It’s Christmastime at zoos too – and the animals are opening their presents

Zoos all over the UK have been stepping into Christmas and giving the animals their gifts, including snacks, aftershave, and even kayaks.

Staff have been playing Santa for their winged, flippered and four-legged charges, with Natalie Horner, section head of primates, small mammals and birds at Cotswold Wildlife Park, saying: ‘A keeper’s job doesn’t stop for Christmas Day.

‘Our animals…