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Love Your Zoo & Love Your Aquarium

Chester Zoo

Love Your Zoo & Love Your Aquarium is back for 2026: 25-29 May.

Zoos and Aquariums provide us with so much more than meets the eye.

Love Your Zoo/Aquarium week is an annual nationwide event which coincides with May half-term where our members hold a range of activities to promote the important work they do in nature conservation, education, research and more.

The theme for 2026 is 'In our Nature' - the staff, volunteers and communities who support zoos and aquariums to thrive, and inspire the next generation of conservationists. 

 

BIAZA zoos and aquariums will be running their own activities - each will be celebrating a little differently and may broadcast their activities on their social media.

2026's resources can be downloaded below.  

Reasons to love your BIAZA zoo or aquarium
Emily Warwick | Longleat

Reasons to love your BIAZA zoo or aquarium

  • Leisure: More than 30 million people visit BIAZA’s member zoos and aquariums every year – they offer a great day out for everyone.
  • Education: Last year 745,000 people visited on an organised educational visit – they offer a safe and fun way to learn about animals.
  • Research: BIAZA members supported more than 1,600 research projects last year, many of these with the aim of improving animal welfare and understanding how to conserve endangered species – your visit helps us learn about helping wildlife.
  • Conservation: BIAZA members undertook more than 1,048 conservation projects last year
  • Funding: BIAZA members contribute millions of pounds per year to field conservation projects. In 2025, £34.2 million has been spent by BIAZA members on conservation both locally and around the world.
  • Safeguarding wildlife: By visiting BIAZA zoos and aquariums you are helping to safeguard the future of species facing extinction. 
  • Providing jobs: BIAZA zoos and aquariums employ thousands of people in a wide range of disciplines. 

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