The zoo first opened as South Lakes Wild Animal Park in 1994 and featured on Michaela Strachan's The Really Wild Show in the 90s. After a series of controversies and animal welfare failings ...

Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd took on the attraction, which was previously known as South Lakes Wild Animal Park, four years after the death of keeper Sarah McClay, who was mauled to death by a tiger in ...

1983: David Gill reveals his vision to open a wild animal park at his home. 1993: Mr Gill buys 14 acres of land off Broughton Road in Dalton. 1994: South Lakes Wild Animal Park opens to the public ...

the South Lakes Safari Zoo has now closed to the public. As we say goodbye to the people and the animals who made the place so special, let's take a trip down memory lane. We've rounded up a ...