| The Zoo Next Door |
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| Written by Jason Peters |
| Friday, 27 May 2011 13:09 |
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Description: The Zoo Next Door is an independent film made about a private collection of animals at the back of Sergio Gomez Olivierʼs house in Tehuacán, in the State of Puebla, Mexico and the journey of film maker Karla Munguia Colmenero to find international help to relocate its animals to a more suitable location with bigger enclosures. The film gives an insight into the mind of a man that keeps many different species of large wild animals in unsatisfactory conditions believing that he is doing something good and worthy along with the opinions of his staff and the locals on whether the ʻzooʼ is bonafide in terms of conservation. Will Karla find the help? If she does, will Sergio accept Karlaʼs offer to relocate the restricted animals?
Positive results:
Future plans: The Zoo Next Door aims to educate people all over the World about the importance of keeping animals roaming free and the fact that we must not breed exotic species and commercialise, in this particular case, lion, leopard, jaguar, puma, white tiger and tiger cubs that might end up in zoos and circuses without the basic requirements for keeping these animals in captivity. Contact/Links: Karla Munguia Colmenero (Producer, Director, Presenter and Editor) The Zoo Next Door Wild Cats World Website: http://www.wildcatsworld.nl Thank you, Sergio A Facebook page created for people all over the World to ask Sergio to relocate: Non-Profit DVD Availability: Happy for the film to be used for promotion of the cause and other non-profit use |
Title: The Zoo Next Door
The Zoo Next Door has had an overwhelming response not only from people in Mexico, England, India, South Africa and Canada, but also from non-profit organisations like Wild Cats World, WSPA Canada, and radio shows like Wild Time Radio, a show hosted by Thomas Janak in Tamworth, UK. From the non-profit organisations, Wild Cats World, founded by Babette De Jonge, had the outstanding participation by finding a 10 acre piece of land in India to relocate the big cats.
