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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Hill figures, Plymouth Hoe, Uffington White Horse, Whipsnade Zoo, Nazca Lines, Cerne Abbas giant, Watlington, Oxfordshire, Whitehawk, Folkestone White Horse, Marree Man, Cherhill White Horse, Gigantotomy, Hillside letters, Pewsey, Wye, Kent, Long Man of Wilmington, Effigy mound, Platte Mound M, Marlborough White Horse, Leucippotomy, Tempe Butte, Sajama Lines, Alton, Wiltshire, Westbury White Horse, Kilburn White Horse, Block U, Geoglyph, Sentinel Peak, The Big "C," Bulford Kiwi, Lenham, Sling Camp, Fovant, Whiteleaf, Buckinghamshire, Roundway, Mormond Hill, Osmington White Horse, Battalion Park, Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne, Broad Town, Paracas Candelabra, Atacama Giant, Candelabra of the Andes, The Old Straight Track, Firle Corn, Meggen Lawn Cross. Excerpt: ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is a zoo located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. Originally the zoo was called Whipsnade Park Zoo, which was often shortened to Whipsnade Zoo or even just Whipsnade. In 1988 the name was changed to Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, but in March 2007 it was renamed ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. It is owned by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats, and is a companion to ZSL London Zoo in Regent's Park, London. Whipsnade hill figure seen from Ivinghoe BeaconThe park covers 600 acres (2.4 km), and can be located from miles to the north and from the air because of its large white lion hill figure carved into the side of the Dunstable Downs (part of the Chiltern Hills) below the White Rhino enclosure. Due to its size, inside the park, visitors may walk, use the Zoo's bus service, or drive their own cars between the various animal enclosures, or through an 'Asian' area where some animals are allowed to roam free. There is also a narrow gauge train servi...
