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PR017/07 - July 2007
‘Vicks’ help Paultons Meerkats clear the air!
Paultons keepers have successfully introduced three new meerkats into an enclosure with an
already established pair – with the aid of Vicks decongestant rub!
Geoff Masson, Paultons Livestock Manager, said, “The new meerkats arrived from Bristol and
Banham Zoos. It is normally extremely difficult to integrate new meerkats into an existing
group; their usual instinct is to try to attack any newcomers! However, thanks to a suggestion
from our vet, Kate Chitty, we were able to neutralise all odours by using little of the vapour rub
on the nose of each meerkat! The Meerkats then all smelt the same to each other and gladly
accepted the new arrivals!”
The new group are now getting along famously and are already showing signs of breeding.
Geoff says, “We are very hopeful that things will continue to go well for our latest residents and
that we will be celebrating the arrival of some baby meerkats before long.”
Meerkat Manor is one of 50 family attractions at Paultons which features big rides, small rides,
landscaped gardens, museums and a collection of exotic birds and animals.
Paultons Park, situated on the edge of the New Forest near Romsey in Hampshire is open
daily from 10am with further information from www.paultonspark.co.uk.
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For further information please contact:
Rob Griffiths - Marketing Manager
Paultons Park Limited, Ower, Romsey, Hampshire,
SO51 6AL.
Telephone: 023 8081 4442 Fax: 023 8081 3025
Editors Notes: Paultons Park
is just off exit 2 of the M27, near
Romsey in Hampshire. Open 10am daily
from 3rd March 2005– 29th
October 2006
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