Adoption scheme launched at Queen’s Park Farm to improve animal welfare
As two goats continue to recover from public feeding-related intoxications, Queen’s Park Farm launches a new adoption initiative to raise funds and improve their animals’ welfare.
As of October 12th, the animals are available for symbolic adoption and sponsorship, with all money raised going back to the park and farm.
“Through the adoption scheme, we hope to achieve donations so that we can help our animals live better lives, providing better care, more enrichment and different foods to stimulate them like in the wild,” said Emily Hunt, an apprentice at Queen’s Park Farm and Golder’s Green Zoo.
Since the scheme’s launch, the farm has already raised around £100.
The initiative comes amidst recent animal welfare incidents at the farm. Earlier this year, a goat died after being fed harmful food by the public. Two other goats subsequently became ill following similar feeding incidents in July.
The farm has since put up additional signage warning visitors against feeding the animals, and a quarantine fence has been erected around the goat’s enclosure.
Hunt said the two surviving goats were recovering after undergoing different treatment programmes over several weeks and are included amongst the animals available for adoption.
“The goats are doing better. They have a vet appointment on the 21st of October, which hopefully means we will be able to take down quarantine,” she said.
The goats remain in quarantine pending further veterinary assessment.
The adoption scheme provides a new way for the public to contribute to the farm’s animal care, although Hunt said that, to her knowledge, the scheme was not introduced specifically in response to the veterinary costs.
The initiative launched around the same time as the arrival of two new lambs, Barley and Rye, who are also included amongst the potential adoptees.
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Publication: Ham & High
Appendix: Emily Hunt, interviewed at Queen’s Park farm at 2pm on 15/10/26