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RICHARD O'Grady, the director of Glasgow Zoo, has died of a brain aneurism after collapsing at work. The 54-year-old had been complaining of a pain in his ear shortly before his collapse on Wednesday ...

Glasgow zoo which opened in 1947 was closed yesterday after years of decline and with debts of about £4 million. Homes have been found for most of the animals but concern has been expressed about the ...

A ZOO agreed to give new homes to unwanted pets and then fed them to its snakes, former members of staff claimed last night. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

Glasgow Zoo will close to the public at the end of September, it has been confirmed. The attraction at Calderpark, which stopped receiving public funding in 2000, has struggled with debts rumoured to ...

Next weekend (12th -13th February) Bellway Homes launches its two latest showhomes at The Avenues, a cutting-edge housing development close the former site of Glasgow Zoo in Calderpark. To help ensure ...

Campaigners have urged the managers of Glasgow Zoo to abandon plans to create a new animal-based visitor attraction. Advocates for Animals welcomed the announcement that the zoo is to close in ...

GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Seven rare tortoises died at the Glasgow Zoo in Scotland after a thermostat malfunctioned on the the hottest day of the year. The 60-year-old Brown Burmese ...

A British zookeeper has shared a fond reunion with an elephant he cared for more than 30 years ago. Peter Adamson was instantly recognised by his old friend Kirsty, an Asian elephant who lived at a ...

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According to a report in the Scottish newspaper The Herald, the city of Glasgow is planning a £35 million ($57 million) rainforest zoo beside the Clyde due to open by 2014. The complex on the banks of ...