Luna who was rescued by Animal Farm Adventure Park during the lockdown.
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Animal Farm Adventure Park in Berrow is delighted to be welcoming visitors back after its toughest year ever.
The country park, in Red Road, suffered weeks of storm and flood damage in 2020, followed by lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Staff set up fundraising appeals to help feed more than 250 animals on site, including deer, llamas, goats, pigs, wallabies, horses, raccoons, rabbits and foxes.
Prince Philip the orphan llama who named by the park s Facebook followers.
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The park also ran virtual live farming events and animal care on Facebook during the lockdowns, which they are continuing to do a few times a week now the park has reopened.
Some of North Somerset s top attractions are preparing to reopen on April 12.
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Attractions across North Somerset are preparing to reopen their doors to the public next week.
On April 12, zoos and theme parks can reopen, just in time for the last week of the Easter holidays.
Noak’s Ark Zoo Farm, in Wraxall, is looking forward to welcoming guests back and staff have been working hard to ensure the attraction is Covid-safe.
Noah s Ark Zoo farm is reopening on April 12.
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Staff have limited the number of visitors per day and tickets can be booked in advance online. Indoor areas at the zoo, including all indoor animal viewing areas, soft play and the reptile house, will remain closed, and all animal talks have also been postponed - in line with Government guidelines.
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How the Gazette and Echo reported on the foot and mouth outbreak in Essex MENTION foot-and-mouth disease and most people will have some recollection of the epidemic which swept the UK 20 years ago. They might not remember the exact date or how the disease took hold, but they will recall the slaughter of tens of thousands of animals. They will remember the plight of farmers watching their livelihoods literally going up in smoke and, somewhere in the back of their minds, a memory that the first “confirmation” was at an abbatoir in Essex. The first case of the disease to be detected was at Cheale Meats abattoir in Little Warley on February 19 2001 on pigs from Buckinghamshire and the Isle of Wight.