30/05/2023
It’s BIAZA love your Zoo week! At Bede’s we support the following reasons to love your BIAZA zoo or aquarium:
Education: More than 922,000 people visit each year on an organised educational visit – they are offered a safe and fun way to learn about animals.
Leisure: More than 32 million people visit BIAZA’s member zoos and aquariums every year – they offer a great day out for everyone.
Research: BIAZA members support more than 1,300 research projects every year, many of these measuring behaviour with the aim of improving animal welfare – your visit helps us learn about helping wildlife.
Conservation: BIAZA members support more than 830 conservation projects every year.
Funding: BIAZA members contribute more than £28.5 million a year to field conservation projects.
Economy: BIAZA members contribute over £650 million to the national economy.
Safeguarding wildlife: By visiting BIAZA zoos and aquariums you are helping to safeguard the future of vulnerable, threatened and endangered species.
Providing jobs: BIAZA zoos and aquariums employ over 8300 people.
