Meet our animals

Chester Zoo is home to 7,000 animals of 400 different species. Conservation is at the heart of the zoo and around half of these species are threatened.

The zoo strives to provide the highest standards of care and conservation of its animals and plants, making a real contribution to saving them from extinction.

Here at Chester Zoo, we constantly review the enclosures and care we provide. This applies to our veterinary care and nutrition and our Animal Health Centre provides unrivalled facilities for our veterinary team. As we learn more and more through breeding and behavioural research, we will be able to make even greater contributions to the animal world - all of this is made possible with the support from our visitors, members or adopters.

Thank you for helping us to carry on our great work.

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Mammals

Mammals are air-breathing animals, characterised by having hair or fur. Females possess mammary glands for suckling their young.
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Birds

Birds are the biggest group of land vertebrates characterised by warm blood, feathers, wings, breathing through lungs and egg laying.
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Reptiles

The most misunderstood group of animals on the planet, reptiles are widely reviled as being cold, slimey and ugly.
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Amphibians

Amphibians were the first group of vertebrates to successfully conquer land almost 400 million years ago.
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Fish

Fishes are a very diverse group of animals that live and breathe in water. Most fish have gills for breathing, fins for swimming and scales.
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Invertebrates

An animal without a backbone, the invertebrates comprise over 99% of the 15 million or more animal species on the planet.
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