Animals
A look at past memories involving animals
A look at past memories involving animals
Chris Mellor, landlord of the While Lion, Glan-yr-Afon, with an iguana, pictured in November 1990.
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Joan Dawson of the Clwyd Badger Group nursing a baby badger back to health in September 1991.
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A herd of Elephants from Billy Smart's circus, cool off in the sea off Rhyl on July 8 1970. Holidaymakers must have been really surprised by this very unusual sight
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This exotic silver pheasant was found in Upper Colwyn Bay in April 1984, and teenage brothers Robert and Nigel Steward managed to get it into a pen before notifying the Welsh Mountain Zoo
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Pam Powell of Bryn Pydew, pictured in December 1988, found that breeding rabbits was not as straightforward as the jokes would lead you to believe. To satisfy show judges the rabbits must meet very strict criteria.
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Sheelagh Jepson and Alan Penkich enjoy a ride on two giant tortoises at Llanerch Zoo Park. This small zoo near St Asaph was open from 1963 to 1971
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In December 1981 Diane Hughes of Rhos-on-Sea had a very unusual pet, namely a jackdaw that she had found abandoned near her home when it was still very young. Not all her friends were keen
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Donkey rides on Llandudno beach
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Snakes alive! In August 1989 the staff at North Wales Video Services in Llandudno were intrigued when they were sent a parcel which had a sticker saying something alive was in it. It turned out to be a harmless Chinese rat snake, which a video company sent out as a gimmick to promote a new horror movie release.
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Derek and Maureen James of Llanddulas with their Best Fife Canary at the Rhyl open show at Bodelwyddan Castle, on October 1991
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In 1990 the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles led to children wanting red eared terrapins, because of their resemblance to one of the Ninja Turtles. But some pet shops warned that these terrapins were not really suitable for children because of the salmonella risks, and the fact they could grow to the size of a dinner plate
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George, pictured in October 1992, a young goat rescued after being found injured on the Great Orme. became part of the Stallard household, and was a favourite of the Stallards' grandchildren Carys and Natasha, despite his habit of butting in when his favourite show was on television
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The kids are all right. Richard and Ruth Roberts with baby goats at Cyffylliog in July 1988
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Not all the animals at the Welsh Mountain Zoo were unhappy with the cold weather in January 1987. At least these penguins seem to be at home in the snow
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Dorothy Dolan, Elizabeth Griffiths and Gladys Gore of Colwyn Bay Cats Protection League pictured in November 1989 with some of their charges. Then, as now, the charity was desperate to find good homes. Mrs Dolan, the secretary of the league, had 17 cats housed in her centrally heated cellar.
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A procession of animals called in at Rhyl in August 1988 as a means to encourage tourists to visit the following week's Flint and Denbigh Agricultural show
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