South Lakes Safari Zoo was due to close after government inspectors slammed it as "inadequate". It followed a series of incidents including a jaguar that chewed off one of its paws, a rhino that ...

A spokeswoman for the Captive Animals’ Protection Society, which has made its own inspection visits to South Lakes, said: “The conduct of this zoo has ... a radiator, a jaguar that had to ...

South Lakes Safari Zoo ... animals included a jaguar called Saka whose death from biting it's own paw, indicating "chronic, ongoing self-traumatisation". In June 2016, the zoo - opened in 1994 ...

including a jaguar that chewed off its own paw and a tortoise that was electrocuted, newly released inspection records show. The South Lakes Safari Zoo in Cumbria is facing calls for its closure ...

Local councillors have rejected an application for a new licence for a zoo where almost 500 animals died within four years. David Gill, who founded South Lakes Safari Zoo in Dalton-in-Furness ...

Since South Lakes Safari Zoo made the decision to close to the public for the final time last month the team have been busy ...

David Gill's claim for a licence to run South Lakes Safari Zoo in Dalton ... said she had visited the zoo on Sunday and had been able to take part in feeding a jaguar using a pair of tongs through ...

A controversial zoo where a keeper was mauled to death by a tiger is to close, it was announced today. Animal rights campaigners welcomed the move to shut South Lakes Safari Zoo on December 31.

After welcoming thousands of visitors a year and providing countless memories to local children and families, the South Lakes Safari Zoo has now closed to the public. As we say goodbye to the ...

"Urgent" work will be carried out to improve conditions for animals when a zoo at the centre of welfare concerns closes, the land's owners say. South Lakes Safari ... under the name New Roots ...