Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary

Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary is a privately owned zoo positioned close to Kamo, Whangarei, New Zealand. The facility houses a collection of 4 species of big cats and changed into previously used as a region for the filming of the television series The Lion Man. Craig Busch hooked up Zion Wildlife Gardens in 2002 from naked land situated on Gray Road, Kamo, Whangarei. Busch had previously had the zoo based at Kerikeri. During 2006 Zion Wildlife Gardens became financially.

Busch universal a bail out package from his mom Patricia Busch, and according with an settlement dated 13 July 2006, he resigned as director and appointed Mrs Busch, as sole director. Busch endured working at Zion until his dismissal on 3 November 2008. During November 2008, media reviews discovered an research into the welfare of the cats at the zoo have been conducted by way of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Concerns blanketed animals being stored in unsanitary situations, broken enclosures and the surgical declawing of 21 lions and 9 tigers.