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THE claws are out again in theongoing ffght for control of
ZionWildlife cardens.As supporters of Craig ,,LionMan" Busch
prepare to march inAuckland in support ofthe TV star,his
backershave been accusedofdirf tdcks by the current manage-ment of
the big cats park.A supposed"wish-list" of itemsrequired to keep
Zion open, nclud-ing such small things as tea bags,coffee, toilet
paper, pens and gar-den tools, has been posted onCraig's official
Facebook page.But Zion marketing managerSaraReid told
SufldagNe?rshe listwas actually wdtten in the middleof last year at
the request of theKamo BusinessAssociation.It was intended for
local busi-
nesses which couldn't afford todonate large amounts of money
toZion following the death of handlerDalu Mncube in Mayand the
park'sclosue, but still wanted to contrib-ute to its well-being and
upkeep."We were told there were shopsin Kamo that couldn't afford
to paymoney to feed the cats but, ,Theywould still like to support
you.Couldyou pleaseput a list togetherof everything, ncluding
little thingslike tea and coffee, and we willcirculate it to the
Kamo busi-nesses',"Reid said."Now it has been published onFacebook
like a begging ist.,'Distribution of the "wish list,,follows the
decision from Zionbosses o shut down its own
offrcialFacebookpage.In a posting Reid said thedecision was made
after people had"used this fan page as a forum to
LiDnNlan. 'otJt years ater, poffered to hetp Craig relinanpark
As part ofthe deal,Craasked to resign as a directosign over his
voting righPatricia.Itle mother-son relatiodeteriorated and Craig
wamissed from Zion on Novem2008.He then tookHigh Courtin abid to
regain control oftheShe s cuaently operating theCraig's supporters
are to smarch around the Auck,land waterfront onSaturday n support
of hisreturn. Organiser SelenaMcMinn said his fanswould continue to
cam-
Zion's ara eidprint negative, slanderous andnastycommenk about
the staff andmanagementat Zion".Fans have now been redirectedto
Zion's new-look website, whichincludes a monitored forum page.Craig
is involved in a long-running feud with his mother, pat.ricia
Busch,over control of Zion, onthe outskirts of Whangarei.
CraigopenedZion in 2002,and went on tofront the worldwide TV hit
show iiz
ffir#tfiiliif flZior\."It's a peacefulmarch - we will
