When the zoo closed, the Petries moved to Yorkshire taking many animals with them to a new zoo they were creating at Yorkshire Dales Falconry and Conservation Centre in Giggleswick, which had recently closed. The majority of the animals were re-homed and had to be spread across the country, large mammals were rehoused in Cumbria and the primates went to a sanctuary in the Midlands and other animals went to a smaller zoo in Wales. The Petries had wanted to keep the older animals at the new zoo as they had cared for them for many years. Due to campaigning by the Captive Animals Protection Society an application was withdrawn to build new exhibits at the falconry site. It is believed that the animals taken with the family were allowed to stay but not for public show as their zoo licence did not extend to exotic animals.