Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is a conservation organization with a mission to save species from extinction. Gerald Durrell founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust as a charitable institu
Les Augrès Manor, Jersey – headquarters of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
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Jersey Zoo is a zoological park established in 1959 on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It is operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. I
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
…the Princess Royal. Its headquarters are at Les Augrès Manor on the isle of Jersey in the English Channel. The grounds of Les Augrès Manor form the Durrell Wildlife Park, which was originally established by Gerald Durrell in 1959 as a sanctuary and breeding center for endangered species. The zoological park was known…
The dodo is the symbol of the trust and the zoo. Statues of dodos stand at the zoo's gateways.
Buildings at the zoo (photo September 2008)
Statue of Gerald Durrell with a black-and-white ruffed lemur, April 2008
One of the meerkats in 2012