Written by Richard Craig
If you didn’t catch the news last night, Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm (NAZF) has been the focus of an undercover CAPS investigaton.
Acting on a tip-off that Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, near Bristol, was running a breeding programme with owner of the the Great British Circus, a CAPS investigator secured a job at the zoo to find out more.
“We skinned it. Cut the head off. … Shoved it in a big hole”
These were the shocking words of a senior member of zoo staff talking to an undercover CAPS investigator about the fate of a tiger on loan from the owner of the Great British Circus.
Read more here: http://www.captiveanimals.org/news/2009/noah.html
BBC Inside Out West: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nf0x1/Inside_Out_West_19_10_2009/
BBC News — Zoo admits connection with circus: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8310757.stm
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Please write to North Somerset Council urging it to investigate CAPS’ findings and revoke the zoo’s licence to operate:
Graham Turner, Chief Executive Officer
North Somerset Council
Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1UJ
Email: graham.turner@n-somerset.gov.uk
You could also contact BIAZA about NAZF membership:
http://www.biaza.org.uk/public/pages/general/contactus.asp
There will also be a demonstration outside NAZF at 1200 today. But most people have jobs so will not be able to make it, but I will take pics to show you at our next visit.