Petting Farm

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Come and make some new animal friends at the SU Petting Zoo. We'll be joined by a wide selection of animals including:

• Rabbits
• Guinea Pigs
• Duck
• Chickens
• Lambs
• Goats
• Calves
• Alpaca
• Mini Pony
• Mini Donkey
• Micro pig

Animals are proven stress relievers so take a break from the books and pop along for some quality time with our animal visitors from the Riggmoor Farm.

 

For more information about the animals and Riggmoor Farm visit http://www.riggmoorreindeer.co.uk/

 

Information about the welfare of the animals

• All of Riggmoor Farm animals are used to the routine and they are not stressed out by the travelling, or being on site for a few hours throughout the day, as they have all the essential items that they would have at home with them on site the only difference is there are more people but most of them have been hand reared so are used to close human contact.  In fact most off the animals thrive on being close to people.
• Riggmoor Farm have handlers with the animals at all times and should any one of the animals become stressed/ill at any point the animals would be removed from the site immediately and the display will discontinue.
• Riggmoor Farm has a huge amount of respect for all their animals and at no point are any of the animals used on displays used for meat nor will they be sold on for meat.
• Riggmoor Farm carry out their work to the highest of standards strictly adhering to the animal welfare rules and regulations set out by governing bodies such as DEFRA.
• Riggmoor Farm have spent their lives devoted to the animals that are on site and also their mothers, fathers and other family members. Their job is 24/7/365.

You can also view a video about the RSPCA here.