WE BOUGHT A ZOO
By: Mee,Benjamin
The remarkable true story of a family who move into a rundown zoo- already a
BBC documentary miniseries and excerpted in The Guardian . In the market for a
house and an adventure, Benjamin Mee moved his family to an unlikely new home: a
dilapidated zoo in the English countryside. Mee had a dream to refurbish the zoo
and run it as a family business. His friends and colleagues thought he was
crazy. But in 2006, Mee and his wife with their two children, his brother, and
his 76-year-old mother moved into the Dartmoor Wildlife Park. Their extended
family now included: Solomon, an African lion and scourge of the local golf
course; Zak, the rickety Alpha wolf, a broadly benevolent dictator clinging to
power; Ronnie, a Brazilian tapir, easily capable of killing a man, but
hopelessly soppy; and Sovereign, a jaguar and would-be ninja, who has devised a
long term escape plan and implemented it. Nothing was easy, given the family's
lack of experience as zookeepers, and what follows is a magical exploration of
the mysteries of the animal kingdom, the power of family, and the triumph of
hope over tragedy. We Bought a Zoo is a profoundly moving portrait of an
unforgettable family living in the most extraordinary circumstances. From the
Hardcover edition. TitlePeek
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