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No, this was owned by a man with wealth. I shall have to look it up. If I remember correctly, it wasn't open that long, and has since been covered with houses.
I do a FB page for my area, and when looking for facts, I came across a Glasgow Zoo, but not the one that closed a few years back - no, this one was privately owned. Maybe you could find out more on this?