Animal Filming Locations

Over the course of its operation, Dorling Kindersley filmed various animals in-studio at various locations. The following is a list of the places where various species of animal were filmed for Dorling Kindersley Vision programming.

Animals marked with an asterisk [\*] are believed to no longer be held at the collection in question.

##### **Heythrop Zoo, United Kingdom**

This zoo is located in Oxfordshire, England. It is a privately-run zoo; with one of the largest privately-owned collections of animals in the United Kingdom. Heythrop keeps many 'classical' zoo animals - its main speciality being the training of animals for filming.

Animals filmed for DK at this location include:

- Lion [*Panthera leo*]

- Tiger [*Panthera tigris*]

- Leopard [*Panthera pardus*]

- American Black Bear [*Ursus americanus*]^\*

- Striped Hyaena [*Hyaena hyaena*]\*

^ Possibly an Asiatic Black Bear [*Ursus thibetanus*]

##### **Birdland, United Kingdom**

This collection is located at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the United Kingdom. It specialises mainly in exotic birds, and for years bred king penguins; and still keeps the species as of writing.

The 'See How They Grow' book about penguins gives credit to Birdland; indicating that the penguins filmed were of their collection.

- King Penguin [*Aptenodytes patagonicus*]

##### **Bobby Roberts Super Circus, United Kingdom**

This circus formed in 1993; being one of the few collections in the country to feature elephant acts. It toured for 18 years before ceasing in 2011 - when it gained much publicity over reports of elephant abuse - which the owner of the circus contested.

- Asian Elephant [*Elephas maximus*]\*

##### **Martin Mere Wetland Centre, United Kingdom**

The Martin Mere Wetland Centre, operated by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, was home to the Endangered Species Breeding Unit. This separate entity kept and bred a variety of threatened native and wetland-dwelling reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. The unit closed around 2008 following the death of its founder Patrick J. Wisniewski. The following species was filmed here for See How They Grow Pond Animals.

- Fire salamander [*Salamandra salamandra*]\*

##### **Twycross Zoo, United Kingdom**

This zoo is located in Leicestershire in the United Kingdom. This zoo specialises in primates and is well-known in the past for providing chimpanzees for use in film and television, an activity which no longer occurs. The following species were filmed here for both Eyewitness and Baby Animals.

- Western lowland gorilla [*Gorilla gorilla gorilla*]

- Chimpanzee [*Pan troglodytes*]

- Bornean orangutan [*Pongo pygmaeus*]

- Lar gibbon [*Hylobates lar*]\*

##### Marwell Zoo, United Kingdom

This zoo is located in Hampshire, on England's south coast. It was one of the earliest zoos in Europe to place an emphasis on animal conservation. Several species were filmed here for Baby Animals and while it is credited in See How They Grow Jungle Animals, it is unknown which species was actually filmed here.

- Northern giraffe [*Giraffa cameleopardis*]

- Okapi [*Okapia johnstoni*]

- Grevy's zebra [*Equus grevyi*]

- Hartmann's mountain zebra [*Equus zebra hartmannae*]

- Pygmy hippopotamus [*Choeropsis liberiensis*]

- Dama gazelle [*Nanger dama*]\*

- Sable antelope [*Hippotragus niger*]\*

##### Brighton Sealife Centre, United Kingdom

This attraction in the English city of Brighton is the oldest operating aquarium in the world, having opened in 1872. A small sequence from Eyewitness Ocean was filmed on-site here.

- Common octopus [*Octopus vulgaris*]?

- Grey triggerfish [*Balistes capriscus*] - This species does not appear in the episode itself, but does appear in the behind-the-scenes footage in The Making of Eyewitness III - Worlds.

#### Bristol Zoo, United Kingdom

This zoo opened in 1836 and closed because of rising costs and falling footfall in 2022. While it is not known exactly which animals were filmed here, the zoo is thanked in the credits of both Insect and Reptile.

#### Stratford Butterfly Farm, United Kingdom

This attraction opened in 1985 and consists of a greenhouse with free-flying butterflies, plus separate displays for further invertebrates and other animals. It is not known exactly which animals were filmed here, but the farm is thanked in the credits of Insect.

#### London Zoo, United Kingdom

This zoo first opened in 1828, making it the world's oldest scientific zoo. While it is not exactly known which animals were filmed here, it is thanked in the credits of the See How They Grow episode Woodland Animals.

#### Paradise Wildlife Park, United Kingdom

This zoo opened in 1984. It is not known which animals were filmed here, or indeed if animals were filmed here at all, but the credits for both the Animal Appetites and Armoured Animals episodes of Amazing Animals.

##### Woodland Park Zoo, United States of America

This zoo, based in Seattle in Washington, first opened in 1899. Stock footage from a Partridge Films work filmed at this zoo was used in Mountain Animals.

- Snow leopard [*Panthera uncia*]

###### Eyewitness Books and Games only

**Whipsnade Zoo, United Kingdom**

This zoo is located in Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. The largest zoo in the country by area, it is owned by the Zoological Society of London.

-Reindeer [*Rangifer tarandus*]

-Domestic Yak [*Bos grunniens*]

-Asiatic Elephant [*Elephas maximus*]

**Tierpark Dählhölzli, Switzerland**

This animal park is located in the Swiss city of Bern - which has authority over the zoo itself. Most of the zoo's animals are adapted specifically for a temperate climate, though a few tropical species - most of which birds, are also held.

-Moose [*Alces alces*]

-Muskox [*Ovibos moschatus*]