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NS3782 : The Cameron Loch Lomond Wildlife and Leisure Park

near to Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, Great Britain

The Cameron Loch Lomond Wildlife and Leisure Park

According to Link

"the park opened in 1972 as a Bear Park and was a brave attempt to break the stranglehold of Lions upon the safari business. Unfortunately, although Bears are as big and potentially lethal as Lions, they do not have the same box-office appeal. Also, although Jimmy Chipperfield was well experienced in turning stately parks into animal enclosures and their owners into partners, there were management disagreements. The triumvirate of Chipperfield, Patrick Telfer-Smollett ( who owned the land ) and Muir ( of Blair Drummond ) disintegrated when the Loch Lomond Bear Park was declared bankrupt not many months after its inception."

Re-opened in 1975, under the control of the Telfer-Smollett family, still with bears as the main attraction. Closed sometime in the 1980's."

I think that is "The Maid of the Loch" in the background of this photo.

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year taken

1976

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Grid Square: NS3782, 25 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Elliott Simpson (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: July 1976 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 27 June, 2012
Geographical Context: Lowlands Sport, Leisure Lakes, Wetland, Bog
Subject Location: OSGB36: NS 3783 8260 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:0.5292N 4:36.1589W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NS 3778 8257
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)