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Whipsnade Zoo
Former main entrance to Whipsnade Zoo, closed in 2015
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51°50′59″N 000°32′39″W / 51.84972°N 0.54417°W / 51.84972; -0.54417 (ZSL Whipsnade Zoo)
Date opened1931
LocationWhipsnade, near Dunstable, England
Land area600 acres (2.4 km2)[2]
No. of animals3,626 (2018)[3]
No. of species209 (2018)[3]
Annual visitors648,945 (2019)[1]
MembershipsBIAZA,[4] EAZA,[5] WAZA[6]
Major exhibitsLions of the Serengeti, Passage through Asia, In with the Lemurs
Websitewww.whipsnadezoo.org

Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo and safari park located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos (the other being London Zoo in Regent's Park, London) that are owned by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats.

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