12 Facts About Dublin Zoo

Dublin Zoo, in Phoenix Park, Dublin, is a zoo in Ireland, and one of Dublin's most popular attractions.

Royal Zoological Society of Dublin was established at a meeting held at the Rotunda Hospital on 10 May 1830 and the zoo, then called the Zoological Gardens Dublin, was opened to the public on 1 September 1831.

Dublin Zoo died shortly after from the Spanish flu in his twenties.

Dublin Zoo was put down by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary.

In 2015, Dublin Zoo was the third most popular visitor attraction in Ireland with 1,105,005 visitors.

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Documentary TV series The Zoo produced by Moondance Productions is filmed almost entirely on location at Dublin Zoo, and began broadcast on TV3 in 2010, before moving to RTE One in Ireland in 2011.

Dublin Zoo is part of a worldwide programme to breed endangered species.

Dublin Zoo manages the EEP for the golden lion tamarin and the Moluccan cockatoo.

Dublin Zoo has recently completed a larger Asian elephant enclosure and the Nesbit House has been demolished.

Dublin Zoo is involved in the international breeding programme and helps to fund researchers who study the tamarins in Brazil.

Dublin Zoo has succeeded in breeding the primates on these islands.

Dublin Zoo had escaped for an hour and was on top of the Sumatran tiger nighthouse before a group of school children alerted staff.