The Visitor. Covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire
The Visitor. Magazine covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Since 1983.
An abandoned cheetah cub is being hand-reared by her keeper at Longleat. The female cub, which has been nicknamed Xena after the warrior princess to mark her battling qualities, spent the first 10 days being cared for by her mum Wilma. However she was discovered cold, weak and on her own on April 19th and, despite numerous attempts to get mother and baby back together, the decision was taken by keepers to remove the cub and attempt to rear her by hand. Full story: Read more
A stunning new interactive indoor exhibition, featuring a 13-metre-long life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex, roars into action at Longleat later this month. Running from May 24th to September 3rd, ‘T. rex: The Killer Question’ transports visitors back through time to come face to face with the fiercest dinosaur ever to have roamed the planet. Full story: Read more
A baby wallaby which is being hand reared in a rucksack after being found abandoned is delighting keepers at Longleat with his progress. Full story: Read more