VIDEO:TOWN hall staff rallied when they heard the alpacas at Walton Gardens were suffering from hot hooves during the tropical heatwave, splashing out on some paddling pools for their furry friends.
The alpacas are resident at Walton Hall’s children’s zoo where zoo ranger Peter Cookson put out an SOS when he found their hooves were getting far too hot in Warrington weather.
The three South American animals – Topaz, Mally and Jim – were in desperate need of cooling off so he asked council staff if anyone could donate any old children’s paddling pools.
Staff at the Town Hall had a whip-round and bought four paddling pools and now the furry friends are enjoying a refreshing foot spa.
“I put a message out on the council’s intranet to see if anyone could donate any old paddling pools,” said Peter. “The town hall staff kindly had a whip round and bought four large pools which will be very beneficial for the alapacas and other animals and birds at the zoo.”
Cllr Tony Higgins, executive board member for leisure, said: “It’s great that our staff were able to pitch in to help our Alpacas. Walton Hall has many attractions for visitors but the zoo is always a magnet for our younger guests with a great variety of interesting animals to enjoy.
“The team at the zoo are working very hard in these high temperatures as the welfare of the animals is their number one priority.”
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Nice story and well done to the council staff 😀