A family-run animal park is fundraising to build a forever home for some of Dunfermline’s peacocks.
Hillview Animal Park, located at Bogside, just off the A907 between Blairhall and Clackmannanshire, is run by husband-and-wife team, Craig and Kirsty Holmes.
They run open days for the public to come along to their farm and see their many animals, which includes alpacas, wallabies, peacocks, and more.
Currently, they have two peacocks, both of which came from Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline.
However, the park is now looking to fundraise £1500 to build a brand-new enclosure to be able to house multiple male peafowl.
A GoFundMe page has been launched to raise the necessary funds, it states: “The peacock team at Pittencrieff do a fantastic job with the peafowl, and understandably, they need to produce a few chicks every year to be able to sustain their numbers, but also to help people engage and grow a passion for such wonderful birds.
“However, in a breeding set up, too many males is not smooth sailing and aggression increases.
“Holding an all-male flock away from their breeding set up hugely reduces any aggression because they will not have any females nearby to impress and fight over!
“So, we are looking to raise £1500 to build a purpose built peacock enclosure.
“This will be a huge netted over aviary with high vantage points for them to roost and overlook the countryside, areas to forage, a nice indoor/sheltered area, all at the same time as making this a walk in interactive enclosure for our visitors to be able to safely enter the enclosure and be able to feed the boys, with stand-off barriers to make sure the birds welfare is never compromised.
“We hope this type of set up will spark a passion for this fantastic species”.
As part of the enclosure, there will be a big sponsorship board at the front of it.
The cost of each post is about £25, so anyone who donates £25 or more will pay for a post and their name will be added to the sponsorship board upon completion.
Suzi Ross, lead volunteer with the Peacocks of Pittencrieff Park, said: "We have known Craig and Hillview Animal Park now for quite some time and we love what they are doing.
“Their peacocks are very well cared for and it is a joy to see the visitors enjoying them also.
“We have babies every year, and we can't keep all of the males, so it is a relief to have Hillview Animal Park right on our doorstep where the new purpose built enclosure will give them their forever home where we know they will be well looked after."
Craig Holmes, Hillview Animal Park co-director said, "We want to build a really special interactive exhibit where we can help out Pittencrieff Peacocks by giving some of their males a forever home, while also allowing visitors to get close and grow a passion for these fantastic birds."
So far, the GoFundMe page has raised £335.
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