Whipsnade Zoo Whipsnade Zoo ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo and safari park located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos (the other being ZSL London Zoo in Regent's Park, London) that are owned by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. The park covers , and can be located from miles to the north and from the air because of the Whipsnade White Lion, a large hill figure carved into the side of the Dunstable Downs (part
Whipsnade Zoo locations featured in BBC's "Super Vets". It featured in an episode of the CBBC programme "Brum" in 1991, titled "Safari Park". Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's have also used the zoo's background for a television advert. The BBC's "Merlin" used parts of Whipsnade as a filming location for Season 1, and the famous lion landmark is featured in behind the scenes footage from the DVDs. The zoo also served as one of the tasks for BBC Three's "Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum". "Tots TV" visited Whipsnade. In 2002, a 20-year-old elephant named Anna died three days after giving birth to