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A former British newspaper columnist describes how he uprooted his family to the English countryside and purchased a dilapidated zoo, home to more than two hundred exotic animals, which he planned to refurbish and reopen as a family business, a scheme complicated by a lack of money, skeptical staff,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mee, Benjamin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Weinstein Books, [2008]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Mee, Benjamin.
Zoo directors > Great Britain > Biography.
Zoos > England > Dartmoor.
Brain > Tumors > Patients > Great Britain > Biography.
Dartmoor Wildlife Park.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: In the beginning ...
  • Chapter 2: The adventure begins
  • Chapter 3: The first days
  • Chapter 4: The lean months
  • Chapter 5: Katherine
  • Chapter 6: The new crew
  • Chapter 7: the animals are taking over the zoo
  • Chapter 8: Spending the money
  • Chapter 9: opening day
  • Epilogue.