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Zookeepers Work To Save Animals During UK Heat Wave At Dudley Zoo
West Midlands, UK - Rare species at Dudley Zoological Gardens, in the West Midlands, UK are keeping their cool in the heatwave, despite soaring temperatures. Staff are following a daily routine of applying sun cream to the kune-kune pigs, hosing alpacas and tapirs with cold water, and providing a supply of iced fruit lollies for a family of Rothschilds giraffes plus 30 small primates in Lemur Wood. DZG Chief Executive, Peter Suddock, said: ³Many of the endangered animals within our collection love the hot weather, and all enclosures have shaded areas, but we have to make sure they don¹t get dehydrated or suffer sunburn.
The lemurs' lollies contain a mixture of banana and carrot iin frozen water. He added: ³We are also lucky in that we have a ready supply of water, drawn from the caves beneath the 11th century castle, which is at a constant 10 to 12 degrees C, and thus ideal for keeping the Patagonian sealions and our 70-strong colony of rare Humboldt¹s penguins cool during the hot spell. Photo captions: How cool is that! Dudley Zoo keeper Stacey Ball applies sun oil to the kune-kune pigs. Dudley Zoo keeper Mark Dugmore lends a hand with the lollies in Lemur Wood. To view Dudley Zoo's web page on Zoo and Aquarium Visitor, go to: http://www.zandavisitor.com/forumtopicdetail-2354-Dudley_Zoological_Gardens,_West_Midlands,_England |

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