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Wabash, a raccoon, died following a short period of ill health. A South Lakes Safari Zoo spokesman said: “We are so very sad to announce that our little trash panda, Wabash, sadly passed away peacefully in his sleep following a short period of apparent ill health. Keepers had noticed Wabash appeared to be very sluggish and under the weather one morning and kept him in for observation. Tests were carried out when his condition failed to improve, and the situation did at one time look encouraging as he started to eat, but sadly, this was a fight feisty little Wabash wouldn’t win. Tests so far have revealed nothing out of the ordinary suggesting his passing was of natural causes due to old age.
VISITORS were excited to return to a zoo yesterday after a row between the management and landlord resulted in the termination of its lease. The dispute between South Lakes Safari Zoo’s landlords Zoo Investment Company and Yorkshire Wildlife Park and tenants Cumbria Zoo Company saw the zoo closed to visitors on Monday. Security staff turned up at South Lakes Safari Zoo and stopped visitors from entering as a dispute between the attraction’s managers and the landowners came to a head. The Zoo Investment Company terminated the lease of the company that has run the Dalton attraction since 2017 after months of disagreement.