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BIAZA ACE Conference 2008
Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st November
This year's ACE Conference, hosted by Folly Farm, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire promises to be a lively and stimulating event. Come and join us for inspirational guest speakers, lively debates and workshops and informative top tips.
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The Magnificent 4/14 Wurlitzer September 2008 COMING SOON
The magnificent 4/14 Wurlitzer from the Gaumont Manchester, known as the "Tudor Rose" which has been in store 23 out of the last 32 years will be installed at Folly Farm this Winter into purpose built chambers and will play again to the public in late Spring 2009. Watch this space for more information on the restoration and grand opening. “Shear” joy for Alpaca parents and Folly Farm’s visitors August 2008 Visitors to Folly Farm yesterday benefitted from an unscheduled programme of events as resident Alpaca, Tia, gave birth in front of a delighted crowd. Zoo staff had been unsure if the Alpaca was pregnant due to the bulk of her fleece and only discovered the imminent arrival of the baby a week previously when the Alpacas had their biennial shearing.
Tim Morphew, Folly Farm’s Zoo Manager, explained; “We discovered Tia was definitely pregnant last week when she was sheared and it was obvious on ... [more]Assembly thumbs up for Folly’s 20 years August 2008 Folly Farm today welcomed Jonathan Jones of the Welsh Assembly’s Heritage Department, who visited the popular family attraction near Tenby in West Wales to congratulate the directors on reaching 20 years in business. Folly Farm opened its doors to the public back in 1988 and since then has entertained over four million visitors across its farm, zoo, vintage funfair, country park and indoor and outdoor adventure playgrounds.
Jonathan Jones, Director of Tourism and Marketing in the Heritage Depart ... [more]Slice of the action as Folly Farm turns 20 August 2008 Folly Farm today celebrated its 20th birthday and to mark the occasion the Directors of the popular attraction near Tenby in West Wales posed for a picture alongside a cake creatively crafted for the celebrations by Folly Farm’s Food and Beverage Manager Jonathan Balfour. The Folly Farm themed cake depicts in icing some of the fun that can be had on a day out at the attraction and will be on display in the reception area today before being cut and handed out to staff.
The cake took six hours to ... [more]Lemur hatrick for Folly Farm August 2008 Folly Farm today announced the arrival of triplet black and white ruffed lemurs and its the second time resident lemur Kirindy has given birth to triplets. Folly Farm’s zoo is home to five adult black and white ruffed lemurs and this is its second successful breeding of the species.
The black and white ruffed lemur is part of the European Endangered Species Breeding Programme of which Folly Farm is an active member. Classified as “endangered” it is estimated that there are betwe ... [more]Zoo Olympics August 2008 Ahead of the start of the Beijing 2008 Olympics this Friday, Folly Farm today conducted its own opening ceremony with the unveiling of its new Zoolympics challenge trail. Visitors to Folly Farm can demonstrate their sporting prowess on the Zoolympics challenge trail whilst learning about the amazing feats of the Zoo’s animals.
Tim Morphew, Folly Farm’s Zoo Manager, said of the new challenges; “As Olympic fever grips the nation we are encouraging visitors to test themselves against th ... [more]Folly Farm joins other businesses to encourage breastfeeding July 2008
Chiefs at a popular Pembrokeshire family attraction have joined shops, restaurants and other public facilities around Wales in providing a warmer welcome to mums who want to breastfeed on their premises.
Folly Farm has signed up to the Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme after research revealed that 74% of people in Wales believe businesses and public facilities aren’t breastfeeding friendly enough.
Bosses say they want to formally acknowledge their open door policy to breastfeeding mot ... [more]Crowning glory for Folly Farm as new crane enclosure opens July 2008 Folly Farm’s zoo today unveiled some real jewels with the opening of a new bird enclosure. The majestic looking African crowned cranes, so named for their crown of stiff golden feathers, made meeting Folly Farm’s visitors their first official engagement. Tall, elegant birds, the cranes will make a striking addition to Folly Farm with their grey and white plumage, gold crown and their colourful red throats.
Tim Morphew, Folly Farm’s Zoo Manager, said of his new arrivals; “C ... [more]He’s alright Jack July 2008 Folly Farm today introduced Jack, a braying baby boy, who was born three weeks ago to the Jolly Farm’s resident donkey Sandy. Named Jack as a nod to the term used to describe a male donkey, Folly Farm’s latest addition joined mum on display in the Jolly Farm this week to a chorus of “oohs” and “aahs” from delighted visitors.
Jane Hill, Farm Manager at Folly Farm, said of the jack’s arrival; “A particular favourite of mine, there’s nothing sweeter t ... [more]Folly Farm gets fit with Heini film crew July 2008 Folly Farm today welcomed Cardiff-based production company Fflic who were filming two episodes of Heini for S4C’s new Welsh Language children’s television service, Cyw. The episodes for the second series, due to be broadcast from September, used animals from Folly Farm’s zoo and rides from the vintage funfair as inspiration for the fun aerobic routines and songs. Folly Farm’s camels, black and white ruffed lemurs, ostriches and its wallabies feature in the episode where Hei ... [more]Folly Farm hires assassins to celebrate National Insect Week June 2008
Folly Farm today announced the arrival of six White Eyed Assassin Bugs to help celebrate National Insect Week and to encourage visitors to the attraction to learn more about some of the planet’s most fascinating creatures. More known for its furry farmyard animals and exotic zoo species, Folly Farm is also home to a number of insects in its Pet Centre and the Assassin Bugs will soon be neighbouring Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches, Death Head Cockroaches, and some New Guinea Giant Spiny Stick Ins ... [more]Kilgetty AFC put on a Folly Good Show in Belgium June 2008 The English and Welsh National teams may not have qualified for Euro 2008 but Kilgetty AFC have returned from their own European adventure as runners-up. Kilgetty AFC under 12’s took part in the international tournament near Antwerp in Belgium, supported by their main under 12 sponsor Folly Farm.
The tournament was run for all age groups under 8 to under 17, girls under 15 and under 17, and men’s open and women’s open categories. Hundreds of teams attended from all over th ... [more]Folly Farm's Alpacas are in a spin May 2008 Folly Farm today welcomed the Pembrokeshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers as part of their workshop on spinning Alpaca fibres. Folly Farm donates Alpaca fibres for use by the Guild. The Guild meet at the Bloomfield Centre in Narberth, hold workshops and attend shows to demonstrate spinning, weaving and dyeing. The Guild included in the workshop a trip to Folly Farm to meet Marilyn, Lynsey and the rest of the Alpacas, who very kindly supply their coats once a year to be spun into yarn, ... [more]Folly Farm’s Zoo Manager plays mum to rare red ruffed lemur May 2008 Folly Farm today announced the arrival of a male red ruffed lemur who is being hand-reared by Zoo Manager Tim Morphew. The lemur, which weighed just four grams above the 85g survival threshold, was born to Folly Farm resident Nell who unfortunately struggled with her new role as a mother. Tim has now taken on the role of surrogate mother and is hand feeding the baby lemur every two hours with human infant formula milk throughout the day and night. Tim will continue to feed the baby in this wa ... [more]Its "rein"ing babies at Folly Farm May 2008 Folly Farm today announced the pitter patter of tiny feet with the arrival of three reindeer calves, a miniature foal and two baby wallabies. The recent additions are settling well into their new homes and are sure to delight visitors to Folly Farm. The reindeer calves, named Apollo, Rocky and Polo were born to three different mothers last week; the foal, a filly appropriately named Maya, arrived on the 1st May; and the baby wallabies revealed themselves for the first time this week.
Lynsey Woods ... [more]What a half term! February 2008 As a result of the recent spring-like sunshine and almost record breaking February temperatures, attendance figures at Pembrokeshire’s Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo have soared. With weather in parts of Wales warmer than Malaga, thousands flocked to see the farm’s newborn animals and new attractions. Indeed, attendance for the February half-term this year has been consistently double that of previous years.
A delighted Chris Ebsworth, Folly Farm’s Managing Director said “This ... [more]What do you call a baby Alpaca? January 2008 Folly Farm has it’s first baby Alpaca, born on 16th January. Following an 11 month pregnancy, mum Marilyn gave birth to the first Alpaca to be born at the farm under the watchful and protective eyes of proud father Isaac. A distant relative of the Llama, an Alpaca baby is known as a Cria and this, yet to be named, little girl already has a half sister called Kate. A delighted Zoo Manager, Tim Morphew, explained, “We have successfully bread Alpacas here at Folly Farm for the last 2 years; however ... [more]Chunkie’s Christmas Cracker December 2007 Parents looking for a family day out at Christmas might find the answer in some festive frolics at Pembrokeshire’s Folly Farm. The Follies Theatre is playing host to Farm favourite Chunkie Russell and his magical Christmas Cracker show, a spectacular variety show of Christmas fun and mayhem. Christmas is a magical time for children and adults alike and with this in mind Chunkie has put together a unique show called Chunkie’s Christmas Cracker. It is a blaze of colour, Christmas characters and is ... [more]Patience has been rewarded at Folly Farm November 2007 There are yet more new arrivals to see at Pembrokeshire’s Folly Farm, following the birth of two baby meerkats.
Meerkats have been kept at Folly Farm since the opening of the zoo area 6 years ago and since then the staff have looked forward to the family growing. However, despite the best efforts of Folly Farm’s zookeepers, the meercats just would not breed.
Zoo manager Tim Morphew even tried varying their diet of fruit, vegetables, seeds, mice, chicken, eggs and lots of creepy crawlies, ... [more]We always wanted a large family!! October 2007
Visitors to Pembrokeshire's Folly Farm can now meet Sweetie Pie, Blake and Cassie, as the Folly family continues to grow each month. These new arrivals are just the latest additions to Folly's Pet Centre.
Sweetie Pie is a 15kg continental giant rabbit and has been a real handful for the staff since her arrival. At only 14 months old she is already bigger than a cocker spaniel dog and has settled in very well with the other rabbits & guinea pigs, adjusting to Folly Farm since spending her early ... [more]Double Trouble – Baby Camel at Folly Farm October 2007 Everyone needs a friend and James, Folly Farm’s sole camel, is no exception, so the farm’s staff leapt into action. Zoo Manager Tim Morphew explains, “We realised that James was lonely and needed a friend, so under cover of darkness a few weeks ago our 'covert' operation began, culminating in the arrival of a rocking cattle trailer in the Zoo area of the farm. The silence was shattered by a loud cry of excitement from the trailer that could be heard by all the park’s residents and he ... [more]Half Term Horror at Fiendish Folly October 2007 Spooks, ghouls, ghosts and cute animals are just the start at Folly Farm’s Halloween themed Shriek Week. This annual celebration of all things chilling runs from 20th October until 31st October 2007.
Can so much frightening fun be had in one place? The answer is a fiendish yes. Get a ghoulish face painted, hunt for ghostly treasure, enter colouring competitions in the pet centre, follow the Halloween picture trail and experience supervised pet handling with our experienced park ... [more]Folly Foal October 2007 Folly Farm, one of Pembrokeshire’s leading tourist attraction have another mouth to feed, Dougal the donkey foal. Staff at the attraction have been patiently waiting for this new arrival to make an appearance for some time.
Farm Manager Jane Hill comment, “We weren’t sure of mum Tilly’s due date so Folly Farm’s vet and staff have been keeping a very close eye on her for signs that she may be due to foal. After we left for the evening the farm’s night staff ... [more]Rare ‘ Curly Coated’ piglets at Folly Farm September 2007 Folly Farm is celebrating the arrival of four very unusual rare breed pigs called Mangalitzas at the Adventure & Country Park. The pigs, who arrived at Folly Farm in February this year, very much resemble the extinct yet much missed Lincolnshire Curly Coat as they have unique woolly, curly coats!
Only a small number of Mangalitza’s were imported into the U.K. last year from Hungary and Austria, and Folly Farm was very fortunate in becoming home to these adorable pigs and is now involved i ... [more]Folly Farm Awarded Seal of Quality – Again August 2007 Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo is celebrating continued success after receiving the prestigious Welsh Assembly Government’s VAQAS Cymru title for the attraction for a second time. The award's full title is 'A Quality Assured Visitor Attraction' and this is a seal of approval and only awarded to those tourist attractions that meet strict criteria of consistent quality standards in Wales.
To be granted the award an attraction has to undergo an annual inspection that covers all aspects of t ... [more]New Baby Red Deer - Summer Arrivals! August 2007 Excited staff at Folly Farm has just announced 9 new additions this season.
Ten female deer or ‘hinds’ arrived at the farm in March 2007 and were thought to be pregnant. During the month of June, staff discovered that nine Red Deer calves had been born. Theses adorable new babies have been born with distinctive coats which are spotted, but will generally lose these markings after two months.
In addition to these new arrivals, a new stag will be joining the herd, just in time fo ... [more]"Walk this way!" July 2007 Folly Farm is celebrating a special birthday, The Brooklyn Cakewalk is 100 years old. This Old Tyme Fairground machine continues to give great pleasure to thousand of visitors in Europe’s largest indoor vintage fairground at Folly Farm.
This beautiful nostalgic example of a cake walk ride was originally built in 1907 by Thomas Walker of Tewkesbury, based on a design for a cranked ride developed in America.
To obtain maximum experience and thrill from this ride, revellers were encoura ... [more]wit –Twoo makes Two! July 2007 Folly Farm is announcing yet another new arrival with their new hand-reared tawny owl male called Troy who arrived at the park in May 2007. Troy joins a female barn owl called Achilles that was hatched in April 2006 and hand reared by park keeper Lynsey Woods. It is hoped that the pairs’ arrival will alert the public to the pressures faced by British wildlife.
Whilst barn Owls were once a familiar sight they are becoming less so due to the destruction of hedgerows and the conversion of old ba ... [more]Just Kiddin! July 2007 Folly Farm has even more new arrivals, including three baby goats, the goats include the Angora, the Mountain Goat, and the Anglo Nubian born in April 2007
Chris Ebsworth at Folly Farm says,” The goat kids are a wonderful addition here at Folly and there are more goat kid arrivals on the horizon with the imminent arrival of the Golden Guerneys babies.
At Folly Farm you can see the goats in their own habitat and also experience a fantastic day out, meet the new arrivals, and see all the other ani ... [more]One Hump or two! June 2007 In this case it’s two! Folly Farm, has a wonderful new addition to celebrate, James the Bactrian Camel, who arrived at the park on March 20th 2007.
Bactrian Camels can live for up to forty years so at only 2 James has a long life ahead of him! Being a Bactrian camel James has two humps that store fat meaning he can survive without food or water for up to three days. James’ usual habitat is the Goby desert and steppes of Asia but the environment at Folly Farm suits him perfectly as he is ... [more]Big Dig Fun at Folly Farm June 2007 Folly Farm, has a fantastic new attraction, a custom built ‘Digger Park’, consisting of 8 mini-diggers which can perform lots of activities such as scooping and moving things from one pool to another in the specially designed park, providing hours of great fun for kids and adults alike! Amy-Sue Dyke from Jewson’s Tool Hire Division, comments, “We are proud to support Folly Farm with this new and exciting attraction, where young children can live out their fantasies when op ... [more]
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