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Belfast Zoo

Belfast Zoo Hazlewood Antrim Road Belfast Co. Antrim BT36 7PN


Belfast Zoological Gardens is located in North Belfast on the slopes of Cave Hill. The 55 acre site is home to more than 130 species, many of which are facing increasing dangers in their natural habitats. Belfast Zoo carries out vital conservation work, both in Northern Ireland and around the world.

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Belfast Zoo helps to bring Christmas joy to Children’s Hospital 19th Dec 2025 Belfast Zoo joined the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Tracy Kelly, on Monday (15th December) to help bring festive cheer to the Royal Belfast Hospital…
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It’s a Baby Boom at Belfast Zoo! 16th Jun 2025 From tiny tamarins to bouncing baby wallabies, Belfast Zoo is bursting with new arrivals and hope for the future. Belfast Zoo is celebrating a very special…
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Tombe and Tumba Move Out 23rd Jan 2025 Colchester Zoo's long term male chimpanzee residents, Tombe and Tumba, will be heading to a new home at Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland on Thursday…
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Belfast Zoo goes Down Under with new Animals Of Australia habitat 8th Aug 2024 Belfast Zoo is going Down Under with a brand new “Animals of Australia” habitat. Animals of Australia will transform the former elephant enclosure…
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Belfast Zoo achieves Autism Impact Award 3rd Jul 2024 On the 10th of June 2024, Belfast Zoo achieved the Autism NI impact award. This is the latest development in a programme of activities at the…
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Community Conservation in Action for red squirrels 27th Jun 2024 The Red Squirrel is one of our most beautiful and beloved native woodland animals. There is nothing more exciting than the flash of red bushy tail and…
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Belfast Zoo welcomes new baby blesbok 17th Jun 2024 Belfast Zoo was overjoyed on the 23rd of May with the birth of a new baby Blesbok. Buttercup was born to proud parents, Prosper and Bluebell. Mother and…
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Double Trouble at Belfast Zoo as Endangered Species Welcomes Two New Babies 30th Jan 2024 Staff at Belfast Zoo are overjoyed at the birth of two babies in their resident François’ Langur family group. François’ Langurs…
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Belfast Zoo’s oldest gorilla Delilah celebrates 60th birthday 22nd Sep 2023 One of Belfast Zoo’s oldest residents is celebrating a milestone birthday! Delilah celebrated her 60th birthday by unwrapping her presents with…
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The BIAZA Annual Awards 2023 - The Full List of Winners 31st Aug 2023 Each year, we recognise the achievements of BIAZA member zoos and aquariums across a wide range of categories in the BIAZA Annual Awards. Having featured…
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Belfast Zoo gets an early Valentine’s gift as their 40th endangered giraffe calf is born 10th Feb 2023 A Rothschild’s giraffe was born at Belfast Zoo on Sunday 5 February 2022, just in time to celebrate Valentine’s day. Proud mum Neja gave birth…
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The BIAZA Annual Awards 2022 - The Full List of Winners 31st Aug 2022 Each year, we recognise the achievements of BIAZA member zoos and aquariums across a wide range of categories in the BIAZA Annual Awards. Having featured…
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Belfast Zoo’s oldest chimp Lizzie celebrates 50th birthday 10th Aug 2022 One of Belfast Zoo’s oldest residents is celebrating a milestone birthday! Lovely Lizzie celebrated her 50th birthday by unwrapping her presents…
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Belfast Zoo welcomes endangered giraffe calf to the herd 2nd Aug 2022 An endangered Rothschild’s giraffe was born at Belfast Zoo on Sunday 24 July 2022. Proud mum, Casey, laboured for two hours and gave birth naturally…
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Accessibility Improvements at Belfast Zoo 8th Jul 2022 Belfast Zoo is a 55-acre site located on the side of Cave Hill in Belfast. While the zoo and its visitors benefit from an incredibly unique setting with…
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Cross border zoos & aquarium unite to call for international agreement between UK and EU 5th Jul 2022 Zoos and aquariums across Ireland and Northern Ireland have come together in a letter to Taoiseach, Micheál Martin and Prime Minister Boris Johnson  …
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Belfast Zoo welcomes new female sloth to accompany resident male 6th May 2022 Priscita, a female two-toed sloth, arrived at Belfast Zoo last week following transfer from a German zoo. Keepers at Belfast Zoo are hoping the newly…
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Belfast Zoo announce birth of two endangered Francois’ leaf monkeys 29th Apr 2022 Belfast Zoo is happy to announce the recent birth of two Francois' langur monkeys. The infants were born within weeks of each other at the Cave Hill…
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Baby bongos born weeks apart at Belfast Zoo 1st Apr 2022 Two critically endangered Eastern bongos have been born at Belfast Zoo in as many weeks. Eastern bongo are African forest antelopes, with numbers in the…
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A critically endangered species of gorilla has been born at Belfast Zoo 10th Nov 2021 Arriving in the early hours of Friday 8 October, the Western lowland gorilla, was born to mother Kamili and father Gugas. The baby gorilla remains without…
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Stand up for elephants! Zoos come together to urge Government to act on World Elephant Day 12th Aug 2021 Zoos issue call ahead of the impending Animals Abroad Bill
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Not all snakes lay eggs! Belfast Zoo welcomes a host of new additions including six Madagascar tree boas and an endangered crowned lemur 29th Jun 2021 There has been a baby boom at Belfast Zoo as it welcomes a whole host of new arrivals in recent months. The newborns include six Madagascar tree boas,…
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Belfast Zoo will reopen to public with major accessibility improvement 27th Apr 2021 Belfast Zoo will reopen to the public on Friday 30 April and will open its new Changing Places facility for the first time. The Changing Places facility…
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Love is in the air at Belfast Zoo with the new Scottish wildcat couple 7th Feb 2020 Belfast Zoo’s new Scottish wildcat couple provide the zoo with an excellent opportunity to support the conservation of a native species.
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Baby bongo at Belfast Zoo 17th Jan 2020 Belfast Zoo are celebrating the birth of a new eastern bongo.
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Red squirrel nook In August 2012, Belfast Zoo officially opened a new interactive and educational exhibit called ‘red squirrel nook’, the first captive breeding…