Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

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Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Founded	1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Founder	Thomas Haining Gillespie
Type	Non-profit organization
Focus	Edinburgh Zoo Highland Wildlife Park
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Website	www.rzss.org.uk

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is a learned society and registered charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was founded by Thomas Haining Gillespie in 1909. In 1913, Edinburgh Town Council bought a large plot of land on Corstorphine Hill for the society - this later opened to the public as Edinburgh Zoo.^[2] The society received its Royal Charter in 1913.^[3] The principal objective of the society mentioned in the original charter is:

To promote, facilitate and encourage the study of zoology and kindred subjects and to foster and develop amongst the people an interest in and knowledge of animal life.^[4]

In 1986, the society acquired the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Inverness-shire.^[5]