Our new book, launched Sunday 29 April 2012 at Shaldon Wildlife Trust, available to order now

Alan Ashby and Rob Vaughan have now added this document to the website: click here to take a look and please contact us if you think you can help.

It is worth noting how well the Dreamland Trust is now progressing.

"Work is already underway with millions of pounds of funding already secured to create the distinctly British amusement park of historic rides at Dreamland. The focal points of the project will be Dreamland’s trio of architectural gems, namely the fully restored and working Scenic Railway, the Dreamland cinema and Lord George Sanger’s animal cages."

Our Society was pleased to be consulted when securing the protection of these now unique animal cages.

Please click here for Programme Schedule or here for the Registration Form.

75th Anniversary of the Society for the History of Natural History
From Royal Gifts to Biodiversity Conservation: The History and Development of Menageries, Zoos and Aquariums

Thursday 19th and Friday 20th May 2011@ Chester Zoo, UK

This international Symposium is being held in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Society for the History of Natural History. It is a joint collaboration between Chester Zoo, the Society for the History of Natural History and the Linnean Society, supported by WAZA the and the Bartlett Society. The focus of the symposium is to provide a comprehensive overview of the history and development of living wild animal collections across the world. Symposium proceedings will be made available.

Our previous website used PHP Nuke whereas this replacement site is developed within Google Sites.

The site was opened to society members late March 2011 and went public in time for Easter 2011.

With any such major redesign, faults may be made, so any feedback or observations would be greatly appreciated.