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20221027_zia_c218_020 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove

20221027_zia_c218_022 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove

20221027_zia_c218_010 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove

20221027_zia_c218_002 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove

20221027_zia_c218_014 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove

20221027_zia_c218_015 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove

20221027_zia_c218_011 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove

20221027_zia_c218_016 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove

20221027_zia_c218_019 October 27, 2022: Animals at West Midland Safari Park have been given some treat-filled pumpkins ahead of Halloween...Keepers hollowed out the pumpkins for most of the animals, then hide tasty treats inside, such as insects for the meerkats, leafed branches for the giraffes and meat for the tigers...Doing this acts as a form of seasonal enrichment, allowing animals to exhibit natural behaviours, such as foraging, burrowing and in the case of the tigers, stalking...Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, â??Itâ??s great to see so many different species of animal enjoy the pumpkins at West Midland Safari Park. Every year, the Parkâ??s Events team orders in thousands of pumpkins and to ensure any surplus arenâ??t wasted, keepers give them to the various animals in their care. Itâ??s nice to be able to offer them something thatâ??s a little different and fits in with the time of the year.'..â??Pumpkins are great because they have a distinctive smell, can be hollowed out to fill with treats and some of our animals love the taste of it. We love to see the animals playing and exhibiting natural behaviours, foraging for the treats inside, but itâ??s also nice to see them rolling a pumpkin around and ultimately destroying it! Our sixteen-year-old female Sumatran tiger, Hujan, even stalked the pumpkins, before pouncing on them. Letâ??s hope Patch, our very own pumpkin-headed mascot, doesnâ??t hear what the tigers are up to!â?..For some of the Parkâ??s newest arrivals, such as meerkat pups, Kovu, Kenai and Kyra, the strange orange gourds were completely new, but this didnâ??t phase them and as soon as they found the treats inside, keepers found it difficult to get them out...The giraffes, a little more cautious by nature, approached the pumpkins tentatively, but were soon seen munching on the â??hairâ?? sprouting out the top...After Halloween, keepers will continue to use th (Credit Image: © Cove