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Old Belfast Zoo

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The zoo was opened on 28 March 1934 by Sir Crawford McCullough, Lord Mayor of Belfast. The venture was supported by Councillor RJR Harcourt from Belfast Corporation and was partnered by George Chapman, an animal dealer and circus entrepreneur. It cost £10,000 to build and a total of 284,713 people visited the zoo in its first year. During the 1950s and 1960s, the zoo’s popularity started to decrease as public opinion focused more on conservation of animals and their habitats.

By the time the corporation's parks committee took control of the site in 1962, restoration was badly needed, and work began on the new zoo site in 1974.

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