Over €17,000 has been raised to support Fota Wildlife Park in the past four days
Management at the park said at the weekend they may be forced to close their doors for good in the next few months if they are not allowed to reopen.
A GoFundMe campaign set up two days ago has raised over €6,600, while over €10,000 has been donated via the park's website since Saturday.
The park, which is one of Ireland's most popular attractions, is operated by a non-profit and costs around €388,000 a month to run.
Speaking to RedFM News, director of the park Sean McKeown says they're humbled and overwhelmed by the support they've received:
"Between memberships and donations, and buying season tickets yesterday. We're about 60, 70. And over the previous three or four days, it's about 200.. we would be getting people contacting us when we're opened but we're not open, this is very unusual activity."
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