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The one the op is talking about is the macadamia Castle.
You're obviously very passionate about this particular issue, but see it from the other perspective too.
If they have not enough staff/not enough money/not enough knowledge to care for the animals then aren't they better off closing the doors/giving up the animal than struggling to stay open to the detriment of the creatures?
Believe me, I appreciate the work that goes in to caring for collections of wildlife (I am a volunteer keeper and am studying captive animals) as well as the great work for conservation that can be achieved with the right displays, but this cannot excuse sub-par care.
I know it is easy to say "well just close the doors" but in fact it is not just that easy, We had a very very good Animal Park here in Port Macquarie that was run by a very passionate and caring individual who ran it with love and care for every animal she had, the enclosures were always clean and the animals well fed and cared for as good as any mother would treat her children, this Park was very well patronized and made plenty of money but unfortunatly the lady and i say "lady" with the fullest inflection of the word was getting elderly and could no longer keep up with the hustle and bustle of running a park of that size, she tried unsuccessfully for 3 years to sell or lease the park to someone who would care for her animals as she wanted them to be cared for but in the end she had to close up shop and try and farm her animals out to other caring owners, some went to another big animal park here but a lot of them took a further 12 months to be rehomed then the land was sold to developers, what i am trying to say in a long winded way is it is not so easy to just close the doors because the existing animals still have to be cared for until they find new homes, in some cases that might not happen due to age or being unpopular then they have to be euthanised, i reckon if people found out that was happening there would be a public outcry heard across the country. .................................Ron
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