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BIAZA ACE Conference 2008
Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st November
This year's ACE Conference, hosted by Folly Farm, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire promises to be a lively and stimulating event. Come and join us for inspirational guest speakers, lively debates and workshops and informative top tips.
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Folly Farm's Alpacas are in a spin May 2008 Folly Farm today welcomed the Pembrokeshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers as part of their workshop on spinning Alpaca fibres. Folly Farm donates Alpaca fibres for use by the Guild. The Guild meet at the Bloomfield Centre in Narberth, hold workshops and attend shows to demonstrate spinning, weaving and dyeing. The Guild included in the workshop a trip to Folly Farm to meet Marilyn, Lynsey and the rest of the Alpacas, who very kindly supply their coats once a year to be spun into yarn, ... [more]Folly Farm’s Zoo Manager plays mum to rare red ruffed lemur May 2008 Folly Farm today announced the arrival of a male red ruffed lemur who is being hand-reared by Zoo Manager Tim Morphew. The lemur, which weighed just four grams above the 85g survival threshold, was born to Folly Farm resident Nell who unfortunately struggled with her new role as a mother. Tim has now taken on the role of surrogate mother and is hand feeding the baby lemur every two hours with human infant formula milk throughout the day and night. Tim will continue to feed the baby in this wa ... [more]Its "rein"ing babies at Folly Farm May 2008 Folly Farm today announced the pitter patter of tiny feet with the arrival of three reindeer calves, a miniature foal and two baby wallabies. The recent additions are settling well into their new homes and are sure to delight visitors to Folly Farm. The reindeer calves, named Apollo, Rocky and Polo were born to three different mothers last week; the foal, a filly appropriately named Maya, arrived on the 1st May; and the baby wallabies revealed themselves for the first time this week.
Lynsey Woods ... [more]What a half term! February 2008 As a result of the recent spring-like sunshine and almost record breaking February temperatures, attendance figures at Pembrokeshire’s Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo have soared. With weather in parts of Wales warmer than Malaga, thousands flocked to see the farm’s newborn animals and new attractions. Indeed, attendance for the February half-term this year has been consistently double that of previous years.
A delighted Chris Ebsworth, Folly Farm’s Managing Director said “This ... [more]What do you call a baby Alpaca? January 2008 Folly Farm has it’s first baby Alpaca, born on 16th January. Following an 11 month pregnancy, mum Marilyn gave birth to the first Alpaca to be born at the farm under the watchful and protective eyes of proud father Isaac. A distant relative of the Llama, an Alpaca baby is known as a Cria and this, yet to be named, little girl already has a half sister called Kate. A delighted Zoo Manager, Tim Morphew, explained, “We have successfully bread Alpacas here at Folly Farm for the last 2 years; however ... [more]Chunkie’s Christmas Cracker December 2007 Parents looking for a family day out at Christmas might find the answer in some festive frolics at Pembrokeshire’s Folly Farm. The Follies Theatre is playing host to Farm favourite Chunkie Russell and his magical Christmas Cracker show, a spectacular variety show of Christmas fun and mayhem. Christmas is a magical time for children and adults alike and with this in mind Chunkie has put together a unique show called Chunkie’s Christmas Cracker. It is a blaze of colour, Christmas characters and is ... [more]Patience has been rewarded at Folly Farm November 2007 There are yet more new arrivals to see at Pembrokeshire’s Folly Farm, following the birth of two baby meerkats.
Meerkats have been kept at Folly Farm since the opening of the zoo area 6 years ago and since then the staff have looked forward to the family growing. However, despite the best efforts of Folly Farm’s zookeepers, the meercats just would not breed.
Zoo manager Tim Morphew even tried varying their diet of fruit, vegetables, seeds, mice, chicken, eggs and lots of creepy crawlies, ... [more]We always wanted a large family!! October 2007
Visitors to Pembrokeshire's Folly Farm can now meet Sweetie Pie, Blake and Cassie, as the Folly family continues to grow each month. These new arrivals are just the latest additions to Folly's Pet Centre.
Sweetie Pie is a 15kg continental giant rabbit and has been a real handful for the staff since her arrival. At only 14 months old she is already bigger than a cocker spaniel dog and has settled in very well with the other rabbits & guinea pigs, adjusting to Folly Farm since spending her early ... [more]Double Trouble – Baby Camel at Folly Farm October 2007 Everyone needs a friend and James, Folly Farm’s sole camel, is no exception, so the farm’s staff leapt into action. Zoo Manager Tim Morphew explains, “We realised that James was lonely and needed a friend, so under cover of darkness a few weeks ago our 'covert' operation began, culminating in the arrival of a rocking cattle trailer in the Zoo area of the farm. The silence was shattered by a loud cry of excitement from the trailer that could be heard by all the park’s residents and he ... [more]Half Term Horror at Fiendish Folly October 2007 Spooks, ghouls, ghosts and cute animals are just the start at Folly Farm’s Halloween themed Shriek Week. This annual celebration of all things chilling runs from 20th October until 31st October 2007.
Can so much frightening fun be had in one place? The answer is a fiendish yes. Get a ghoulish face painted, hunt for ghostly treasure, enter colouring competitions in the pet centre, follow the Halloween picture trail and experience supervised pet handling with our experienced park ... [more]Folly Foal October 2007 Folly Farm, one of Pembrokeshire’s leading tourist attraction have another mouth to feed, Dougal the donkey foal. Staff at the attraction have been patiently waiting for this new arrival to make an appearance for some time.
Farm Manager Jane Hill comment, “We weren’t sure of mum Tilly’s due date so Folly Farm’s vet and staff have been keeping a very close eye on her for signs that she may be due to foal. After we left for the evening the farm’s night staff ... [more]Rare ‘ Curly Coated’ piglets at Folly Farm September 2007 Folly Farm is celebrating the arrival of four very unusual rare breed pigs called Mangalitzas at the Adventure & Country Park. The pigs, who arrived at Folly Farm in February this year, very much resemble the extinct yet much missed Lincolnshire Curly Coat as they have unique woolly, curly coats!
Only a small number of Mangalitza’s were imported into the U.K. last year from Hungary and Austria, and Folly Farm was very fortunate in becoming home to these adorable pigs and is now involved i ... [more]Folly Farm Awarded Seal of Quality – Again August 2007 Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo is celebrating continued success after receiving the prestigious Welsh Assembly Government’s VAQAS Cymru title for the attraction for a second time. The award's full title is 'A Quality Assured Visitor Attraction' and this is a seal of approval and only awarded to those tourist attractions that meet strict criteria of consistent quality standards in Wales.
To be granted the award an attraction has to undergo an annual inspection that covers all aspects of t ... [more]New Baby Red Deer - Summer Arrivals! August 2007 Excited staff at Folly Farm has just announced 9 new additions this season.
Ten female deer or ‘hinds’ arrived at the farm in March 2007 and were thought to be pregnant. During the month of June, staff discovered that nine Red Deer calves had been born. Theses adorable new babies have been born with distinctive coats which are spotted, but will generally lose these markings after two months.
In addition to these new arrivals, a new stag will be joining the herd, just in time fo ... [more]"Walk this way!" July 2007 Folly Farm is celebrating a special birthday, The Brooklyn Cakewalk is 100 years old. This Old Tyme Fairground machine continues to give great pleasure to thousand of visitors in Europe’s largest indoor vintage fairground at Folly Farm.
This beautiful nostalgic example of a cake walk ride was originally built in 1907 by Thomas Walker of Tewkesbury, based on a design for a cranked ride developed in America.
To obtain maximum experience and thrill from this ride, revellers were encoura ... [more]wit –Twoo makes Two! July 2007 Folly Farm is announcing yet another new arrival with their new hand-reared tawny owl male called Troy who arrived at the park in May 2007. Troy joins a female barn owl called Achilles that was hatched in April 2006 and hand reared by park keeper Lynsey Woods. It is hoped that the pairs’ arrival will alert the public to the pressures faced by British wildlife.
Whilst barn Owls were once a familiar sight they are becoming less so due to the destruction of hedgerows and the conversion of old ba ... [more]Just Kiddin! July 2007 Folly Farm has even more new arrivals, including three baby goats, the goats include the Angora, the Mountain Goat, and the Anglo Nubian born in April 2007
Chris Ebsworth at Folly Farm says,” The goat kids are a wonderful addition here at Folly and there are more goat kid arrivals on the horizon with the imminent arrival of the Golden Guerneys babies.
At Folly Farm you can see the goats in their own habitat and also experience a fantastic day out, meet the new arrivals, and see all the other ani ... [more]One Hump or two! June 2007 In this case it’s two! Folly Farm, has a wonderful new addition to celebrate, James the Bactrian Camel, who arrived at the park on March 20th 2007.
Bactrian Camels can live for up to forty years so at only 2 James has a long life ahead of him! Being a Bactrian camel James has two humps that store fat meaning he can survive without food or water for up to three days. James’ usual habitat is the Goby desert and steppes of Asia but the environment at Folly Farm suits him perfectly as he is ... [more]Big Dig Fun at Folly Farm June 2007 Folly Farm, has a fantastic new attraction, a custom built ‘Digger Park’, consisting of 8 mini-diggers which can perform lots of activities such as scooping and moving things from one pool to another in the specially designed park, providing hours of great fun for kids and adults alike! Amy-Sue Dyke from Jewson’s Tool Hire Division, comments, “We are proud to support Folly Farm with this new and exciting attraction, where young children can live out their fantasies when op ... [more]
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