Pembrokeshire Lottery has given its support to Manor House Wildlife Park in St Florence, with a £20,000 interest-free loan.

The cash injection means that park owners Anna Ryder Richardson and her husband Colin MacDougall can start work on a night shelter for Wales’ first white rhino bulls, due to arrive next season.

Pembrokeshire Lottery manager Abigail Owens, said: “Tourism is a major employer and contributor to our economy and we are delighted to be able to support Anna with the exciting development programme at Manor House, making it into one of our county’s premier attractions.”

Anna and Colin will continue with their goal of educating visitors on endangered species and adding new genes into the breeding programme in Europe for the white rhinoceros.

“I can’t wait until the rhino boys arrive and we hope they will be as popular as Steve and Lisa, our resident gibbons, the ‘Love Story’ of Pembrokeshire, who I can report are very much together,” said Anna.

“However, Steve is still finding it impossible to leave his enclosure and join her in the trees.

“We are gently working on his issues and know in his own time they will both be swinging around their beautiful island,” she added.