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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alexander Butler

Visitor backlash after popular zoo closes farm over unnamed disease risk

Drusillas is a beloved 100-year-old British zoo - (Geograph/Andrew Huggett)

A beloved 100-year-old British zoo has sparked backlash among visitors by closing down a petting farm over disease fears without naming any specific threat.

Drusillas Park in Alfriston, East Sussex, said the zoo had a responsibility to design its spaces with biosecurity in mind while also underscoring it had “not experienced any issues of disease risk”.

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