We have compiled some of the more recent heartbreaking stories of much-missed animals who have sadly died at Colchester Zoo in years gone by.

Firmin, who was rescued from a life spent as an attraction animal in Spain in 2019, has had to have his eyelids sewn shut ...

Visitors including children are said to have watched in horror at the fight between the two animals this afternoon at Colchester Zoo in Essex. Staff are also said to be "devastated" by the horror ...

Keepers at a zoo in Essex have counted every tiger, monkey and seal as part of an annual stock take. Colchester Zoo updates its records at the end of each year to keep track of births, deaths and ...