We Bought a Zoo unfolds the heartwarming tale of a widowed father, Benjamin Mee, who embarks on a life-altering journey. He starts anew and buys a rundown zoo to overcome their collective grief. The ...
Some people buy a car or a house, but England's Benjamin Mee bought a zoo. Two years ago, Mee, a father of two and a devoted husband, not only became a changed man, but he also became a zookeeper.
A reader comment in last week’s “War Horse” assessment sparked me to an element of this year’s Oscar season that I hadn’t even noticed: Dartmoor’s time in the spotlight. The Dartmoor moorland in South ...
There really is a Benjamin Mee, and he and his family really did buy a zoo. The Dartmoor Zoological Park in Devon, England, was opened in 1968, closed in 2006 and then was purchased by the Mee family.
Benjamin Mee had his arm wedged down a storm drain in the middle of a torrential downpour when he heard his mobile ringing. ‘I grabbed it,’ he recalls. ‘It was the American director Cameron Crowe. “I ...
As human-interest stories go, this one’s a beaut. In Oct. 2006, Benjamin Mee, the English writer of a DIY column, and his wife Katherine, a graphic designer, moved from their home in the South of ...
The Devon zoo that featured in Matt Damon's film We Bought a Zoo is now at the centre of a TB outbreak. Dartmoor Zoo, in Sparkwell, inspired the 2011 film starring Matt Damon, who played the zoo's ...
Benjamin Mee is in a tough spot. Deeply grieving the recent death of his wife, he must turn his attention to his teen son who is acting up in school, and his young daughter who wants her mom back. Mee ...
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