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Old 22-05-2010
Maybe there is a scarcity problem with the food bill. Remember when banana prices skyrockted after a cyclone. Weather could have damaged or destroyed farmers crops around the area.
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Note the food bill is around $8,000 per week. I understand due to location and quantities of food being purchased this may be understandble. Just for comparison sake the food bill for TWPZ is around $9,000 er week. Surely they could find a way to reduce costs.
$8000 a week? Do they buy their big cats prime cuts of meat from the local organic meat butcher?
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does anyone else feel uncomfortable with the owners statements, basically saying that if the staff aren't willing to sacrifice their own basic living needs then they don't care about the animals?
I don't know if the same owners own the place, but there was an article in Thats Life quite a number of years ago now, where it was bought by a family that had like 5 kids or so. I wonder if parents, and kids are employed by the zoo?
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Old 20-06-2010
I am curious,

any recent news on how Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve is progressing financially ?
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Was there last week. They have 24 lions!!! Still struggling I think.
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Thanks, gretak25.

25 lions that is allot to feed!
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Was there last week. They have 24 lions!!! Still struggling I think.
Maybe CWSR could off load a few to Australia zoo for their up-coming African exhibit?
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Old 22-12-2010
In the not so distant past,another famous ZAA member collection had this exact same problem on more than one occasion and as I was on the receiving end of the dilemma,I can understand the pressures applied to a private zoo as opposed to the luxury of State run zoo's.Just the same it is the zoo director/manager's responsibility to ensure the budget is managed all year round.Two cents worth exactly.
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Old 22-12-2010
CWSR is now for sale.
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CWSR is now for sale.
So the torture walk for the animals of the only safari park in the north of Queensland goes on. In the present economic climate, will there be many interested, especially in a place with a business history like this?
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Old 22-12-2010
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In the present economic climate, will there be many interested, especially in a place with a business history like this?
This could well be a problem. All I can hope is that the current owners will take the time to evaluate any potential buyers for their experince and not just sell to the wealthiest person that comes along.
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So the torture walk for the animals of the only safari park in the north of Queensland goes on. In the present economic climate, will there be many interested, especially in a place with a business history like this?
Fair go, Baldur.

There's no suggestion of torture involved here. Please don't mis-judge the owner's commitment to caring for her animals - even at the expense of her staff as we have seen recently.

I don't doubt that the animals are being very well looked after.

Who knows if and/or when the place will sell. It is not the only zoo in North Queensland that is having a tough trot.
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Old 22-12-2010
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Fair go, Baldur.

There's no suggestion of torture involved here. Please don't mis-judge the owner's commitment to caring for her animals - even at the expense of her staff as we have seen recently.

I don't doubt that the animals are being very well looked after.

Who knows if and/or when the place will sell. It is not the only zoo in North Queensland that is having a tough trot.
Torture was a too strong word, and if only I had given myself time to think when I wrote this (I was focusing on something else actually) I would have phrased it differently, 'uncertainity' would have been a better word. I'm most sorry if it looked as if I was accusing the former or present owner of animal cruelty. I have been there actually and it is an all right place.
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Old 22-12-2010
Cairns zoo filled with hungry mouths to feed - Radio National Breakfast - 24 May 2010

just found a very interesting radio interview with the managing director. What surprises me is the food bill can vary between $8,000 (as mentioned before) and $10,000 a week.
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Old 22-12-2010
Tourism in far north Queensland has been hit hard by tge recent financial crisis. And now with cheap international airfares it is cheaper to fly to Thailand, Singapore and Bali then to cairns.
 
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