The Pembrokeshire wildlife park owned by a TV celebrity
Manor Wildlife Park was the passion project of celebrity interior designer Anna Ryder Richardson.
Anna and her family took over the park in 2008 after it had been closed for many months. They worked hard to create an attraction where endangered animals could be seen in as natural environment as possible.
Gone were the small concrete pens, replaced instead with green and spacious enclosures. Perhaps the biggest love story was the liberation of Gibbon Steve who had spent years cooped up in a tiny concrete pen coop.
(Image: Manor Wildlife Park)
Anna created him his own island and introduced him to playmate Lisa and baby Bryn was born.
As well as giving her gibbon a markedly better life Anna and her family introduced endangered Sumatran tigers, southern white rhinos and red pandas to the park, among many other animals.
(Image: Manor Wildlife Park) In 2018, following her divorce from husband, chef Colin MacDougall, Anna stepped away from Manor Wildlife Park.
"The stresses and strains and expense of running our wildlife park have destroyed our marriage,' she told the Daily Mail.
"I'm moving lock, stock and barrel to France, and I'm getting divorced. I still well up thinking about all the beautiful Welsh countryside and the nature.
"I had the best of times there, but they became the hardest of times.'
However, this year Anna returned to the helm of Manor Wildlife Park after a six-year absence.
"I am very excited, it has been a long time coming but I am finally back with my beloved animals, incredible team and excited to greet our visitors into the park,' she said.
(Image: Manor Wildlife Park) In the year that she returned Manor Wildlife Park saw Zaza the first Sumatran tiger cub in Wales born there.
Zaza was born on May 25 and has been described as a symbol of hope in global efforts to conserve this critically endangered species.
As well as Anna's return and the birth of Zaza, other top moments at Manor Park this year have been the arrival of red panda Barney, a baby boom of howler monkeys, meercats and Saki monkeys and the arrival of Brenda the peahen.
"I have huge plans for the future of Manor Wildlife Park,' said Anna on her return.
"Starting with our locals, who have supported us since 2008 when I bought the park, with the park being open all year round.
(Image: Manor Wildlife Park) "I would love to open up conversations with schools and groups from all ages from toddlers, teens and the elderly to find out how we can tailor days to suit them."
One of Anna's measures to support locals was announced earlier this month when in a 'news flash' she said that all Pembrokeshire residents would get 10 percent off an annual pass.
This will also entitle them to 10 percent off at the gift shop and ten percent off all ice creams.
For more information about Manor Wildlife Park, visit the website www.manorwildlifepark.co.uk.
For group bookings, email info@manorwildlifepark.co.uk.
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