The British zoo decided to make the animals happy in honor of Halloween. We’re not the only ones to dress up in costumes and have fun!
The Drusillas Zoo in Great Britain organized a Halloween-themed day for its animals. In the enclosures of the animals were placed Halloween pumpkins, putting favorite treats fluffy animals. The shots turned out to be very funny! But in addition to being fun, it’s also part of the animals’ daily mental stimulation program.

Zookeeper Claudia Farley commented “It’s really important for us to give our animals stimulation and enrichment every day, and many of them already have pumpkin as part of their natural diet. Each day we try to mix it up and provide a new form of enrichment for them, whether it’s scent enrichment using herbs and oils, puzzle equipment, or food presented in new ways like today. It might look like we’re just having fun, but it’s actually a really vital part of our job to continually offer new activities to keep their minds stimulated and encourage them to problem-solve and engage in natural behaviors. In the wild food wouldn’t just be handed to them every day, so this is a great way to make them work for it.”

And it’s true, the unusually hanging pumpkins interested many of the furries. Afterwards, according to the staff, the used pumpkins will go to feed some of the animals.
Take a look at how some of the animals responded to the pumpkins in their enclosures: