Heythrop Zoo 2012 Open weekend

[Nisha]

The 2012 Heythrop open weekend has now been confirmed as Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th September 2012 from 10am till 5pm. Prices will be as follows...

Adults (12 and over) - £12
OAP and Kids (kids as in anyone under 12) - £8
Under three's - Free
Family (2X Adults 2X Kids) - £28

If pre-booking is required this year then the advertisment doesn't say so

 

[Paradoxurus]

Today (Saturday 15th), the first day of the 2012 Open weekend, was a great success. Fine weather ensured a record number for a Saturday visitor attendance.

Attractions this year include a big cat show involving (separately) spotted leopard, black leopard, white and normal-coloured tigers and lions. There are also two variations of a small-animal show which involves crested porcupine, skunk, meerkat, common fox, wolf, kookaburra, hedgehog, Morelet's crocodile, milk snake and scorpion plus golden eagle supplied by the Cotswold Falconry Centre.

Other attractions inlude the camel rides, a penguin parade, polar bear talk and reptile handling.

The emphasis this year is very much on the educational aspect of the proximity of trained animals - particularly for younger visitors - with the provision of fun worksheets to complete throughout the day.

The full itinerary of events is to be repeated tomorrow (Sunday 16th) and guests are advised to arrive early to ensure a seat in the shows. It promises to be a busy day!

 

[Johnny Morris.]

Today (Saturday 15th), the first day of the 2012 Open weekend, was a great success. Fine weather ensured a record number for a Saturday visitor attendance.

Attractions this year include a big cat show involving (separately) spotted leopard, black leopard, white and normal-coloured tigers and lions. There are also two variations of a small-animal show which involves crested porcupine, skunk, meerkat, common fox, wolf, kookaburra, hedgehog, Morelet's crocodile, milk snake and scorpion plus golden eagle supplied by the Cotswold Falconry Centre.

Other attractions inlude the camel rides, a penguin parade, polar bear talk and reptile handling.

The emphasis this year is very much on the educational aspect of the proximity of trained animals - particularly for younger visitors - with the provision of fun worksheets to complete throughout the day.

The full itinerary of events is to be repeated tomorrow (Sunday 16th) and guests are advised to arrive early to ensure a seat in the shows. It promises to be a busy day!

I was there with the Mrs, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Our Goat was bloody useless mind.

 

[johnstoni.]

Do you know what the purpose of the bears are? As in, are/were they ever used for film/TV, do the owners ever go in with them, or are they just there because the owners want to have them as part of the zoological collection there?

 

[zoogiraffe]

Do you know what the purpose of the bears are? As in, are/were they ever used for film/TV, do the owners ever go in with them, or are they just there because the owners want to have them as part of the zoological collection there?

They are very much used for TV and film work,and not just because the owner wants Bears.

For example the Fox's Glazier Mint Bear is the Polar bear kept at Heythrop.

 

[johnstoni.]

I thought the Fox's Glacier Mint bear was in a museum in Leicester? I haven't seen the company promote its products using anything but a cartoon, but I'm interested to know if the Heythrop bear was used for this at any point?

Do you know - how 'trained' are the bears, as in, can the handlers go in with them, do/can they get transported to studios (either on or off-site) for filming, or does it all need to happen in the enclosure?

Its almost worth starting a thread on where Heythrop animals have been used in recent tv and film, however I'm not sure there would be enough knowledge given it is a private collection.

 

[zoogiraffe]

I thought the Fox's Glacier Mint bear was in a museum in Leicester? I haven't seen the company promote its products using anything but a cartoon, but I'm interested to know if the Heythrop bear was used for this at any point?

Do you know - how 'trained' are the bears, as in, can the handlers go in with them, do/can they get transported to studios (either on or off-site) for filming, or does it all need to happen in the enclosure?

Its almost worth starting a thread on where Heythrop animals have been used in recent tv and film, however I'm not sure there would be enough knowledge given it is a private collection.

Well there was more than 1 Esso Tiger so why cannot there be more than 1 Fox's Bear.

As for how well trained they are very.As for filming they don't need to move them off site,as they have there own green screen film study that they use when any film work is required with the Bears or any of the Big Cats.

As for what Heythrop Animals have been used for recently you have the Spec savers advert,a Touch of Frost.