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Bristol Zoo Gardens didn't need to close.
The people of Bristol deserve to know THE TRUTH.
Watch this space for the campaign relaunch…

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linkhttps://savebristolzoogardens.org calendar_today12-12-2022 12:27:13

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Save Bristol Zoo Gardens supports Save Bristol Gardens Alliance 🌳🌲🍃 in their legal challenge against Bristol Zoological Society’s plan to turn its botanical garden site and the world's 5th oldest Zoo into a luxury housing development.

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BRISTOL ZOO JUDICIAL REVIEW Fantastic news! Judge just gave permission for Judicial Review to go ahead on *every* ground of challenge. A giant step forward to overturning planning permission and halting environmental destruction. Bristol City Council Bristol Zoological Society Bristol Green Party

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Does this by Bristol Zoo Project Bristol Zoological Society somehow feel spiteful? A 2nd auction 3 days later will feature 45 of the zoo’s original Victorian benches, created especially for the zoo between 1850 & 1880, & located around the gardens. A judicial review is pending Save Bristol Gardens Alliance 🌳🌲🍃

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Yes. And indicates how little regard Bristol Zoological Society has for the heritage and history of the Gardens. Now that the #planning #permission is in doubt this auction must not go ahead. These artefacts belong to Bristolians. The Society is merely a custodian.

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Items in this auction are part of the historic fabric of Bristol Zoo Gardens and should never be crudely auctioned off to the highest bidder. It is tantamount to someone smashing up their own property before they move out, so no one else can move in or enjoy it after they leave.

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Almost 12,000 people have signed a petition calling for Bristol Zoo Gardens not to be sold off for luxury housing. Is that “a small number of Clifton residents”? Please keep signing the petition to make your voice heard... change.org/p/save-bristol…

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Failing successful legal action, we strongly urge the public to bid on the items in the Bristol Zoo auctions, with a view to one day donating them back to Bristol Zoo Gardens, once a better future has been secured for the site.

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The people currently running Bristol Zoological Society are intentionally vandalising the world's 5th oldest Zoo. It is a tragedy they ever gained control of the 200-year old Society, of which they are only the custodians. We will do everything we can to secure a better future for BZG.

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Between 2019-2022, Bristol Zoological Society spent £3.252 million on 'governance'. To now claim that issuing a couple of letters from solicitors is diverting valuable resources away from “vital charitable funds and saving threatened species”, is risible and desperate.

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BZS raised £161,000 auctioning 300 irreplaceable artefacts from its 200-year old history as the world’s 5th oldest Zoo. Context: the current budget to develop Wild Place stands at £69.4 million / £161,000 is just over one year of the CEO’s salary. Was it worth it Bristol Zoological Society?

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Save Bristol Zoo Gardens Special Campaign Event due to take place at Bristol Beacon tomorrow has had to be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. More info to follow soon...