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 ...

We Bought a Zoo is an American biographical drama film based on the life of Benjamin Mee, who is best known as the buyer of Dartmoor Zoological Park. In the film, Mee buys an almost ruined zoo with ...

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.

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 ...