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Durrell began his career capturing animals for other zoos, but thought that the facilities needed to concentrate more on animal conservation rather than mere entertainment. He tells the story of starting the zoo in his book A Zoo in my Luggage.
Jersey Zoo has always concentrated on rare and endangered species. Despite a lack on emphasis on large, crowd-pleasing animals, and its relatively out-of-the-way location, the zoo reports more than a quarter-million visitors annually. It has some 1,900 birds, fish and other animals, comprising 190 species.
The zoo is located at Les Augres Manor, Trinity, Jersey, 5 miles north of Saint Helier. It officially opened on March 26 1959.
Since 1964Events January January 1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Ort, the zoo has been home to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation TrustThe Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust was established by naturalist, author and television presenter Gerald Durrell on July 6 1963, as the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust to establish breeding colonies of endangered species at Jersey Zoological Park. (formerly the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust).