Last week, Jimmy’s Farm near Ipswich announced the arrival of a pancake tortoise egg.
The park announced that the hatchling hatched on Facebook, which reads: “We need your help.
“This critically endangered female Pancake Tortoise hatchling has just hatched.
“There’s just one problem… she doesn’t have a name yet…
“So, what should we call her?
” Drop your best name suggestions in the comments.”
In a video posted alongside the announcement, Kyle Thomas said: “I posted a video of us incubating a critically endangered pancake tortoise egg.
“And we have just welcomed to the world an adorable baby pancake tortoise.
“So to have this pancake tortoise hatch here at the wildlife park is a massive symbol of hope for conservation.
“The number of these guys has dropped by 80% in the past 30 years and scientists predict that it is only going to keep happening.
“So we want these guys to reproduce.
“So we want to keep hold of them because that means if the opportunity does arise we can rewild them.
“Unfortunately, out in Africa, where they’re native to, a lot is threatening them.
“Illegal mining is a huge issue for pancake tortoises.
“People come up and blow huge areas of land that these tortoises will live in because they burrow themselves in between rocks.
“So to have her here and knowing that she might produce her own offspring one day is very, very exciting.”
This comes after the wildlife park was recently named Best Large Attraction in England at the VisitEngland Awards.
The park is no stranger to recognition, having also been crowned Visitor Attraction of the Year at the 2026 Suffolk and Norfolk Tourism Awards.
Last year the farm was awarded Experience of the Year at the ceremony.