Bens Zoo

[Jez]

Tonight @ 8 on BBC2.

A person with no experience attempts to create a wildlife park, so i just heard passing through the living room!

[mh68]

Just turned it off after the first 30mins.Theyve got to be the most miserable looking animals i`ve ever seen in a zoo.Couldnt watch any more
mark H

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by mh68

Just turned it off after the first 30mins.Theyve got to be the most miserable looking animals i`ve ever seen in a zoo.Couldnt watch any more
mark H

Couldn't agree more, a terrible programme, the keepers said they cared and they obviously do but seem to have such little knowledge it's scary and very sad.

[naturelover]

things like that should not be aloud,not without experience anyway,should be against the law.

[ron1863]

Have not watched it yet but will have a look to see what the fuss is.

[SweetRocket]

I was in Brisbane early this year and had the privilege of visiting Steve Irwin's 'Zoo'. So miss-named for a place I would call a 'Nature Reserve', the animals roamed free and those in their pens looked extremely happy.
Unlike at Sydney Harbour where they created a small wildlife museum with wild animals cooped up in little cages. It wasn't nice to see, the animals looked extremely sad apart from the butterflies which were in what I suppose you would call a natural habitat. When I saw this I thought Steve Irwin would turn in his grave!!

I saw the trailer for Bens Zoo and thought no, not for me!!

[Gill Catton]

I saw this on BBC 1 news at least I think it was this, (though it could have been someting else, I was dashing through the room too!)and it was about an existing small private zoo that the original owner was selling he was lucky to find this chap as the only other buyers he had wanted to remove the animals (destroying or potentially splitting them up and rehoming them) in order to develop the whole plot for housing- so in a way I suppose you could say he saved the animals - not that I really like zoos the enclosures are too small, but I think his heart's in the right place......

[mh68]

Yeah sounds like the same programme Gill.Agree theres no doubt he means well, but a wildlife park with some rare species to look after isnt the place for someone so clueless really.The only one who seemed clued up was the girl in charge of the Tigers etc.The park was in a pretty sorry state and not only did the animals appear to be leading pretty miserable lives but it seemed as though there were major safety risks too - rotten fences etc.

Mark H

[stevey]

that dump should have stayed closed., i went there and it was a miserable place. i heard other places had been found for the animals to go but then these people bought it. i would not buy a cafe unless i knew how to cook so why buy a zoo if you dont know about aimals?????

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by mh68

Yeah sounds like the same programme Gill.Agree theres no doubt he means well, but a wildlife park with some rare species to look after isnt the place for someone so clueless really.The only one who seemed clued up was the girl in charge of the Tigers etc.

Mark H

I'd be inclined to disagree on that. She definitely cared about the animals welfare and was very emotionally attached to them but I did wonder how much serious knowledge she actually had.