Poole Park Zoo was opened in 1963 by Ken and Trudy Smith … they also ran 3 other zoos in the South of England … namely Newquay (Childrens Zoo), Exmouth and Shaldon (Teignmouth) of the 4 that they owned / ran only Shaldon is now in existence …. Poole Park Zoo remained open until 1994 but was not run by the Smith family when it closed down …