We hear there will be some pretty fed-up felines prowling around Chessington World of Adventures tonight: no longer can they roam freely, just checking in to eat the odd wayward child, but are rather having to observe a general, er, purfew put in place by those miserable health and safety executives. Chessington World of Watered-Down Alternatives? Hm, doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it? It would seem that the Department for Environment, Food......

Three leopard cubs born at Chessington World of Adventures in June have, after a few months nuzzling in momma leopard's lair, made their first shaky steps into the world. Persian cubs Cyrus, Soraya and Tahmine first poked their heads out in mid September, and since then have been getting bolder, emerging from their nest box a little at at time. With 25% of the world's mammal species facing extinction, captive breeding programmes like the one......

Londonist is long enough in the tooth to recall a time, way before the thundering rollercoasters and hoards of screaming children, when Chessington World Of Adventures went by the humbler name of Chessington Zoo. Proving that the animal kingdom is still very much part of the fun, the Surrey attraction has taken delivery of a host of aquatic beasties to live in their new Sea Life Centre. Blacktip reef and nurse sharks, assorted species......