For eight years, it's been the same story. Clara Lavault visits her 260 animals in the heart of Touron Park, from zebus to alpacas and donkeys. “My end of life was to live among my animals. The rest doesn't matter too much. It's a lifetime of passion. I couldn't live without animals around me.”Clara Lavault, manager of the Touron park
An activity on borrowed time
The sixty-year-old knows she is threatened. Since the end of September, the commercial court has placed its park under observation for six months. Consequence of a debt of €150,000, aggravated by two years of closure linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. She explains: “We have fallen behind on certain payments. We have just had a year with a lot of rain from October to July, which did not bring in our customers either. So, it is true that the situation is complicated .”
REPORT CAMPSEGRET THE TURON ANIMAL PARK IN DIFFICULTY
A fundraiser to save animals
Launched by one of her friends, a fundraiser is now online to support the park. Clara Lavault hopes for a surge of solidarity, but she is worried about the future of her animals.
“People don't necessarily take old animals with care. Younger ones will be easier to place. If that were to happen. But we've been here for eight years and we haven't given up We never took a vacation, never took a salary and we always want to fight for them.”Clara Lavault, manager of the Touron park
Each year, the park welcomes eight to ten thousand visitors.
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