Unique Valentine’s gift ideas from Bristol Zoo Gardens

Love is all around at Bristol Zoo Gardens this month in celebration of Valentine’s Day.

From the sweet song of the lovebirds to the striking colours of the love beetle, Bristol Zoo has plenty to offer the Valentine’s visitor.

And with more than 450 species at home in the Zoo, there are always a few animal lovers to meet. From Biggie and Twiggy the giant tortoises to Jock the silverback gorilla and his two females, Romina and Salome - animal passion is always in the air!

And for a Valentine’s gift with a difference, why not adopt an animal for your loved one? So if you’re batty about your boyfriend, why not adopt him a Livingstone’s fruit bat? Or how about a cheeky monkey for your cheeky monkey, or even a love bird or a bleeding heart dove?

Other gift ideas include a day ticket to the Zoo or an annual membership which allows you to visit the Zoo as often as you like, while helping support the Zoo's charitable conservation and education work.

For more information about adopting an animal or giving an annual membership as a gift, visit www.bristolzoo.org.uk/unique-gifts or phone 0117 974 7300.

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For press enquiries please contact Bristol Zoo’s press office:
Lucy Parkinson, T: 0117 974 7306, or email: lparkinson [at] bristolzoo [dot] org [dot] uk
Vanessa Hollier, T: 0117 974 7309, or email: vhollier [at] bristolzoo [dot] org [dot] uk

Notes to editors
Bristol Zoo Gardens

• Bristol Zoo Gardens is an education and conservation charity and relies on the income from visitors to support its work.
• Throughout 2010 Bristol Zoo will be running a series of events to highlight the importance of conserving the world’s biodiversity, as part of the international Year of Biodiversity. For more information visit the Zoo website at www.bristolzoo.org.uk/about/conservation/campaigns/iyob
• To find out more about the UN’s International Year of Biodiversity visit the website at www.unep.org/iyb/
• Bristol Zoo is open from 9am every day except Christmas Day.
• The Zoo is involved with more than 100 co-ordinated breeding programmes for threatened wildlife species.
• It employs 140 full and part-time staff to care for the animals and run a successful visitor attraction to support its conservation and education work.
• Bristol Zoo Gardens supports – through finance and skill sharing - over 10 projects in the UK and abroad that conserve and protect some of the world’s most endangered species.
• Bristol Zoo Gardens is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. BIAZA represents more than 90 member collections and promotes the values of good zoos and aquariums.