Calls are growing for a zoo in Cumbria to be closed after nearly 500 animals died there in four years.South Lakes Safari Zoo, whose licence is up for renewal, had a death rate of 12 per cent of its animal residents between 2013 and 2016, reports The Guardian.
Causes of death included emaciation, hypothermia and one animal being run over, claims a damning report from Barrow council. Welfare inspectors are calling for the local authority to prosecute founder David Gill under the Animal Welfare Act.
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