The South Lakes Safari Zoo in Dalton has been ordered to pay almost £400,000, after admitting safety failings over a tiger mauling that killed keeper Sarah McClay.
The company admitted two health and safety breaches earlier this week, in relation to the death of the 24-year-old who was killed by a Sumatran tiger in 2013.
At Preston Crown Court today, Mr Justice Turner described Miss McClay's death as 'foreseeable' and fined the Dalton attraction £297,500 and £100,000 court costs.
The zoo accepted the costs of £100,000, which will be covered by the attraction's insurance policy and must be paid within six weeks.
The fine must be paid within 10 years, with the first payment of £30,000 due by the end of July.
Individual charges against 55-year-old David Gill, the zoo's director and founder, were dropped.
The judge, who also described the incident leading to Miss McClay's death as " particularly shocking", reminded the court that he cannot send a company to prison or hand down any form of community service.
"I want to say that any sentence passed does not put any value on Sarah's life," said Mr Justice Turner.
"It's clear she was dearly loved and her death had been hard hitting."
Sarah McClay's relatives said in court that their lives had been "changed forever".
Miss McClay died at the Dalton zoo in May 2013.
Padang, a Sumatran tiger, got through an unlocked gate and attacked her, leaving deep puncture wounds in her neck and body.
She suffered multiple injuries in the attack and was airlifted to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Miss McClay, who lived in Barrow but was originally from Glasgow, had worked at the park for more than two years and was experienced in working with big cats.
The zoo pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two other contraventions of the Health and Safety at Work Act when a zoo keeper fell from a ladder while preparing to feed big cats in July 2014.
The company admitted it failed to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of its employees, including Yasmin Walker, and to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment.