Do London Zoo have elephants?

There are no longer elephants at London Zoo, but a herd lives at our sister Zoo Whipsnade, which is the biggest Zoo in the UK. This herd of elephants live in the newly built Centre for Elephant Care, which was custom built to provide the perfect home for the breeding group.



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Howletts is home to the only herd of African elephants in Kent and the herd is the largest in the UK, comprising 13 individuals.

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Oldest in the world. Founded in 1826 by the Zoological Society of London, the ZSL London Zoo was originally built to keep animals for scientific research. It was the creation of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles who is also famous for the founding of Singapore (and the famous Raffles Hotel).

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Broadly, some elephant experts say urban zoos simply don't have the space that African elephants, who roam extensive distances in the wild to forage for hundreds of pounds of vegetation each day, need for a normal life.

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Broadly, some elephant experts say urban zoos simply don't have the space that African elephants, who roam extensive distances in the wild to forage for hundreds of pounds of vegetation each day, need for a normal life.

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To continue with the 60 year lease would make the zoo financially impossible to sustain, which would bring us to a crisis point and I strongly suggest we do not get to that point, Mr Blackman said. The institution is the world's oldest scientific zoo, having opened in 1828 as a research facility.

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London Zoo's animals move to Whipsnade In the preparation for war, through the summer of 1939, some of London's animals were transferred to Whipsnade for safety. The transfers included two giant pandas, two orangutans, four chimpanzees, three Asian elephants, three red pandas and an ostrich.

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Because the pandas were sent on loan to London specifically to breed, the failure meant that the pandas were eventually split up and sent to other breeding programmes. Bao Bao was sent back to Berlin Zoo after a few years.

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Pipaluk left London Zoo in 1985 when the Mappin Terraces (which housed all the bears) were closed, and died at the age of 22 years in a Zoo in Poland.

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You can have a unique experience with an elephant at 72 AZA-accredited zoos. Visit any of these AZA-accredited zoos today to learn more about elephants, how the zoo is contributing to conservation and what you can do to help. Find the AZA-accredited institution near you: https://www.aza.org/find-a-zoo-or-aquarium.

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Anything remaining will be cremated, including even the tiniest of animals. “Everything from guppies to elephants is incinerated,” says Neiffer. While burials were once commonplace at zoos, very few bury their animals anymore.

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Elephants in circuses and roadside zoos are denied everything that gives their life meaning. Many become neurotic, unhealthy, depressed, and aggressive as a result of the inhumane conditions in which they're kept.

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However, the UK's largest zoo by number of animals, and a contender for the biggest zoo in the world, is the 36-acre London Zoo. The world's oldest scientific zoo opened its doors to the public in 1847, and is reputed to have around 19,300 animals.

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Our Gorilla Kingdom brings the African rainforest to the heart of London. You'll be able to meet Africa's most exciting residents, featuring our troop of western lowland gorillas.

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