a 25 acre (100,000 m²) zoological park established in 1959 on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and author Gerald Durrell (1925-1995). Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1127x1256, 1188 KB) Statue of Dodo, entrance of Jersey Zoo, Jersey Photo taken by Man vyi with Canon PowerShot A40 on 15/7/2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Gerald Durrell Jersey Zoological... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1127x1256, 1188 KB) Statue of Dodo, entrance of Jersey Zoo, Jersey Photo taken by Man vyi with Canon PowerShot A40 on 15/7/2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Gerald Durrell Jersey Zoological... Binomial name Raphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Mauritius Dodo (Raphus cucullatus, called Didus ineptus by Linnaeus), more commonly just Dodo, was a metre-high flightless bird of the island of Mauritius. ... An acre is an English unit of area. ... The National Zoo in Washington, D.C.. A zoological garden, or zoo for short, is a place where wild animals are encaged in an artificial environment and exhibited to the public. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Jump to: navigation, search Gerald (Gerry) Malcolm Durrell (January 7, 1925 - January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter, best known for founding what is now called the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1958, and for writing...

Durrell began his career capturing animals for other zoos, but thought that the facilities needed to concentrate more on animal conservation rather than mere entertainment. He tells the story of starting the zoo in his book A Zoo in my Luggage. Conservation may refer to the following: Conservation ethic in relation to preserving ecosystems Conservationist Conservation movement Conservation ecology Conservation law of physics Conservation of energy Conservation of mass Conservation in genetics Conservation in psychology Prolonging the material integrity of cultural and artistic objects Art conservation Architectural conservation or immovable object...

Jersey Zoo has always concentrated on rare and endangered species. Despite a lack on emphasis on large, crowd-pleasing animals, and its relatively out-of-the-way location, the zoo reports more than a quarter-million visitors annually. It has some 1,900 birds, fish and other animals, comprising 190 species. The American bison numbered as few as 750 in 1890 due to extreme overhunting. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Groups Conodonta Hyperoartia Petromyzontidae (lampreys) Pteraspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Thelodonti Anaspida Cephalaspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Galeaspida Pituriaspida Osteostraci Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) Placodermi Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) Acanthodii Osteichthyes (bony fish) Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnoi (lungfish) A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded)* water-dwelling... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...

The zoo is located at Les Augrés Manor, Trinity, Jersey, 5 miles north of Saint Helier. It officially opened on March 26 1959. Boundary stone on the border of Trinity and Saint John, dated 1881 Trinity (French: La Trinité, Jèrriais: La Trinneté) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. ... Saint Helier (Jèrriais: St Hélyi) is one of the twelve parishes and the largest town on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ...

Since 1964, the zoo has been home to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (formerly the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust). Jump to: navigation, search 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust was established by naturalist, author and television presenter Gerald Durrell on July 6, 1963, as the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, to establish breeding colonies of endangered species at Jersey Zoological Park. ...

External link

• Jersey Zoo website