Category: Enrichment

Herbs and spices shoutout!

If you’re having a pre-Christmas clear out of your kitchen cupboards, our big cats would love any of your unwanted herbs and spices! Herbs and spices are great enrichment for the likes of our Asiatic lions, Sumatran tigers, snow leopards and even other carnivore species such as our Arctic foxes, encouraging them to use natural […]

Posted on by Press Office

No.1 dad!

There are double celebrations for our Giant Anteater, Bubbles today, as not only is he celebrating his 5th birthday but it’s also his first Father’s Day too! The birthday boy received some fun enrichment treats from keepers and baby Gizmo in the shape of a No.1 Dad paper mâché trophy, filled with mealworms and spread […]

Posted on by Rachel Hickman

Lemurs that Big Jubilee Lunch!

Not ones to miss out on the country’s celebrations, our black-and-white ruffed lemurs are looking forward to joining in The Big Jubilee Lunch today! Trainee Keeper, Laura Partridge made up a lemur-friendly picnic for our Lemur Wood boys as an extra special treat for an extra special occasion. All of our animals enjoy a delicious […]

Posted on by Rachel Hickman

Amazing Amazon gifts

We’ve been overwhelmed by our amazing visitors who continue to send us lots and lots of goodies from our Amazon Wish List and use #LoveYourZooWeek to say another big THANK YOU! You certainly kept the delivery drivers busy during the most recent lockdown – we’d never seen so many parcels arriving on a daily basis! […]

Posted on by Rachel Hickman

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