For Redheads Only: Free Access At Twycross Zoo On August 19, Here's Why

In celebration of the World Orangutan Day, especially the red-haired apes, the Twycross Zoo is giving the free day out for those with ginger hair. It aims to feature the dangers facing them in the wild, with their homes being devastated and turned into oil palm plantations.

Twycross Zoo near Tamworth is a home of four Bornean orangutans. The oldest female orangutan was named Kibriah, which was born at the zoo. She has had three offspring. Kibriah's daughter named Maliku is still in the zoo with her five-year-old Moly. The big male orangutan is Batu, that has lived there at the zoo for 21 years, according to Birmingham Mail.

A spokesman from Twycross stated that on Friday, August 19, they will be letting anyone with red hair in for free---male, female, child, adult, auburn, strawberry blonde, fiery red, natural or dyed---it doesn't matter. He further said as long as you have red hair you can enjoy a free day out at Twycross Zoo. Their staff in the ticket booths will be issued with special Twycross Zoo redheaded color scale just to make sure. In case, you are wearing a red hair wig you will have to pay the entrance fee.

Twycross Zoo is located near the Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire in the United Kingdom. It was re-launched in 2006 as the "Twycross Zoo-The World Primate Center." It has the biggest collection of monkeys and apes in the Western World. It has around 450,000 visitors in 2014. The zoo is a home to 500 animals of almost 150 species. These include many endangered species. You can also see four types of great ape such as the orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. The zoo also has the largest collections of gibbons in Europe. About 37 percent of these animals are categorized as vulnerable, threatened, endangered or critically endangered by the IUCN.