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. 2012 Jan 11;7(1):e29839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029839

Table 4. The final list of popularity scorings (for all collections that had 2006 animal inventory data available).

Zoo name Score
Chester 551.73 Newquay 260.43
Paignton 521.76 Thrigby 253.96
London 505.77 Africa alive 251.25
Edinburgh(c) 427.22 Curraghs(b) 249.26
Twycross 420.67 Woburn 235.39
Colchester 413.98 Camperdown(a) 225.20
Belfast(b) 404.20 Shepreth 221.62
Blackpool 399.91 Birmingham(a) 217.13
Marwell(a) 399.17 Tropiquaria 210.28
Whipsnade 379.79 West midlands 200.99
Dudley 362.29 Fota(b) 200.50
Banham 356.54 Linton(a) 198.30
Bristol(a) 352.96 Galloway(a) 189.96
Dublin(b) 322.91 Blair Drummond 174.37
Exmoor(a) 309.44 Tilgate 172.14
Paradise WLP 303.63 Tropical world(a) 165.60
Cricket St Thomas 302.75 Battersea 163.07
Jersey(b) 299.54 Lakeland 154.95
Drayton manor 299.09 Wildwood trust(a) 146.37
Flamingo Land 298.46 Calderglen 140.07
Amazon world(a) 296.02 Living Rainforest 112.16
Welsh mountain 280.22 Shaldon 111.36
Drusillas(a) 272.36 Knowsley 111.36
Trotters 269.87 HWP(c) 89.70
Chessington 264.60 New forest WCP 75.99
Birdworld 261.96
(a)

– Represents those collections that were excluded from the multivariate analysis because they either would not allow visitor number figures to be released or they did not provide permission within the timeframe needed for completion of the analysis.

(b)

– Represents those collections that were excluded from the multivariate analysis because demographic figures could not be gathered from the census data used in the study.

(c)

– Only a combined visitor number figure was available for Edinburgh and Highland Wildlife Park. The decision was made to only use Edinburgh in the multivariate analysis using this combined visitor number figure and the popularity rating calculated solely for Edinburgh.