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A POPULAR tourist attraction has closed its doors, despite still being allowed to open in new Tier 3 Covid restrictions - as bosses revealed staff…

A POPULAR tourist attraction has closed its doors, despite still being allowed to open in new Tier 3 Covid restrictions - as bosses revealed staff had been 'abused' by visitors wanting to travel from Tier 4 zones. The closure of Monkey World comes as hospitality businesses revealed the impact the decision to increase restrictions has had on them, as they were gearing up to welcome customers for New Year. A spokesman for Monkey World said: "This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, however we have a duty to protect our vulnerable, rescued monkeys and apes as well as the staff wh...

BBC News 01 January 2021 Image copyright Darren Haddock Image caption Monkey World said its staff had endured "unacceptable abuse" from prospective visitors in tier four areas An animal park has closed temporarily after finding that most of its visitor bookings were from areas with the tightest coronavirus restrictions. Monkey World in Wool, Dorset, also said workers had been "unacceptably abused" when contacting people who had wrongly tried to visit from tier four zones. It said it had a duty to protect staff as well as the pa...

People in England could be banned from keeping monkeys as pets under new Government proposals. Up to 5,000 primates are believed to kept as pets in the UK outside of licensed zoos, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said. The group of wild mammals, which include lemurs, monkeys and apes, are highly intelligent, require open spaces, varied diets, warmth and social contact. Dorset-based animal sanctuary Monkey World said it had taken in more than 100 primates from the UK pet trade, with 78 rescued in the past 10 years and more than 100 on its waiting list. ...

Joe Satriani   Intro Ice Intro Rubina There's a scene in the film adaptation of Amadeus where Austrian emperor/neophyte music critic Joseph II criticizes a new Mozart opera by simply blurting, "Too many notes!" Which brings us to Joe Satriani. The San Francisc...   more »o-based virtuoso has earned his place in the rock guitar pantheon through hard work--even if he often seems to have mistakenly thought he was getting paid by the note. This collection (which tellingly grew from a modestly scaled TV project into one of rock's most problematic conceits--the double-live album) offers a s...