2/5 Tracey B. 1 year ago on Google
I'll
start
with
the
positives:
wonderful
house
and
exhibitions
included
in
the
£9/adult
entry
few,
nice
cafe
(though
it
is
overpriced...£4.65
for
a
bog
standard
cheese
and
ham
or
tuna
sandwich,
on
white
bread
in
those
triangular
boxes),
fabulous
gardens,
some
beautiful
trees
and
amazing
plants,
a
child's
play
park
though
the
zip
wire
was
broken
and
there's
only
one,
let
useless
push
swing.
Kids
under
5
are
free
and
you
can
see
the
deer
to
the
right
as
you
drive
in.
And
there's
plenty
of
car
parking.
So
why
only
2
stars?
The
animals.
I'm
still
upset
hours
after
coming
home.
Most
of
the
animals
show
extensive
signs
of
trauma
(boredom,
lack
of
stimulatatuon
and
possibly
companionship,
and
certainly
lack
of
space
from
being
couped
up
in
wholly
inadequate
pens/cages.
Some
of
the
bigger
birds
and
even
the
emu
has
very
clear
signs
of
self
harm
(biting
their
own
feathers
off
themselves).
It
was
most
distressing
and
frankly
an
appalling
state
for
a
council-run
establishment.
The
pen
that
the
white
peacock
is
in
its
so
ridiculously
small
that
when
it
had
its
full
plume
on
show,
which
it
did
for
most
of
the
time
that
we
were
in
the
wildlife
zone,
the
bird
and
its
feathers
filled
the
cage.
That
bird
too
showed
clear
signs
of
my
previous
comments
(above).
The
flamingos,
as
pretty
as
the
are,
are
couped
up
too
much.
There
were
at
least
3
rats
that
we
saw
in
the
porcupine
enclosure
(not
exhibit
rats
either).
The
penguins
left
a
lot
of
the
dead
fish
that
they
were
fed,
and
the
beautiful
big
owl
has
about
20
feet
of
space
to
fly
in...
it's
all
so
wrong.
One
of
the
nocturnal
animals,
I
forget
the
name
of
it,
just
paces
back
and
forth,
constantly
in
front
of
the
glass.
It's
cruel
and
not
nice
at
all
to
see.
Why
are
these
animals
being
allowed
to
be
kept
like
this?
It
killed
all
the
enjoyment
of
my
day.
This
needs
to
be
addressed
and
visitors
need
to
speak
up
too.
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