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Mark Stephen hears memories from Aberdeen Zoo

From 1966 to 1977, Aberdeen Zoo housed lions, bears, seals, otters and the zoo favourites Heather and Humphrey the chimpanzees. Mark Stephen meets the keepers who worked there.

During the 1960s and 1970s, children in Aberdeen enjoyed visits to Aberdeen Zoo where they could see many animals that included; lions, bears, seals, otters and the zoo favourites, Heather and Humphrey the chimpanzees. Mark Stephen hears the stories from the former keepers and meets Rob Leslie, who lived in the zoo, when his father George was the zoo manager.

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