BIAZA Awards 2025 - The Winners!

Each year, we recognise the achievements of BIAZA member zoos and aquariums across a wide range of categories in the BIAZA Annual Awards. Compiled below is the complete list of winners, and we'll be featuring many of the project submission videos on our Facebook page. 

Thank you to everyone who submitted their video to the BIAZA Awards! 

Animal Husbandry, Care and Breeding  

Winner: Wingham Wildlife Park - Championing 3D printing to revolutionise white-clawed crayfish transports

Runner up: Sparsholt College- Heath Tiger Beetle conservation through Captive Breeding 

Runner up: ZSL London Zoo - Incubating a Critically Endangered Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture Chick

Behaviour and Welfare 

Winner: Wildwood Trust - Providing European Bison with choice and control, implementing degrees of freedom in self injection training 

Runner up: Bristol Zoological Society - The BZS Animal Welfare Audit Process: Innovation, Impact, and Progression

Runner up: ZSL London Zoo - Using trained behaviours to achieve multiple successes regarding Red River Hog health and wellbeing

Field Conservation 

Winner: Bristol Zoological Society - Investigating hunting causes and implementing community-led mitigations in the Philippines

Runner up: Chester Zoo- Malagasy Stock-proof Hedges Project

Runner up: Bristol Zoological Society - Protecting Wildlife in Bénoué National Park 

Education  

Winner: Colchester Zoo - The Exploratorium 

Runner up: Chester Zoo - Chester Zoo – School Takeover Day 

Runner up: Hertfordshire Zoo Hertfordshire x Unifrog: Inspiring future conservationists through innovative careers delivery

Habitats 

Winner: ZSL London Zoo – The Secret Life of Reptiles and Amphibians 

Runner up: Hertfordshire Zoo- Gibbons Song of the Forest

Runner up: Chester Zoo- Snow Leopards at Chester Zoo

PR, Marketing, Digital & Events 

Winner: The Big Cat Sanctuary – Big Cats in Crisis Campaign

Runner up: Battersea Park Children’s Zoo - #ShareSavy Campaign

Runner up: Dublin Zoo - Breastfeeding Volunteers & the Birth of a Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutans 

Sustainability 

Winner: Twycross Zoo - Environmental Sustainability at Twycross Zoo – Small Actions Making a Big Difference

Runner up: RZSS Edinburgh Zoo - Solar Meadow at Edinburgh Zoo

Runner up: Chester Zoo - If a heat pump can heat a rhino’s home, it can heat your home

Diversity and Inclusion 

Winner - Dudley Zoo & Castle - Creating an Autism Friendly Attraction through an External Partner (Dimensions UK)

Runner up: Twycross Zoo - The Home Ed Homestead

Runner up: Hertfordshire Zoo - Silent Flyers: Making bird displays accessible and inclusive

Horticulture 

Winner: Jersey Zoo -Overhauling winter browse

Runner up: Hertfordshire Zoo - Horticulture – Gibbons Song of the Forest

Research 

Winner: Chester Zoo - The Value of Zoos for Species and Society: A New Model

Runner up: Bristol Zoological Society -Swimming Towards a Brighter Future: Enhancing the Welfare of the Critically Endangered Goodeid the Zacapu Allotoca (Allotoca zacapuensis) Through Lighting

Runner up: Newquay Zoo - Evaluation of Owston's civet (Chrotogale owstoni) captive breeding behaviour

Professional Capacity Building 

Askham Bryan Wildlife and Conservation Park Conservation Skills Conference - WINNER 

Bristol Zoological Society - Keeper Skills Sharing Sessions - 2024 - RUNNER UP 

Chester Zoo - Apprenticeship Programme - RUNNER UP 

Rising Star ⭐ 

Nominees: 

Gracie Gee – ZSL Whipsnade Zoo 

Dr Rebecca Lewis - Chester Zoo 

Cameron Whitnall- The Big Cat Sanctuary  

Winner: 

 Andrew Mooney – Dublin Zoo  

Once again, congratulations to the dozens of members, teams, and individuals who go above and beyond to champion conservation, welfare, research, and education and so much more in the zoo/aquarium sector!