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Official reasons for the Southport Zoo in Southport, Mer Jerseyide, he was shut down because the city council did not allow owners, Carol and Douglas Petrie, renew their lease on the zoo, thus allowing Pleasureland, an amusement park to attract the zoo, to expand and create more attractive points.
The most likely reason the city Council has not changed the lease Petries, is because they are tired of dealing with the protemen and people who oppose the zoo.
Although it's a small zoo, it contains only 154 species, mostly birds and invertebrates, but the negative attention that the zoo receives is huge, with the list being one of Britain's worst zoo by the Captive Animal Protection Association (CAPS). People who oppose the zoo claimed they had recorded the opinion of hundreds of visitors to the zoo and the former managers that the animals were treated badly, quarantined and inseparants. Petries deny these claims, and the zoo's investigation also does not find evidence, the scrutiny consideration on how the government chooses the inspector, since most of them are related to the zoo industry.
At the top of the campaign against the zoo are chimpancrystals Jackie and Jason, there are faces pasted on flyers and posters to attract attention. It has been declared that they live in cramped, isolated cages. The animals are offering a home in a primates reserve in Dorset, but Petries will not allow them to be displaced, stating that it is not the best concern of Chimpantinh.
Petries eventually lost the protection of their zoo in 2004, and the animals would be taken to various zoos throughout England and Wales. The location was reopened in 2010 as Battlefield Live Southport ", an outdoor combat game venue that uses infrared gunshot guns.