Keeping the animals cool at Cotswold Wildlife Park
With temperatures rising rapidly, the Cotswold Wildlife Park has been keeping their animals cool with delicious ice enrichments (homemade by keepers) and slices of ice-cold refreshing watermelon. Some of the animals have been cooling themselves down by taking a splash and wallowing in their watering holes and pools, especially the Capybaras (also known as 'water horses') and Penguins.
Chris Kibbey, Section Head of Primates and Small Mammals at Cotswold Wildlife Park explains:
"It’s hot, hot, hot here in the Cotswolds, and keepers have to be prepared to keep themselves and the animals under their care cool. As always, we ensure all animals have access to adequate shade and plenty of water, but with the predicted record temperatures forecast, it also allows us to be a little inventive with our enrichment. The Lemurs enjoyed slices of cooling watermelon and frozen fruit lollies (made with natural ingredients of course), hung in the aptly named Monkey Puzzle Tree. The Meerkats also enjoyed some watermelon, with alpha male Marley dominating most of it. Gomez and Lollie the Tapirs enjoyed a frozen pear and melon treat, and even the Binturong had some refreshing melon. The keepers are currently decimating the stocks of ice cream and orange lollies from the Gift Shop!"
Cotswold Wildlife Park situated just outside Burford, half way between Oxford and Cheltenham is open daily from 10am.
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24 July 2019
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