<Tr> <Th> Memberships </Th> <Td> BIAZA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> dartmoorzoo.org </Td> </Tr> <P> Dartmoor Zoological Park (originally Dartmoor Wildlife Park) is a 30 - acre (12 ha) zoo near the village of Sparkwell, on the south - west edge of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon in the South West of England . It was opened in 1968 by Ellis Daw who ran it until its licence was revoked and it was forced to close in 2006 . The zoo was bought in August 2006 by Benjamin Mee who moved in with his two children Milo and Ella and reopened the zoo in July 2007, later writing a book about his experiences called We Bought a Zoo (2008). A 2011 film of the same title was loosely based on the book . </P> <P> The zoo was opened as Dartmoor Wildlife Park by Ellis Daw in 1968 on the Goodamoor Estate that his family had bought in 1948 . Goodamoor House was built in the 17th century by Paul Ourry Treby of the Treby family in the parish of Plymton St. Mary . The Treby family lived on the estate until the late 19th century . </P>

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