With Christmas just around the corner, turkey and all the trimmings are on shopping lists across the country, but research shows that over four million Christmas dinners are thrown away each year*- the equivalent to 263,000 turkeys and 17.2 million Brussels sprouts.
Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey is discouraging food wastage this winter, and encouraging guests to donate their unwanted and leftover meat from Christmas meals to their three new endangered Asiatic lion cubs. A ‘turkey drop’ will be located by the lion’s enclosure for guests to leave their uncooked Christmas leftovers for the cubs to tuck into and enjoy.
Chessington ‘Turkey Drop’ Executive, Oli Whiteway, said: “Our three new lion cubs are just developing a taste for meat and what better way to reduce Christmas wastage than giving leftover turkey to our cubs. The festive season tends to be a period of over-indulgence and we want to make sure no uncooked meat goes to waste. If you have any turkey leftovers this Christmas, make sure you get in touch!” Oli will be on site throughout the Christmas period to speak to guests about the cubs and their arrival to the resort.
There’s lots of fun for the whole family at Chessington World of Adventures Resort this December with festive experience, Winter’s Tail, available for all ages, open until 2nd January 2017.
*Research by Unilever 2015 –Â http://www.independent.co.
For those who would like to partake in the Turkey Drop please email turkey.drop@chessington.
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