TTG is a committed advocate of better animal welfare in tourism, and you won’t find us writing about zoos very often. So what is different about Chester Zoo that made Pippa Jacks entertain the idea of visiting?
Chester Zoo's rhinos participate in the European Endangered Species Breeding Programme (EEP) © Pippa Jacks
It has been many years since I visited a zoo. It’s an ethical dilemma I’ve been able to avoid, being in the privileged position of having travelled to places like Botswana, Tanzania and the Galapagos for work.
But the more I looked at how Chester Zoo is operating in 2025, the more unfair it felt to make the same criticisms of it that I would make of zoos in general.
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