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the subject of discussion during a meeting by the
Council's Regulatory Licensing Committee. The decision was reversed in January 2016, with the zoo staying open while the walkways were repaired. At the same time, park owner David Gill announced his intention to retire from his managerial position, handing over responsibility to the Safari Zoo Nature Foundation. The zoo was transferred in May 2016, before a report for the Barrow council zoo licensing committee in July 2016 criticised Gill and the park for "out-of-date practices", and the deaths of over 100 animals, including some from hypothermia. The Zoo was subsequently refused a licence, with Gill again suggesting a move to a site in
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species, but many of ring tailed, red ruffed, white-fronted, and black species died in the blaze. Gill said that for staff, who knew many of the lemurs by name, the loss was "devastating", and also that the deaths were "not just a massive blow for the park but for the
European Breeding Programmes the
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stated that a bolt on the door between the dark den and the keepers' corridor was found to be defective after the attack. A "narrative verdict" was delivered in 2014 at the inquest into McClay's death, stating that she had entered the enclosure but that it was not at that time possible to determine
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Facebook page that it would be closing as of 9 January 2016. Park management stated this was due to ongoing disagreements with Barrow Borough Council including concerns over the safety of the park's walkways. This, alongside two other issues, was
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In May 2009, the zoo announced an expansion plan that would increase the park size from 17 acres (6.9 ha) to about 51 acres (21 ha). The expansion was required in order to introduce new species of animals, and create larger enclosures for the animals at the zoo. Added revenues helped the
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Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd, of which Karen Brewer is the manager. Prior to this, it had been operated by its founder, David S. Gill. Gill retained ownership of the land on which the zoo sits until January 2021 when it was sold to the Zoo Investment Company. In
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2008 would be equally eventful for the park. The introduction of female rhinos led to the birth of white rhino Nyala at the park born on 1 June 2008, and Zimba, on 11 September 2008. In the same year, 31 of the park's 120 lemurs died in a fire. The fire destroyed three of the wooden huts in which
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January 2018, the RSPCA ended its investigations into the Zoo, happy that the new owners had made significant improvements to it. The Zoo was the subject of a BBC Two programme 'Trouble at the Zoo' on 8 February 2018, which documented the new managements efforts to reform the zoo. A further
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In 2001, Lara Kitson, a pregnant employee of the zoo, won a case of sexual discrimination and constructive dismissal at a tribunal in
Carlisle after she claimed that she was advised to terminate her pregnancy rather than fall short in her job. The park continued to grow, with a wider range of
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footballer, who found him in bed with his wife. Creary admitted aggravated burglary and was jailed for five years. Gill later entered into a relationship with Frieda Rivera-Schreiber, who worked as a veterinary coordinator at the zoo after her 2014 marriage to Gill, despite being ineligible to
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zoo increase its donations to its two conservation charities. Plans for the expansion were initially rejected by Barrow
Borough Council's planning committee in 2010, largely due to concerns about traffic problems due to the proposed new entrance from the U6097, a minor road off the
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urging the council not to grant approval to Gill. The licence application of
Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd was heard in May 2017, and the new operators were granted a licence, following a report that inspectors were “impressed and highly encouraged by the improvements made".
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within Britain. This conviction formed part of the reason as to why Gill's licence was not renewed in 2017, according to the head of Barrow Borough Council's licensing subcommittee. In the same year local media covered sightings of two
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animals were involved with." In the same year, Gill once again threatened to leave the zoo's Dalton site, following further conflict with the Council. Gill again stood unsuccessfully for election, losing by one vote.
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to escape into the wild. The birds are harmful to British
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1003:. South Lakes Wild Animal Park website. Archived from
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2287:Screech Owl Sanctuary
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2031:Amazon World Zoo Park
1201:. 18 September 2014.
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