The story of Benjamin Mee, a British writer who rescued a failing zoo while
coming to terms with life as a widower and single father, has been made into a
Hollywood film starring Matt Damon
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Benjamin Mee in the racccoon enclosure at Dartmoor
Zoological Park, near Plymouth
Photo: Chloe Dewe Mathews
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Benjamin Mee’s mother, Amelia, sold the family home in Surrey in order to buy Dartmoor Zoological ParkPhoto: Chloe Dewe Mathews
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Benjamin Mee’s children, Milo and Ella, in the pygmy goat enclosure
Photo: Chloe Dewe Mathews
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Benjamin Mee with Roger the tapirPhoto: Chloe Dewe Mathews
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Benjamin Mee with his son Milo and Matt Damon on the set of We Bought a Zoo.Photo: Twentieth Century Fox
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Director Cameron Crowe with actors Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Colin Ford and Matt Damon on the set of We Bought a Zoo.Photo: Twentieth Century Fox