This is an annotated list of zoos and aquariums that once existed, but are no more.

Asia

Clifton Fish Aquarium

The Clifton Fish Aquarium was located in Clifton near Abdullah Shah Ghazi's shrine in Karachi, Pakistan. It was opened in 1965 and had 33 seawater and 14 freshwater tanks. Because of its "dilapidated" condition, it was closed in 1998.

Dusit Zoo

Dusit Zoo was in Bangkok, Thailand, and was open from 1938 to 2018.

Inubōsaki Marine Park

Inubōsaki Marine Park was located in Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and closed in 2018.

Jurong Bird Park

Jurong Bird Park was an aviary located in Jurong, Singapore, covering an area of 0.2 square kilometres (49 acres) on the western slope of Jurong Hill, which made the park the largest bird park in Asia. Opening on 3 January 1971, Jurong Bird Park had thirteen zones home to birds from all over the world and also featured a hawk flying show with the name "Kings of the Skies", as well as feeding sessions.

The aviary was closed on 3 January 2023. The birds were moved to Bird Paradise in Mandai which opened several months later.

Jurong Reptile Park

The Jurong Reptile Park (also known as Jurong Reptile and Crocodile Paradise) was a reptile zoo located within the Boon Lay Planning Area of the Jurong district in Singapore.

The zoo was closed in 2006 because of other more popular zoos in Singapore such as Jurong Bird Park and the Singapore Zoo. The site is now occupied by The Village @ Jurong Hill.

Lai Chi Kok Zoo

Lai Chi Kok Zoo was located in Hong Kong.

Peshwe Park Peshwe Park was a small zoo opened in 1953 by the Pune Municipal Corporation where Madhavrao Peshwe had established a private menagerie in 1870. Located in the heart of Pune, India, at the base of the Parvati hills, this zoo exhibited animals in traditional cages. Starting in 1997, the animals were gradually moved to the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, the last animal being moved out on 16 March 2005.

Tel Aviv Zoo

Tel Aviv Zoo was in Tel Aviv, Israel, and was open from 1938 to 1981.

Singapore Crocodile Farm

Singapore Crocodile Farm (also known as the Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm) was located on Upper Serangoon Road in Singapore. This facility was started in 1945 by Tan Gna Chua, and was eventually opened to the public. It was closed in 2012.

Van Kleef Aquarium

Van Kleef Aquarium was located in Singapore.

Europe

AquaDom

The AquaDom, a massive cylindrical aquarium inside the atrium of Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin, Germany, exploded and collapsed on December 16, 2022.

Bärenzwinger im Köllnischen Park Opened on 17 August 1939, the Bärenzwinger in Berlin-Mitte was home to brown bears (the city's heraldic animal) for almost eighty years. During the Second World War, all but one of the bears were killed and the area was buried under rubble. The enclosure was reopened in 1949. Criticism and opposition regarding the welfare of the animals arose in the 2000s, leading to the closure of the Bärenzwinger after the death of the last of its bears in autumn 2015.

Belle Vue Zoological Gardens

Belle Vue Zoological Gardens was a large zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester, England, that opened in 1836. The gardens closed down in phases, with the speedway closing last in November 1987.

Clacton Pier Dolphinarium

The Clacton Pier Dolphinarium was originally designed as an Olympic sized public swimming pool, and opened in 1932. The pool was closed to the public in 1971 due to falling income, and converted to a dolphinarium. The dolphins were all moved out of the facility in 1979 when a storm severely damaged the tank on New Year's Day. After storm damage was repaired, the facility continued to be used. Nemo, the last orca at the facility, was moved to Windsor Safari Park on June 26, 1985. A slide was installed after Nemo left, and the facility was used as a water park until at least 1988.

Coventry Zoo

Located in Whitley, Coventry, England, in 1966 and closed in 1980. Briefly hosted a dolphinarium and was famous for its Impi statue at the entrance.

Cross's Menagerie Cross's Menagerie, a zoo at 18 Earle Street Liverpool, was founded in 1882 by William Cross (1840–1900), one of the biggest animal dealers in England. After Cross died, his children William Simpson Cross (1873–1920) and James Conrad Cross (1879–1952) took over the business.

Dierenpark Tilburg

Dierenpark Tilburg was a zoo at the Bredaseweg in Tilburg, Netherlands. The park opened its doors in 1932 as a wedding present from Johan Burgers (the founder of Royal Burgers' Zoo) to his daughter and her husband from Tilburg. In 1946 the park was sold to C. van Dijk & Sons, who helped to develop it. The park was closed in 1973.

Gatwick Zoo Gatwick Zoo was opened in 1973 by Terry and Sheila Thorpe and was closed in September 2002. The 11.4-acre zoo was home to around 900 birds and mammals, which were relocated to Chessington Zoo, Colchester Zoo, Edinburgh Zoo and Leeds Castle.

Glasgow Zoo

Glasgow Zoo opened in 1947 in Glasgow, Scotland. During the 56 years it was open, it was home to tigers, lions, polar bears, elephants, and other animals big and small alike. It was closed in September 2003.

Heide Park

From 1979 till November 2008, the Heide Park in Soltau, Germany, included a zoo with various animals such as dolphins, pelicans, alligators, chimpanzees, sea lions, ponys and poultry. Animals shows were also performed during this time. After the Tussauds Group acquired the park in 2002, the exhibits and shows were gradually removed. One dolphin was euthanized, the two other animals were moved to Nuremberg Zoo.

Holiday Park

The theme park Holiday Park in Haßloch, Germany had a dolphin show since its opening in 1971. After protests, the dolphinarium was closed in 1994.

Kjøbenhavns Aquarium At Vesterbrogade 33 in Copenhagen, Denmark, was designed in 1872 by Theodor Stuckenberg, and rebuilt in 1875 by Christian L. Thuren as a restaurant. It was demolished in 1877.

Knaresborough Zoo Knaresborough Zoo was a zoo in Conyngham Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1965 and closed on 13 January 1986.

Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of the village of Leeds. An aviary was added in 1980 and by 2011 it contained over 100 species. However, it was decided to close the aviary in October 2012 as it was felt the charity managing the castle could better use the £200,000 a year it cost to keep the aviary running.

Löwensafari und Freizeit-Park Tüddern

Löwensafari und Freizeit-Park Tüddern was a zoo and Germany's first safari park located in Selfkant. Founded in 1968 by Phantasialand founders Richard Schmidt and Gottlieb Löffelhardt, the safari park featured lions, tigers, dromedaries and baboons, while the zoo was home to Asian elephants, hippos, flamingos and chimpanzees. The park also included a Frontier town with a narrow-gauge railway and other small attractions.

After the death of its director Johann Weinheimer in 1985, the park deteriorated and several of the animals were sold until it went bankrupt and closed completely in 1990.

Manchester Zoological Gardens

The Manchester Zoological Gardens opened in 1838, on a site between Broom Lane and Northumberland Street in Broughton, Salford, England.

Oxford Zoo

Oxford Zoo was a zoo in Kidlington, just north of the city of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. It was opened in 1931/2 and closed in 1937.

Parc Astérix

Parc Astérix in Plailly near Paris had a dolphin show. In 2021, after France banned the captive breeding of marine mammals and their use in shows, the park closed the dolphinarium. The eight animals were transferred to other aquariums in Europe.

Penscynor Wildlife Park

Penscynor Wildlife Park was a wildlife and safari park located near Neath in South Wales. It opened in 1971 and closed in 1998.

Phantasialand

The German theme park Phantasialand in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, had a dolphin show from 1968 until 1991. The dolphins were first kept in a small sea water tank located in the park's lake, before they were relocated into a newly built air-supported dome in 1972. Other animals kept in the park were ponys, donkeys, lions and other big cats.

In 1987, the park received two white Bengal tigers from the famous entertainer duo Siegfried & Roy. They were kept until 1995.

Scarborough Zoo Scarborough Zoo was in operation between 1969 and 1984, based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

Southam Zoo

Located in Southam, Warwickshire, England, Southam Zoo (also known as Southam Exotic Cats) was opened to the public in 1966 and closed in 1985.

Southport Zoo

Southport Zoo was in Merseyside, England.

Surrey Zoological Gardens

Surrey Zoological Gardens was a zoo located in the Royal Surrey Gardens in Kennington, London, England. The gardens were acquired in 1831 by impresario Edward Cross to be the location of his new Surrey Zoological Gardens, using animals from his menagerie at Exeter Exchange, in competition with the new London Zoo in Regent's Park. A large circular domed glass conservatory was built in the gardens, in circumference, with more than of glass, to contain separate cages for lions, tigers, a rhinoceros, and giraffes.

After Cross's death, the animals were sold off in 1856 to build Surrey Music Hall in the gardens.

Tierpark Bremen A zoo with an area of 28 hectares (69 acres) and over 1,000 animals was part of Bremen, Germany between 7 April 1966 and 1973. It was operated by the Indian animal hunter George Munro who invested two million Deutsche Mark in the project. Tierpark Bremen was home to Indian elephants, bisons, Asian black bears, orangutans, cheetahs, leopards, camels, guanacos, ferrets, monkeys, a black panther, a Siberian tiger and over one hundred species of birds.

Less than one year after its opening, the zoo got into financial problems after not having enough visitors to be viable. In 1973, Tierpark Bremen had to file for bankruptcy.

Wassenaar Zoo

Wassenar Zoo (or Dierenpark Wassenaar) was just off the highway from Amsterdam to The Hague in Wassenaar, Netherlands, about from the Hague. The zoo was opened in 1937 and closed on 1 December 1985. The buildings were abandoned but still standing as of 2010.

Windsor Safari Park

Windsor Safari Park was a popular family attraction built on St. Leonards Hill on the outskirts of the English town of Windsor in Berkshire; it has since been converted into the site of Legoland Windsor. Billed as "The African Adventure", the park included drive-through animal enclosures, aviaries, a dolphinarium and minor theme park rides.

Zoo Labyrinth Boekelo Zoo Labyrinth Boekelo was in Enschede in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. It opened in 2005, and included a series of labyrinths and mazes to test the senses and help teach about nature. It also included a butterfly garden. The zoo was closed in 2012.

Zoological Garden of Hamburg

The Zoological Garden of Hamburg () was a zoo in Hamburg, Germany that operated from 1863 until 1930. The zoo was the first to breed South American tapirs, Malayan tapirs and the now-extinct Schomburgk's deer. Its aquarium, which opened in 1864, was among the first in the world.

Zoological Garden of Faliro Zological Garden of Faliro () was the first Zoo in Greece. It opened at 1901 in Athens by Nikolas Germanos. Faliro zoo was home for animals like lions, tigers, bears, giraffes, ostriches, exotic birds, orangutans, cheetahs and other animals. Some of the animals were the first ever seen by the people in Athens, who were negative to the zoo at first, but soon it became a favourite destination. It closed in 1916 because of WW1 and other problems.

North America

Ager Zoo