Petition · past parliament

Save Chester Zoo

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Re-open Chester Zoo, allowing them to abide by social distancing measures as set out in their website.
Chester Zoo have been informed they may have to close indefinitely by the UK government due to Coronavirus restrictions yet shops are due to open mid June and people are flocking to beaches and parks.

Taken from: https://m.facebook.com/chesterzoo1/

We REFUSE to cut corners when it comes to caring for the animals ❤️
We REFUSE to give up on our fight to prevent extinction 🌎
And because of that, we’ve now reached the point where we desperately NEED YOUR HELP 🙏

We need you to SAVE OUR ZOO...

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Allow Zoos and Wildlife attractions to reopen with social distancing in place: Allow Zoos and Wildlife attractions to reopen with social distancing in place

Provide financial help to zoos, aquariums, & rescue centres during the pandemic: Provide financial help to zoos, aquariums, & rescue centres during the pandemic.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

3 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
9 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Jun 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.