The charity usually welcomes over1 million visitors a year through its gates, raising vital funds towards the care of almost 20,000 animals. after its historic closure in march, this iconic london attraction recently reopened, but months of lost income has left the oldest scientific zoo in the world struggling to survive. it s been really, really hard for us. the moment our gates closed, our income dried up. it was an incredible weight of responsibility for me and for the staff, it was a really momentous occasion. this was the first time we have closed since being back in the blitz. we had staff living on site here, because they wanted to ensure that they could remain coming in to continue feeding our animals. take a metre step back, please. 0ur animals cost us over £600,000 a month to feed, so the more that goes on, the scarier it gets. we were depleting our reserves, our savings which meant that actually what we could do
We have closed since being back in the blitz. we had staff living on site here, because they wanted to ensure that they could remain coming in to continue feeding our animals. take a metre step back, please. 0ur animals cost us over £600,000 a month to feed, so the more that goes on, the scarier it gets. we were depleting our reserves, our savings which meant that actually what we could do and how long we could keep going was getting really quite scary. long we could keep going was getting we had a fight on our hands to make sure that these guys, all the animals and all of the staff looking after them, that are so dedicated, were going to come out of the other side and come out the other side shining. london zoo isn t alone in its struggle. zoos all over the world are taking drastic measures to keep afloat. the calgary zoo is in the process of sending its pandas back to china because they can t source enough bamboo to feed them. the staff at vietnam s oldest zoo
The moment our gates closed, our income dried up. it s been really, really hard for us. the moment our gates closed, our income dried up. it was an incredible weight of responsibility for me and for the staff, it was a really momentous occasion. this was the first time we have closed since being back in the blitz. we had staff living on site here, because they wanted to ensure that they could remain coming in to continue feeding our animals. take a metre step back, please. our animals cost us over £600,000 a month to feed, so the more that goes on, the scarier it gets. we were depleting our reserves, our savings which meant that actually what we could do and how long we could keep going was getting really quite scary. we had a fight on our hands to make sure that these guys, all the animals and all of the staff looking after them, that are so dedicated, were going to come out of the other side and come out the other side shining. london zoo isn t alone
It s been really, really hard for us. the moment are gates closed, our income dried up. it was an incredible weight of responsibility for me and for the staff, it was a really momentous occasion. this was the first time we have closed since being back in the blitz. we had staff living on site here, because they wanted to ensure that they could remain coming in and continue feeding our animals. 0ur animals cost us over £600,000 a month to feed, so the more that goes on, the scarier it gets. we were depleting our savings which meant that actually what we could do and how long we could keep going was getting really quite scary. we had a fight on our hands to make sure that these guys, all the animals and all of the staff looking after them are so dedicated, we are going to come out of the other side and come out of it shining. london zoo isn t alone in its struggle. zoos all over
I think the penguins are my favourite. the charity usually welcomes over1 million visitors a year through its gates, raising vital funds towards the care of almost 20,000 animals. after its historic closure in march, this iconic london attraction recently reopened, but months of lost income has left the oldest scientific zoo in the world struggling to survive. it s been really, really hard for us. the moment our gates closed, our income dried up. it was an incredible weight of responsibility for me and for the staff, it was a really momentous occasion. this was the first time we have closed since being back in the blitz. we had staff living on site here, because they wanted to ensure that they could remain coming in to continue feeding our animals. take a metre step back, please. 0ur animals cost us over £600,000 a month to feed, so the more that goes on, the scarier it gets.