Visitors to The Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife & Falconry Centre in Sheffield can enjoy a number of activities this Easter including an egg hunt, animal handling sessions and a celebration of creatures native to Madagascar.
During the Mad About Madagascar event, which runs from 24th March until 15th April, visitors to the Lemur Heights walk through enclosure will be able to meet and experience lemurs close up, with sessions running twice daily.
There will also be the chance to meet more animals originating from Madagascar, including mouse lemurs, who are the smallest primates in the world, and tenrecs – a unique species resembling a miniature hedgehog. Visitors may meet and even hold the tenrecs in the Exotic Animals Encounter experience, which also takes place twice daily during the event.
Those brave enough could even hold a Madagascan hissing cockroaches or a baby Dumeril’s boa during the encounter too! Meerkat, otter, and bird of prey encounters, as well as the popular bird and animal displays, will also be taking place.
Zoo Curator and Centre Manager, Andrew Reeve, said of the event; “We have some amazing Madagascan species including ring-tailed, and red ruffed lemurs. Lemurs are sadly a critically endangered species therefore we raise funds every year for the Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group (MFG) who monitor lemurs in the wild and assist with breeding programmes.
The funds we donate are vital, they fund a Conservation Agent in Betampona National Reserve, a Lemur Keeper at Ivoloina Zoo, and supplies for the Lemur Survey Team. An impressive £3,310 was raised in 2017 through the sale of Tropical Butterfly House wristbands – visitors should feel proud that they are helping a critically endangered species in the wild.”
The Tropical Butterfly House will also be hosting its popular Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday and Monday, with the opportunity to meet Easter chicks and bunnies, as well as take part in Easter crafts in the Activity Centre, on offer throughout the Easter holiday.
For more information on visiting The Tropical Butterfly House go to www.butterflyhouse.co.uk
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