A West Wales zoo is giving away 5,000 free tickets to primary school children across the country to celebrate their new arrival.

In celebration of the birth of a critically endangered Eastern black rhino in January, Folly Farm is giving away 5,000 places to primary schools in Wales, giving children the opportunity to visit for free to learn more about conservation work.

The free school visits week will take place between Monday, 1 June and Friday, 5 June to coincide with World Environment Day on 5 June.

Folly Farm’s zoo-keeping team will be running activities each day to highlight conservation work, breeding programmes and and sustainable initiatives at our attraction to educate and inspire school children.

5,000 free places will be provided for the week, up to a maximum of 1,000 visits on each day.

The successful schools will be chosen on a first come, first served basis and notified by 27 March.

Primary schools in Wales need to apply for the free places by filling in an application form on Folly Farm’s website indicating their first, second and third choice of day and total number of attendees by the deadline of 20 March.