
With the twelve days of Christmas now behind us, local residents may be wondering how to dispose of their tress.
The Wildlife Park has come up with a solution, offering people the chance to drop them off in the car park, and turning them into bark chips.
Staff will use the material on pathways around enclosures and to enrich the living areas for some of the animals.
General manager Nick Pinder says it's an easy way to deal with a prickly problem:

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