Some of you may remember that last year I blogged about lion statues in Bath. Well, not to be outdone, Bristol has animal statues this year. They are gorillas, and they are there to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Bristol Zoo. You can learn more about them here.
The gorillas have been hanging around various locations in the city for a couple of months, and have just been rounded up by their keepers for a little restoration work before they all go on display together at the zoo for the week Sept 24-28. On the 29th the statues will be auctioned off to benefit gorilla conservation and the local charity, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal.
I only managed to snap a fraction of the entire group — there were 61 in total, and one had wandered off as far as Birmingham — but here are my photos of the ones I did see.
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There’s rather a nice one dressed as Brunel at the far end of the Suspension Bridge.
Such a great idea of making some statues of this gorillas. It is really great since they made an actual or life size of gorilla statue. The gorilla statues were so cute as what I’ve seen in your photos. Such a good design! I hope that the auction will be successful…