It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Sophie the giraffe. Unfortunately she succumbed to old-age on the 27th of December 2011. Born in Woburn and having spent much of her younger life down south, Sophie had been with us for much of her later life. She was much loved by her tower of giraffes at the park, all of her keepers and many visitors who met her. She will be missed.

The meerkats had an early Christmas lunch this year when their keepers filled shiny baubles and stockings with the mob of meerkats' favourite snack - mealworms!

That's not the only festive preparations going on at Blair Drummond just now, Leila Gilmour, aged 2 from Bannockburn, helped her mum pick a real christmas tree from the Blair Drummond Estate Christmas Tree Sales.

The Blair Drummond Estate are selling real trees, wreaths and firewood up untill Christmas Eve.  

We have some lucky festive winners to announce!

The winner of the Giant Chimp from the Prudential Christmas Fayre on 28th November is:

Margaret Hutchison

The winner of the Teddy Bear from the Stirling Castle Christmas Fayer on 6th December is:

Katie-Ann McQue

Congratulations!

The Safari Park has now closed its gates for the 2011 season. 

It's been a great season; we've welcomed a new rhino, Emmi and said goodbye to Jane who went to Germany.  We've had births at the meerkats, lechwe, bison, ostrich and red ruffed lemurs.  We've had amazing events with Pirate Day and the Falconry Festival, but most of all we've welcomed lots of visitors through our gates for a great year.   

We will open again next season on 24th March 2012.