Animal manager Marc Fox said: "Whether basking together in the sun or snuggling up in the hide, grooming one another, or cosying up on the firehose hammock, their bond was one of loyalty, affection, and trust."
Plaid Cymru’s education spokesperson, Heledd Fychan MS said: "It’s clear that there is a crisis in education in Wales. This requires Welsh government to take action to improve school attendance, educational attainment and safety, as well as recruit and retain more teachers and improve support for learners with additional learning needs."Laura Doel, national secretary at the National Association of Head Teachers Cymru, said changes to holidays should "never have been a priority" and praised Ms Neagle for not pressing ahead "with a reform which would have had no benefit to learners".
Neil Butler, national official for Wales for the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers said this "bizarre attack on the summer break" needed to be "consigned to the dustbin of history".He added: "Wales has already got the shortest summer break in the whole of Europe."There’s no educational reason for it whatsoever, and in fact we believe that it would have been educationally damaging."
School holidays in Wales are broadly in line with England, but there are some variations between local authorities across the UK.Scotland has a different pattern where the summer term ends earlier and resumes in August.
Some local authorities in England and Scotland have two-week breaks in October, including the Isle of Wight and Falkirk.
suggested the school summer holiday in England should be shorter.Last week, Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump shook hands on a mutual export quota of 13,000 tonnes of beef - one of a number of
agreed by the two leaders.Following the deal, the government said "
", and hormone-treated beef would not appear in the UK."We were worried about standards, and what type of beef can be imported. And as more and more details come forward, it appears that it's quite sensible," Mr Quinney said.