It had just passed midnight on the first day of February half term in 2024. Hours earlier, I had come home from our local hospital in Poole with our middle son, Charlie, leaving my husband Gary with ...

Visitors can get up close with tropical birds including the green-winged macaws and scarlet ibis, and meet Parker the jaguar.

Visitors may explore the zoo any day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; however, the last admission is at 4 p.m. From March through ...