Drusillas Zoo Park

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Drusillas Zoo Park
Location	near Alfriston, East Sussex
Land area	10 acres
Number of Animals	1638
Number of Species	196
Website

Drusillas Park is a small zoo near to Alfriston, in East Sussex, UK.

The zoo is home to many exotic wild and domestic animals to see, perhaps most famously ring-tailed lemurs, meerkats, and penguins. There are also a lot of hands-on activities, a large play area, and a new Thomas & Friends railway line. There is a restaurant, cafés, and shops. Everything is very friendly towards children aged between about 2 to 10.

[edit] Recent Developments

In the last few years, the zoo has increased its number of animal exhibits but still sticks to smaller animals - so no lions or tigers. They have a good range of monkeys, small cats called servals, porcupines, fruit bats, otters, llamas, parrots and flamingos, as well as Pet World, Bug World and a small farmyard.

There's a 'Zoolympics challenge' where children can compare their abilities (to drag, hang on, jump, shout, run and hold their breath) against a variety of animals and record them in a booklet sold at the entrance. There are also 'stamp books' that you can stamp using tick shaped stamps found around the enclosures.

[edit] Junior Board of Directors

During the 1990s Drusillas became somewhat well known for its Junior Board of Directors, a group of around fifteen children between the ages of eight and twelve, who were tasked with acting as a focus group - coming up with new ideas, road testing new exhibits and advising the owners on the priorities for young visitors. The Board was established by original owners, Michael and Kitty Ann, and revamped slightly when the zoo was sold in 1997. The group proved so successful that the format was adopted by other UK attractions, including Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Fire Engine as childrens attraction	Coatis	Ring-tailed Lemurs	Flamingos
Thomas the Tank Engine

[edit] External Links

Official website

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