The Isle of Wight Zoo in Isle of Wight, English Channel, United Kingdom | Zoo

Welcome to The Isle of Wight Zoo in the United Kingdom. All the animals at The Isle of Wight Zoo are housed in a wide variety of naturalistic enclosures that encourage them to display their natural behaviours. During your visit you can take in The Tiger Sanctuary, Lemurland and Nature's Nightmares, the Zoo's newly opened Kanha Enclosure has recently been described as one of the best new Zoo enclosures in the world. The dedicated Education Officer is on hand to deal with school groups, Today, The Isle of Wight Zoo is going from strength to strength having firmly established itself as a serious centre for wild animal management and conservation. The Isle of Wight Zoo now houses The Tiger Sanctuary and Lemurland. These two areas have naturally evolved as products of our main areas of specialisation; Conservation projects to support in-situ work in India and Madagascar are in progress and look set to make a significant contribution towards the preservation of tigers and lemurs in their native habitats. The Zoo now operates a fully-fledged education department catering for the visiting public and for schools. Re-generation and expansion of the Zoo's facilities, for both animals and visitors, is on-going.
The Island's Zoo still remains under it's original private ownership from the takeover in 1976. Today, The Isle of Wight Zoo is going from strength to strength having firmly established itself as a serious centre for wild animal management and conservation.
The Isle of Wight Zoo will reach it's full potential as an internationally renowned wildlife conservancy dedicated to remaining in the front line of global efforts to prevent extinction of endangered animals.
The Isle of Wight Zoo also maintain five species of old and new world monkeys in non-breeding colonies. These include species which are not currently threatened by human activities but are often victims of the continuing pet trade in the United Kingdom.