[9] Animals kept at Borth Animalarium include wolfdogs, pigs, goats, reptiles, birds, silver foxes, rabbits and tortoises.
[11] In September 2010, the Mumbrays were fined £1,237.50 plus costs at Aberystwyth Magistrates' Court for displaying animals without proper paperwork.
[12][13] The couple vowed to fight against the confiscation order,[14] and several attempts to take the animals were unsuccessful due in part to paperwork irregularities and a lack of co-operation from the leopard.
[20] In August 2013, the zoo again made the news when a leopard nearly escaped from its enclosure when its cage door was accidentally left open.
[24] In August 2015 the Animalarium took delivery of two African Lion, named Zulu and Wilma, from Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Somerset[25][26] In late October 2017 it was reported that an 18-month-old, adult lynx had escaped from her enclosure at some point in the previous week.
[29][30] After more than a week evading capture, the lynx was shot dead by a marksman under the instruction of Ceredigion County Council when it wandered into a populated area.
[45] The ban on keeping category one animals was reversed in July 2018 following an inspection of the zoo by Ceredigion council officials, on the condition that a qualified and experienced keeper was employed.
[49] Following an insolvency hearing in London in February 2021, the company was compulsorily wound up and had its assets liquidated, due to unpaid debts of more than £100,000.