Incident at lion enclosure » Cotswold Wildlife Park

Incident at lion enclosure
13-08-2008

Abridged from the parks website.
On Thursday 31st July, a small group of Chinese students from an English language school in Oxford threw stones at the Lions and shattered one of the glass viewing windows. The window itself remained in place and at no point was there a danger to the public, or to the Lions.

Numerous visitors at the scene phoned the Park's office to alert us and photographed the offending Chinese students, so that within minutes all were apprehended. The Police also responded very promptly.

The School has sent the offending students back to China and has agreed to pay for the damage caused. All of us at the Park would like to thank those many visitors that day who ensured that these people were caught, and Thames Valley Police for their assistance.

13-08-2008

wow thats bad, makes me very upset that people pay all that money just to go in and annoy the lions

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13-08-2008

At no point was any lion in danger of being eaten by people.

Sorry, just couldn't resist.

13-08-2008

This is the first time I have heard of the bad behaviour some Chinese appear to show when visiting their domestic zoos being seen in this country - a real shame .

23-10-2008

i can't believe that, its a shame really