Suffolk Rural Animal Unit

This week we welcomed Meg from Colchester zoo as a guest speaker.
Meg came in to speak to our T-level year 1 and 2 learners about animal training, focusing on training mechanics.
The T-level learners gain hands on experience in our animal centre on how to train animals. These are vital industry skills.

Suffolk Rural's incredible newly refurbished Animal Centre made an appearance on national television over the weekend! 🤩

During our grand launch evening in May, Jimmy Doherty filmed a segment for his 'Jimmy and Shivi's Farmhouse Breakfast' TV show. 📺

Hear what he and our Animal Centre Manager Helen had to say about some of our new residents!

🎥 https://www.itv.com/watch/jimmy-and-shivis-farmhouse-breakfast/10a5695/10a5695a0027

To find out more about courses in animal management, visit our website https://www.suffolk.ac.uk/animal-management

ITV Jimmy Doherty Suffolk Rural Animal Unit

College jumping for joy after Wallaby gives birth to new baby - Suffolk New College A college has welcomed a new arrival to their animal studies department, and staff and students are jumping for joy.

⭐️⭐️New course⭐️⭐️
We are delighted to announce a new +19 course - An introduction to Zoo keeping. Designed to give you an idea what being a zoo keeper entails with practical lessons taking place in our recently refurbished animal centre!

https://www.suffolk.ac.uk/courses/detail/introduction-to-zookeeping/

Baby’s first haircut!
Fuzz lightyear has had his first haircut! Alpacas have to have their fleece cut once a year as it continuously grows.
You can buy some of our alpacas fleece from our farm shop!

South Africa!
Some of our animal management and agriculture learners have just landed in South Africa!!!
We hope this will be an amazing experience for all. Keep an eye on our Instagram stories for updates! Flooglebinder