A competition launched in celebration of a new local film turned sour after scammers targeted the entrants. 

Jimmy Doherty, the owner of Jimmy's Farm and Wildlife Park, has filmed his experience travelling to another country to rescue an animal from a zoo that was closing down. 

To celebrate the release the wildlife park launched a competition on their social media. The lucky winner will receive a private tour of the park with the director, Stevie Sheppard, a two-course lunch and an annual membership, which costs around £60. 

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However, the park has had to release a warning on Facebook after an unknown number of competition entrants were approached by scammers who asked for their private bank details.

"Please stay safe everyone, there are unfortunately some horrible people out there pretending to be us asking for bank details," read the social media post.

"We will only contact the winner in the comments of this post and ask them to message us. We will not private message you directly. Please ignore any communication that has not come from this page as it will be a scam."

While very few details about the film have been released, tickets are available to purchase for £2 and viewers will receive a link to watch it online on October 18.