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Wild Place Project Giraffe House Appeal & Trunki giveaway – closed

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What’s your favourite animal at the zoo? I’d have a pretty hard time deciding between the penguins and the giraffes. And after a trip to Bristol Zoo’s Wild Place Project I’d have to add Lemurs to the mix too!

The Tin Box girls and I were invited to a bloggers event at the Wild Place Project by the lovely folks at Trunki. Read on for a chance to win your own Kids Trunki Suitcase and Family Pass to the Wild Place Project.

Trunki are working with the Wild Place Project to raise £750,000 for a new giraffe house and fund conservation work in the wild. Here’s why:

About the Wild Place Project

The Wild Place Project is more like a safari park than a zoo, with environments set up to make the animals feel at home. Spread across several acres you will find cheetahs, wolves, and reindeer as well as zebra, meerkats and lemurs.

We were treated to a couple of animal talks during our visit, hearing from the Wild Place Project’s expert zoo keepers about the habits of the animals in the wild and why conservation work is so necessary.

Bloggers at the Wild Place Project

Tin Box Tot enjoyed seeing the animals, but like any toddler, she also loved the numerous indoor and outdoor playgrounds around the park.

On the day we visited there were two new additions to the lemur community – a pair of twins born to the lead female lemur, Dizzy. We even got a glimpse of them while the lemurs were being fed. They were super cute and full of character.

Zimba Trunki and Lemurs at Wild Place Project

I was too busy cooing to get a picture of the babies but here they are captured by a pro.

The Giraffe House Appeal

Sadly we couldn’t see any giraffes during our visit because the existing giraffe house is in a poor state and needs replacing. Hence the appeal.

Did you know that in the past 15 years giraffe numbers have fallen from 140,000 to less than 80,000? There are now fewer giraffe left in the wild than African elephants.

To support the Wild Place Project’s Giraffe House Appeal, Trunki has launched a new design – Gerry the Giraffe Trunki – and will be donating £5 for every suitcase sold to Bristol Zoo to help support its appeal and conservation work in Africa.

We had a fantastic day out with Trunki and would like to thank them for the fantastic Trunki goodies they gave to Tin Box Tot and Baby. It’s all going to come in very handy during our travels this summer. Here’s Tin Box Tot riding Bernard the Trunki.

Bernard small

Win a Trunki & Family Pass to the Wild Place Project

Now it’s your turn to share in some Trunki and Wild Place Project loveliness. I’ve been given a Kids Trunki Suitcase and a Family Pass to the Wild Place Project to giveaway here on the blog.

Gerry the Trunki and Meerkats at Wild Place Project

All you need to do is follow the instructions on my Rafflecopter to enter. The giveaway closes at midnight on Tuesday 12 April. Good luck!

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Disclosure: we were invited to the Wild Place Project by Trunki for the purposes of promoting the Giraffe House Appeal and the launch of Gerry. All opinions are my own.

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224 Comments

  58. Our little boy would love Zimba the zebra or Gerry the giraffe, they’re both lovely! Thank you for a great giveaway.

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  64. My little boys love animals, planning a trip to Paignton Zoo when Daddy is on leave. A Trunki seems a fantastic idea for packing bits for a day out. They look amazing!

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  119. What a great campaign and event to be invited to. Its great to be able to raise awareness of this cause and the wider giraffe issue/appeal. We love Trunki and its great to see them supporting this cause in this way. I think I’ve entered (I can never quite get the hang of rafflecopter), so if I have we’d love a Giraffe Trunki to help support the cause 🙂 Emily #KCACOLS

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  120. This sounds fantastic and its great to see such a well known brand supporting a conservation project like this one. £5 is a generous donation as well. Good luck with the competition it looks like you have loads of entries already. Thank you for joining us at #BloggerClubUK hope to see you again this week x
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  122. I’d have to choose Gerry Giraffe think he’s the perfect companion to travel with

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  124. These trunkies look amazing!! They are really cool!! How lucky to attend this event and be surrounded by lots of trunkies!! I would have loved that! I have never been at Bristol Zoo’. I guess should be another interesting place to visit. Great giveaway!! Thanks so much lovely for sharing this at #KCACOLS. I would love to see you again on Sunday! 🙂 x
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    1. At last a Giraffe Trunki and for such a good cause! I have adopted giraffes and been a collector for over 35 years and have been longing for Gerry the Giraffe Trunki. I will be buying Gerry for all my grandchildren who are giraffe lovers too and would love to win one to add to my collection. Hope the appeal raises enough for the new giraffe house – looking forward to visiting Bristol Zoo.

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  145. Would have to be the gerry the giraffe one. I adore giraffes & so does my son. Upset to read that they’re numbers are depleting.

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  150. I would choose the George Trunki for my little boy 🙂 Thankyou so much for the chance x

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  194. i would love the gerry the giraffe one for my nephew stanley as we call him a little giraffe

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  215. I love the giraffe trunki and even better that it is raising money for the giraffe house at the wild place. We love going there so would love a family pass x

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