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Truth about our zoos as shocking evidence reveals failings. Appalling conditions in zoos across Britain can today be laid bare by the Mail. Just two days after a keeper was mauled to death by a tiger at a wildlife park in Cambridgeshire, a damning investigation reveals serious failings over safety, security and animal welfare. Using Freedom of Information laws, we were able to obtain almost 1.

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England and Wales. At least 2. 4 attractions appeared to have serious issues, while at least a further 1. Watch The Rescuers Down Under Online Movies24free. Woodside Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire, which performed badly in its most- recent inspection. Pictured is a tiger being hand- fed by public.

Yet only one wildlife park was refused a licence. Experts last night said the Mail had uncovered ‘significant animal welfare concerns’, while MPs called for an urgent review of licensing rules. There were also calls for the creation of a national zoo inspectorate to ensure basic standards of care and safety. The Mail’s findings come after 3.

Rosa King died at Hamerton Zoo in Cambridgeshire on Monday. Three weeks ago, South Lakes Safari Zoo in Cumbria was allowed to keep its licence even though almost 5. Watch Goodbye Solo Streaming. Our investigation today reveals a string of failings, with some zoos keeping animals in such shoddy enclosures that they are regularly escaping. At one park, chimps died when their enclosure was accidentally overheated. Star attraction Colin the Caiman (pictured) allegedly died when keepers at Beaver Water World in Surrey left him outside during cold weather. The shocking conditions were disclosed by inspection reports requested from every council in England and Wales, covering around 2.

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Currently, there is no government oversight of wildlife parks. Zoos are only formally inspected by local authorities every three to four years followed by annual visits. These can be by environmental health officers with no animal experience. There findings are not routinely published.

Reports revealed how security lapses exposed the public to danger. As recently as January, a female orang- utan escaped from her enclosure at Chester Zoo – a year after four others escaped from the same area. Formerly a bird sanctuary, Lincolnshire Wildlife Park drew complaints from residents when it announced two years ago it would start keeping tigers – despite fears there was no perimeter fence. The Mail’s findings come after 3. Rosa King died at Hamerton Zoo in Cambridgeshire on Monday A 2. But the animals arrived regardless. The attraction has since built an appropriate enclosure housing 1.

Bengal tigers. In Kent, there were six escapes by macaques at Howletts Wild Animal Park – one in 2. In 2. 00. 9, a pack of wild hunting dogs went missing and a tiger was shot dead in 2. CHIMPS LEFT TO BURN  The burned bodies of chimpanzees Kip, 3. Jolly, 3. 2, were found in their enclosure at Twycross Zoo in September 2. A faulty thermostat sent the temperature of underfloor heating soaring to more than 1. F (4. 3C). The awful conditions led to both chimpanzees having heart attacks and they were found dead by zookeepers in the morning.

Initially, the zoo said the animals had not died because of the heat in their enclosure. But documents seen by the Daily Mail show an official report from an environmental health officer in April last year confirmed ‘heat stress’ led to Kip and Jolly suffering heart failure. The zoo often issues press releases on animal deaths but did not do so after Kip and Jolly were found.

However, while the independent report found heat had contributed, it added: ‘The thermostat failure could not have been predicted and there were no reasonable measures the zoo could have taken to prevent the incident.’Twycross Zoo, in Warwickshire, is famous for providing the chimpanzees used in the popular PG Tips adverts for 4. A report into Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire revealed that a drive- through enclosure for Barbary macaques was kept open after the primates tested positive for a strain of tuberculosis. Concerns were raised anonymously to council chiefs by employees, who said they feared they would be dismissed if they complained to zoo bosses. The attraction said visitors were not at risk of infection.

Staff also revealed how a peacock that was quarantined because of bird flu died of starvation when staff forgot to check on it. A Barbary macaque that escaped three times in one day ending up near a public footpath where, according to a whistle blower, it posed a ‘danger to human life’, a claim denied by Woburn. Ponderosa Rural Therapeutic Centre in Heckmondwicke, Yorkshire, used to house farm animals but expanded to include lemurs, reindeer and parrots. Reports revealed dozens of large exotic animals including a rainbow boa constrictor and a Mexican black king snake died last year in unexplained circumstances. Reindeers covered in sores were left in knee- deep mud and stones were used to keep enclosures shut.

The RSPCA and members of the public lodged 1. At Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom in Telford, Shropshire, a macaw labelled ‘anti- social’ was locked in a shed and a wallaby and its young were ‘loose in unexplained circumstances’ during an inspection.

The park was given 4. Chris Draper of the wildlife charity Born Free, said: ‘The Daily Mail has pulled together a shocking list of issues covering significant animal welfare concerns, accidents and human safety issues. It makes for depressing reading. Our suspicion is that similar problems are widespread and under- reported. The mother of Miss King, pictured with one of the zoo's tigers, said she 'loved the job' and 'would not have done anything else'‘We need a robust system of licensing and inspection of zoos - as a minimum – to try to prevent such appalling incidents from occurring in the future.’John Woodcock, the Labour candidate for Barrow and Furness, said: ‘There needs to be an urgent parliamentary debate on what is a shockingly inadequate zoo licensing regime in this country.‘The atrocities at South Lakes and now Hamerton have highlighted the need for a national level inspectorate to replace the local vested interests which currently exist.‘It beggars belief that such major enterprises which account for many thousands of animals are run in such an amateurish fashion.’Liberal Democrat environment spokesman Kate Parminter called for the introduction of minimum standards to protect staff and animals. The Local Government Association said councils had the power to revoke licences where ‘strict conditions are not being met’.

The owners of a zoo where a tiger mauled a female keeper to death were warned about safety failings several times over the past decade. They refused to comment directly on the Mail’s revelations. Dr Ros Clubb, of the RSPCA’s wildlife department, added: ‘Clearly there are serious welfare issues in the examples exposed by the Mail.

The zoo licensing system needs to be urgently addressed.’Steven Cook, owner of Ponderosa Rural Therapeutic Centre, said: ‘We did have quite a bad report in 2. Will Dorrell, manager at Hoo Farm, said the macaw was now outside and the wallaby had escaped because of a visitor holding a door open.

Surrey’s Chessington World of Adventures, where officials recorded concerns about a performing parrot, said it adheres to strict codes of practice to protect its animals. A spokesman said it is still waiting for the local authority to supply it with a list of conditions following its inspection in September, but ‘as reputable zoo, we have already acted on these to guarantee optimum care for our animals’.