How to keep your cats busy
Two cats watching a metronome.
Pet adoptions and sales have soared in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Animals were treated to creepy carved creations in pumpkins to celebrate the spookiest day of the year. For Asim the Sumatran tiger, keepers filled a pumpkin with meaty snacks and even added tiger stripes to match. Elsewhere, the Zoo’s Asian short-clawed otters, meerkats and other residents enjoyed the Halloween action too foraging for their favourite foods in amongst the creepy carvings.
Meet the contenders for 2020 Fat Bear Week. Katmai National Park, in Southern Alaska, holds an annual competition to see which of their wild bears has gained the most weight in preparation for winter. The first official day of online voting began 30 Sep & the winner will be picked on Tuesday, 6 Oct. A Katmai National Park spokesperson explains: “These brown bears’ power of packing on the pounds gets them through the winter and able to live to compete another year. Fat bears = healthy bears.”
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