![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-uks-worst-zoo-where-keeper-was-mauled-to-death-483-animals-died/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ac-britains-worst-zoo-offplat.jpg&description=A POWERFUL leopard paces manically up and down, monkeys cling to heaters for warmth and majestic giraffes tear at strips of leafless branches. Welcome to the zoo once dubbed Britain's worst where almost 500 animals died in three years and a keeper was mauled to death by a tiger. The Sun visited Safari Zoo Cumbria, once branded Britain's 'worst zoo' by a visitorCredit: PA:Press Association Sarah was mauled to death by a tiger in Safari Zoo, Cumbria in 2013Credit: Cascade News Safari Zoo Cumbria has been blasted in a report by the Born Free Foundation which claims it is failing to meet "even basic standards of animal welfare". The charity also raised the alarm over visitor safety at the zoo, where you can pay £65 to 'hand feed tigers' - despite the death of a keeper in 2013. The beleaguered zoo has been hit by a series of scandals in and outside its gates - including escaped animals, a bitter love triangle and a furore over a Puruvean beauty queen. The zoo says it has made improvements and disputes the Born Free Foundation's conclusions. So we visited the crisis-hit park to find out what the conditions are like - amid fierce debate about the existence of zoos. We paid £19.99 for access to the 51 acre site, but with just 48 motors in the huge car park it was easy to see why the attraction is offering entry for as little as £8.95 on discount site Groupon. Running a park this size costs upwards of £13,000 a day so it can't afford to put off visitors. Yet Born Free says it's had 13 separate complaints about the venue since June last year - more than any other British zoo in the same time period. Its biggest concern was over the treatment of animals in the Africa House, where a giraffe had 'extremely overgrown and curved hooves' and 'just a few branches' were put out for feeding. The report stated that the lack of fresh leaves 'appeared to increase the likelihood of giraffes taking food from visitors'. It read: 'During one visitor experience session at least 52 guests fe){kind=link}
A POWERFUL leopard paces manically up and down, monkeys cling to heaters for warmth and majestic giraffes tear at strips of leafless branches.
Welcome to the zoo once dubbed Britain’s worst where almost 500 animals died in three years and a keeper was mauled to death by a tiger.
Safari Zoo Cumbria has been blasted in a report by the Born Free Foundation which claims it is failing to meet “even basic standards of animal welfare”.
The charity also raised the alarm over visitor safety at the zoo, where you can pay £65 to ‘hand feed tigers’ – despite the death of a keeper in 2013.
The beleaguered zoo has been hit by a series of scandals in and outside its gates – including escaped animals, a bitter love triangle and a furore over a Puruvean beauty queen.