Campaign hots up to save Wirral butterfly park

Dec 23 2009 by Liam Murphy, Birkenhead News

Campaign hots up for butterfly park

A CAMPAIGN to save a Wirral butterfly park from closure has been boosted by almost 2,000 people signing a petition.

New Ferry Butterfly Park campaigners said they are delighted at the support they have received over the last week since details of the threats were revealed.

This week New Ferry councillor Steve Niblock presented a petition of 735 signatures to Wirral Borough Council – as the first tranche, with more to come, and an e-petition has topped 1,200 names.

Cllr Steve Niblock said they had also received numerous letters of support as well as people signing the petition from as far afield as Sweden.

He said: “This has been a tremendous response in such a short time.

“The petition is still being signed and is available locally as well as the online version, and I would urge as many people as possible who have not signed it to do so.”

The butterfly park has been run entirely through donations, grants and volunteer time since it was set up in 1993.