Christian zoo hits back at professor’s criticism

Alice Roberts, a University of Birmingham professor, broadcaster and author criticised the zoo in comments on Twitter on Sunday.

I honestly don’t see how a zoo like this can win awards and say it supports education when it’s so blatantly, openly creationist & anti-science! “We think that evidence shows the world is much older than 6000 years but much younger than 4.5 billion years.” https://t.co/VAxqfgdv63

— Prof Alice Roberts (@theAliceRoberts) March 11, 2018

Anthony Bush, one of the owners of Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, told Premier she has criticised the zoo before but he doesn’t know why she does it.

“Alice Roberts has had a go at us before”, he said.

“I like Alice Roberts. She lives in our parish. She sends her child to our church school and yet she seems to have a go at me for some reason. It’s sort of a slight mystery as to what she’s got against us.”

Noah’s Ark Zoo has won numerous awards including The national ‘Quality Badge’ from the Learning Outside the Classroom Scheme and the Gold Award in the Green Tourism Business Scheme.

The zoo prides itself on being “a unique hands-on zoo” that celebrates “the wonders of creation”.

Its website states: “Did life arise naturally or supernaturally? Can undirected, random processes result in complex life forms or is there evidence to support the notion of a Creator? Can we reconcile our knowledge of evolution and a belief…