Location Edinburgh, Scotland Founder Thomas Haining Gillespie Type of business Nonprofit organization | Website www.rzss.org.uk Founded 1909 | |
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Focus Edinburgh Zoo
Highland Wildlife Park Mission "To promote, facilitate and encourage the study of zoology and kindred subjects and to foster and develop amongst the people an interest in and knowledge of animal life." Similar Association of Zoos and Aqua, Snow Leopard Trust, Wildlife Conservation Society, San Diego Zoo Global | ||
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The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is a learned society and registered charity of Scotland. It was founded by an Edinburgh lawyer, Thomas Haining Gillespie, in 1909. In 1913, a large plot of land was purchased for the Society by the Edinburgh Town Council on Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh, a site which later opened to the public as Edinburgh Zoo. The Society received its Royal Charter in 1913. The principal objective of the Society mentioned in the original charter is:
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"To promote, facilitate and encourage the study of zoology and kindred subjects and to foster and develop amongst the people an interest in and knowledge of animal life."
In 1986, the society also acquired the Highland Wildlife Park.
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Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA