Dartmoor Zoo based in Sparkwell, Devon has come along way since 2006 and inspired the Hollywood film "We Bought a Zoo" starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson.
The film based on a book written by Benjamin Mee, whose family bought the zoo in 2006 and brought it back from the brink of ruin.
With 2 global recessions and some of the wettest summers on record since the Mee family purchased the zoo they are now moving from dependence on seasonal tourism and more towards becoming a charity focused on education and research.
Now 8 years on Benjamin Mee intends to buy his family out and convert the zoo into a charity with help from the public through Crowdfunding to secure the future of it's animals, staff, students, volunteers and concentrate on growing it as a world class education and research centre.
The campaign has gone LIVE! Go to bit.do/CrowdfundDZP to donate and find out more.
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