Twycross Zoo is offering gingers free entry...

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Attraction near Nuneaton launches offer as part of World Orangutan Day



If you - or anybody you know - boasts red hair, then Twycross Zoo has just the ticket for them this summer.

Gingers from across the country, including Coventry and Warwickshire, will be granted FREE entry to the attraction near Nuneaton as part of World Orangutan Day.

Taking place on August 19, the event follows a similarly successful one at the family-friendly park last year.

The day is to celebrate the red haired apes and to highlight the dangers facing them in the wild, with their habitats destroyed and turned into oil palm plantations.

There are currently four Bornean orangutans at Twycross Zoo.

The big male Batu has lived there for 21 years, while the oldest female Kibriah was born at the zoo and has had three offspring.

Her daughter Maliku is still at Twycross along with her own five-year-old daughter Molly.

A spokesman for Twycross Zoo says: “On Friday, August 19 we will be letting anyone with red hair in for free – male, female, adult, child, strawberry blonde, auburn, fiery red, natural or dyed – it doesn’t matter.

“As long as you have red hair you can enjoy a free day out at Twycross Zoo! Our staff in the ticket booths will be issued with our special Twycross Zoo redheaded colour scale too just to make sure.

“Please note – if you come wearing a wig you will have to pay the entrance fee.”