Britain s worst zoo finally closes after escaped animals and 57 deaths in a year
A court this month ruled Dean and Tracy’s Borth Wild Animal Kingdom should have its assets liquidated, but the couple hope to fight on, despite a number of animal deaths and escapes
Nilly, an adult female Lynx, died from asphyxiation after she became twisted in a catch-pole (Image: Cambrian News / SWNS.com)
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A MID Wales zoo looks likely to permanently close over an unpaid tax bill amounting to more than £100,000. A London court on Wednesday issued a winding up petition against Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, in Ceredigion, over unpaid debts of £60,567 dating back to July 2017. The zoo – home to a number of category one animals, including lions, lynx, wolfdogs, monkeys and pythons – also owes an extra £40,000 in “further amounts” as well as £22,000 to their local authority, Ceredigion County Council (CCC). The zoo’s owners, Dean and Tracy Tweedy, have been besieged by problems in recent years – including having to kill two lynx within days of each other in 2017. Eurasian lynx Lilleth was “humanely destroyed” after escaping from the zoo in October and wondering on to a nearby caravan site, while a second lynx, Nilly, died at the zoo a few days later following a “handling error”. The council then ordered that the zoo must have one member of a firearms team on duty
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image captionDean and Tracy Tweedy bought the zoo for £625,000 in 2016
A zoo whose lynx was killed after escaping in 2017 is likely to close after its owners appeared at court with debts of more than £100,000.
Borth Wild Animal Kingdom in Ceredigion was compulsorily wound up and had its assets liquidated at an Insolvency and Companies Court hearing in London.
The owners of the zoo had been allowed extra time to clear their debts.
The court heard HM Revenue & Customs issued the winding up petition against the zoo over unpaid debts of £60,567 dating back from July 2017 - as well an extra £40,000 in further amounts .