We are hoping to raise £12,000 to help feed our animals during the covid-19 outbreak. Our original target was less, but due to the fact we are not sure when the lockdown will be lifted we have changed our target to make sure we have enough to cover everything needed during this difficult time. We have a variety of animals at the park, which means we do have to buy a variety of feed to sustain the animals and keep them all happy. Unfortunately this feed does come at a cost and during a lockdown this means we won't be receiving any money from the general public.
Spring coming into summer is normally one of our busiest times. Unfortunately due to the floods we haven't had the best of starts to the year as this severely affected our trade. It also meant we've had to feed more hay in general due to the grass not growing as it normally would this time of year. To then be followed by the covid-19 outbreak it could leave us in a sticky situation.
We normally use the money from general public to sustain us throughout the year. As we are a small family run business we don't receive any money from government or lottery grants. Unfortunately due to it being agricultural land we don't qualify for the Grant off the government, but we want to make sure we can cover feed and possible vet bills.