内容摘要："I feel very sorry that they have to do things like this," she said.

"I feel very sorry that they have to do things like this," she said.

But now there are no visitors, just some nervous-looking deer being carefully herded into a farm trailer.It is thought there were about 200 animals at Dairyland - including cows, sheep, deer, meerkats, goats, ducks and ponies.

A local farmer has taken on the cows from the dairy herd, while farm manager Ocean Kendrick will look after most of the sheep herself.Not all the animals have been rehomed yet.Ms Kendrick said: "It's very difficult for all of us.

"A few of us have been here for 25 years, I've been here for 10 years, so we're all very sad about the situation."Mr Thompson said the emotional connection between staff and animals was plain to see.

"They're very sad, they've got attachments with these animals," he said.

Dairyland used to employ 45 people at the height of the summer season."We need to do better, to support students, education and jobs in the city".

Scottish Conservative education spokesman Miles Briggs MSP described the news as "an absolute hammer blow for staff"."Years of mismanagement at the university and brutal cuts from the SNP government are coming to home to roost and the consequences look set to be devastating," he said.

"SNP ministers are still asleep the wheel as this crisis only continues to escalate at the university and need to act now."Michael Marra, the Labour MSP for North East Scotland, said the job losses would be "devastating" for both the workers and the wider Dundee economy.