Endangered donkey

zoo. Matumaini weighed 30 kilos when he was born and his birth is fundamen‐tal for the continuation of captive breeding and per‐petuation of this species. This zoo and theme park also has more than 800 animals of 200 different species and is part of the European Zoos Captive Breeding Programme.

The arrival of this baby wild donkey has been the cause of ‘immense joy’ for the entire team of veteri‐nary professionals, biolo‐gists, and specialised care‐givers who work every day for the conservation of animals and nature.

IF tongue ‐ in ‐ cheek light hack work is your bag, David Holman‐Hill Waters is your man. Never taking any subject too seriously, his whimsical articles are designed to, and do, amuse and make you chuckle, sometimes out loud.

His first influences on the world of humour came in childhood, listen‐ing to the five ‐ minute readings on the BBC Home Service, prior to Uncle Mac and his Children’s Favourites programme of the late 50s and early 60s.

David was smitten by these humorous readings from the likes of Basil Boothroyd, Dylan Thomas and Alan Coran. These, in turn, led to the joys of Punch magazine and the stories of P G Wodehouse.

The BBC also brought him Hancock and the work of Galton and Simpson and, with a Bakelite earphone snuggled into the pillow, the anarchic influence of the ‘The Goons’. Since then,