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Dec 12, 2023 · Benjamin Mee is the owner of Dartmoor Zoo, a nearly abandoned zoo in Devon, England, that he reopened in 2007 with his family and friends. He is also a journalist, writer, and motivational speaker who shares his story of opening and running the zoo, as well as his passion for animal conservation and research. Learn more about his life, achievements, and challenges after buying the zoo.
Learn how Benjamin Mee, a former banker, saved a run-down zoo in Devon and created a successful and popular attraction with his family and animals. Find out how he wrote a best-selling book and a hit movie about his experience and how he donated the zoo to a charity.
Dec 24, 2017 · The heartbreaking true-life story of love, loss and cancer behind Dartmoor Zoo. Benjamin Mee of Dartmoor Zoo tells how his wife's terminal cancer and becoming a single dad led to a Hollywood...
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Dec 11, 2023 · Benjamin Mee bought a zoo in England after his father's death and faced a personal tragedy. Learn how his life inspired the film We Bought a Zoo and how he transformed the zoo into a charity.
It was co-written and directed by Cameron Crowe and stars Matt Damon as widowed father Benjamin Mee, who purchases a dilapidated zoo with his family and takes on the challenge of preparing the zoo for its reopening to the public.
- $120.1 million
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- $50 million
- Julie Yorn, Marc Gordon, Cameron Crowe
Jan 6, 2023 · Shannon Brown Reporter. Benjamin Mee met Matt Damon on the Hollywood set of We Bought a Zoo, the film based on his life story. The story of Dartmoor Zoo might be a familiar one, but there's...
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Jun 23, 2015 · Benjamin Mee is a very persuasive man. After his father died in early 2005 Mee had convinced his 76-year-old mother to sell the Surrey home in which he and his three brothers and sister had...
