![]() ![]() I came to explore my home country when I was in my 20's but this is the first time I've been back since then as the last time I came I only got to go from Sydney up to the Great Barrier Reef. I stayed here for 6 months after birth and then we went back. Benjamin Mee still runs Dartmoor Zoo.įor more information, visit Interview with Benjamin Meeīenjamin Mee: I was actually born in Melbourne, 47 years ago. ![]() His amazing story was the subject of a 4 part television series Ben's Zoo and he also wrote a book about his experiences We Bought A Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Broken-Down Zoo. Grief stricken, Benjamin and his two children Ella and Milo, turned this tragic loss into something truly inspirational, when they worked together to restored the Zoo and open it to the public. Tragically Benjamin's wife Katherine, who was in remission from cancer, passed away a few months after purchasing the Zoo. ![]() Benjamin Mee We Bought A Zoo DVD Interviewīenjamin Mee's incredible true story of how he 'more or less accidentally decided to buy a zoo' with his young family inspired the hugely successful Cameron Crowe movie We Bought a Zoo, starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, which has taken almost $8mil at the Australian box office.Ī newspaper columnist, Benjamin Mee took on the biggest challenge of his life when he purchased Dartmoor Zoo in 2006. ![]()
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