Chester Zoo Unveils 28m Africa Facility Complete With Chilly Giraffes

Nine-hectare site home to 57 species including rhino, zebras and ostriches in UKs biggest such development Although we are trying to replicate Uganda and Kenya we are actually in Cheshire so the weather is slightly different, admits boss, Jamie Christon, on a fresh and very grey Monday morning. But ignore the chilliness and screw your eyes and you could well be transported to a sweeping African savannah where, one day, there will be giraffes, zebras, antelopes and ostriches roaming majestically side by side.