Black Country News: Going bananas for fruit; DUDLEY.Byline: By Steve Johnson Steve Johnson is the name of:
KEEPERS at Dudley Zoological Gardens certainly know their onions when it comes to celebrating National Vegetarian Week. The award-winning Black Country tourist attraction's annual shopping list covers a massive 40 tonnes of fruit and vegetables to feed the 1,000-strong animal collection. Chief Executive, Peter Suddock, said: "Almost every animal here has fruit and vegetables daily and most of them have the recommended five-a-day portions to help maintain a healthy balanced diet balanced diet n. A diet that furnishes in proper proportions all of the nutrients necessary for adequate nutrition. balanced diet . "One of the funniest supplies we received came when a local supermarket offered us a vanload van·load n. The quantity, as of passengers or goods, that a van can carry. of bananas which had, quite literally, fallen off the back of a lorry when it broke down on the motorway. "We immediately said yes without realising how many bananas there were, and had quite a shock when 12 pallets of the fruit arrived - around 5,000 bananas!" CAPTION(S): FRUIT FANS... Dudley Zoo keeper Kirsty Thornton celebrates National Veggie Week with red-ruffed lemurs, Nelson and Hardy. |
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