South Lakes zoo bosses win six-year licence renewal
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image captionKaren Brewer, of Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd, welcomed the decision
Bosses who took on a zoo after a keeper was mauled by a tiger and hundreds of animals died have been granted a six-year licence renewal.
Barrow Council heard inspectors had been impressed with improvements made at South Lakes Safari Zoo, in Dalton-in-Furness.
The decision was backed unanimously following a five-hour meeting.
Karen Brewer, chief executive officer of Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd, said it was absolutely fantastic news. We are over the moon, every one of us. We can just get on with things for the next six years. It s wonderful, she said.
Five-hour council meeting to discuss fate of South Lakes Safari Zoo
Zoo bosses are celebrating after their licence was renewed for six more years.
Barrow Council’s licensing committee agreed after a hearing which was held behind closed doors yesterday and lasted for nearly five hours that Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd can continue to operate the South Lakes Safari Zoo.
Karen Brewer, CEO of the firm which runs the Dalton zoo, said it was ‘absolutely fantastic’ news.
She said: “We are over the moon, every one of us. We can just get on with things for the next six years, it’s wonderful.