Even the penguins were mistreated – they did not have any water to swim in! Their enclosure only had a few drainage pipes that streamed very little water – obviously not enough to form a single pool of water for them.
There was also no shelter available, away from the smelting heat and sun rays.
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Wild cats such as Leopards were in no better shape, either.
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Animals were being killed off one by one due to natural causes – unhygienic conditions caused various diseases and illnesses such as hypothermia, emaciation, E Coli, and even flesh-eating Bacteria that affected two young Snow Leopard Cubs.
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South Lake was taken over by Cumbria Zoo Company earlier on in January 2017. However, zoo inspectors fear that the management would not face a much-needed overhaul – due to the fact that at least half of Cumbria Zoo’s directors were either managers or directors at South Lake in the past.
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Hopefully, these animals will be relocated to a better environment that’ll treat them better.
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