In the News

Dudley zoo: save the Tectons
The Thirties building of Dudley Zoo are suddenly attracting attention- beacuse they have been listed as endangered in the World Monument Fund.

Article from The Telegraph.

(The Telegraph, Website, Viewed 10/10/2012. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/columnists/sophie-campbell/6554794/Dudley-Zoo-Save-the-Tectons-architecture.html)

Worldwide plea over Dudley Zoo buildings
Dudley castle was founded shortly after Norman Conquest of 1066, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book, yet it is the Tecton modernist architecture of the surrounding zoo that preservation groups are trying to save.

Article from BBC

(BBC,Website, Viewed 10/10/2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2009/10/07/_feature.shtml

Article from BBC )

  

From looking at these articles in the news, the words used (highlighted in red) reminded me of the endangered animal campaigns that are constantly advertised on T.V, for example the WWF adopt a snow leopard commercial.