Elephants

Elderly holidaymakers enjoy a sparsely attended musical performance in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, August 1983

27 eclectic images of Blackpool in bygone days captured in colour

'Extraordinary journey' - Blackpool Zoo celebrates first birthday of endangered elephant calf Zaiya

Blackpool Zoo celebrates endangered elephant calf Zaiya's 1st birthday

Jam packed - the beach on a hot day in the 90s

Gazette readers share their favourite childhood memories of Blackpool

The Coffee Pot and its outdoor tables with Thomas Cook and Barclays Bank beyond in Birley Street

19 fabulous town centre pictures taken in Blackpool from the 1990s

Elephants in convoy as they arrive at the Tower Circus

13 historical pictures of the much-loved elephants at Tower Circus

In September 2025, history was made at the zoo with the birth of endangered elephant calf Zaiya - six months on she’s been stealing hearts ever since!

Zoo marks adorable endangered baby elephant’s first six months

From Wednesday, January 21, to Friday, January 23, access up to Project Elephant Base Camp at Blackpool Zoo will be temporarily closed while improvements are carried out to the upper walkway.

Elephant Base Camp to temporarily close for three days

'They saved her life' - Tiny Blackpool Zoo elephant calf now thriving

Blackpool Zoo is celebrating a major milestone in elephant care as baby Zaiya continues to thrive under the watchful eyes of dedicated keepers

Baby elephant thrives at Blackpool Zoo thanks to care from keepers

A heartwarming new image from Blackpool Zoo shows Tara and her calf Zaiya snuggling together overnight

Adorable CCTV image shows Blackpool Zoo elephant cuddling her newborn

Queen of the Blackpool Lights Pauline Davies, chosen by these Illuminations workers in 1975.
l-r Graham Ogden, George Danier, Ted Bentley, Pauline Davies, Albert Borrowdale and Bert Dilworth.

47 lost retro photos which sum up Blackpool in the early 1970s

Gary Wild 's later kiosk on the southern side of Victoria Street in 1980 before demolition of properties for the final part of the Houndshill Centre

Fascinating photos to bring back fond memories of living in the 80s

TV and radio personality Simon Dee with beauty queens from around the country in the 1960s

20 undeniably nostalgic pictures which travel back to the 1960s

Tara and Zaiya

History is made as endangered elephant calf is born at zoo

Kate the Elephant turns 56 at Blackpool Zoo.

Kate the elephant turns 56 - a gentle giant’s legacy at Blackpool Zoo

Men think they could also outpace include crocodiles and elephants

One in 50 men believe they can outrun a HORSE, poll reveals
One in 50 men think they could beat a horse in a 100 metre sprint, according to research.
Richard Jenkins

Blackpool Zoo has announced an exciting partnership with

Blackpool Zoo announces exciting news

Two Asian elephants at Blackpool Zoo have lost their babies, the zoo has confirmed.

Blackpool Zoo makes heartbreaking announcement about Asian elephants

Mary the elephant takes a shower.

Watch: Elephant known as “queen of showering” uses hose to rinse off

Elephant at a safari

The animals Brits want to see as they swap beaches for safaris

Blackpool Zoo has released adorable pictures of pregnant elephants Noorjahan and Esha at an aqua-natal class.

Pregnant elephants dive into aqua-natal at Blackpool Zoo

Blackpool Gazette

Two pregnant elephants at Blackpool Zoo undergo ultrasounds

Elephant uses trunk to rummage for snacks in tourists’ Jeep.

Watch: Elephant uses trunk to rummage for snacks in tourists’ Jeep

Blackpool Zoo is preparing for the arrival of two baby elephants later this year

Blackpool Zoo making plans for first baby elephants to be born there

Richard Leakey was hailed as 'the saviour of the elephants' for his work tacking poaching gangs and the criminals behind them.

Here's how Lancashire is waging war on the illegal ivory trade

Elmer and 30 of his uniquely decorated friends have arrived in Blackpool.

25 pictures after Elmer's Big Blackpool Parade 2024 arrives in resort

If you go down to the zoo today..

I went to Chester Zoo for the snow leopards but...
The fact that they use their fluffy tails as a pillow and their beautiful colouring cements them as my favourite animal.
Emma Downey

I went to the spectacular Blackpool Zoo and danced with a real life gorilla

I visited the spectacular Blackpool Zoo and danced with a gorilla

Blackpool Zoo keepers celebrating the wonderful news

Zoo announce the results of elephants supersized pregnancy tests

Blackpool Zoo is monitoring the reproductive cycles of its female Asian elephants by using coloured edible glitter, which helps to identify the dung.

Why Blackpool Zoo is excited about 'supersized glittery elephant poo'

Santa in his grotto at Blackpool Zoo

Father Christmas will be visiting Blackpool Zoo this December

Do elephants like human visitors at the zoo?

Which animals like zoo visitors and which ones don’t

The Asian small clawed otters at Blackpool Zoo

New line-up of talks, feeds and demonstrations at Blackpool Zoo

Blackpool Zoo in 1979

Blackpool Zoo stays silent on future of elephant breeding programme amid potenti...

Travel - enjoy South Africa from your armchair

The elephant arrives outside the Sands venue

Special delivery as elephant arrives at Blackpool's Showtown museum

A scene from Elephants On The Move

Elephants pack their trunks for TV documentary on big move

Pupils from St Teresa's Primary School had the chance to Skype with wildlife presenter and cameraman Gordon Buchanan. Pictured are Cara Pigott, Kira Knights and Codie Jones.

Are elephants destined to be the subject of history books?

Blackpool zoo elephants

8,000 names against new elephant house

Stephen Pierre, owner of the Galleon Bar, chats to Bournemouth University media students

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