 ** NEW - You can now buy adoption shares via our online ordering process.**
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(The 2008 deadline for Animal Adoptions is Friday 19th December)
Why Adopt?
Have you ever wondered how much food is eaten each year by our Chimpanzee Family and how much money is spent keeping them warm and comfortable?
Here's the answer!
32,850 bananas, 2,190 pints of milk,
14,600 oranges, 10,950 carrots,
9,123 boiled potatoes, 17,520 apples,
1,095 loaves (brown bread,) 6,570 lettuce
and there's even more!!
To add variety to their diet, the chimps receive a range of edibles from passion fruit to papaya, from peanut butter to pickles, from Horlicks to Hot Chocolate!
The average cost of their food comes to over £15,000. The Zoo also spends £3,500 on heating and £2,000 on bedding to keep the chimps snug and warm!
On the other hand, Peter the Python eats a meal less than once a week but, for him and all the other residents of the Reptile House, their environment must be kept at an average temperature of 80ºF, so the annual heating bill quickly absorbs any saving in food.
Running a Zoo is an expensive business and the size of the animal does not reflect the cost of its upkeep.
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