Halloween is over for another year, it's time you put away your witches' broomstick, tidy away the spider webs and put any left over pumpkins in the bin.

Well stop right there.

A caracal sporting some spooky headgear

The animals at Hoo's Fenn Bell Inn would love to receive any unused and unwanted pumpkins.

Over the last weeks, the otters and wild cats at the animal sanctuary in Fenn Street, Allhallows, have enjoyed playing with the spooky squashes.

Head keeper Connor Gordon said: "We put a bit of food in them sometimes or we put some nice smells on them for the animals to investigate.

This otter wasn't too sure about its new pumpkin pal

"Some of them are mostly interested in eating them, but the others just can't help but play with them.

"Like the serval, we just put it in her cage and she couldn't help herself, it didn't have any treats or smells but she was just really curious about it.

"We can't accept used pumpkins as it technically gets classed as 'waste' and it is illegal for us to use them with the animals.

"We can, however, accept whole an unused pumpkins."

People can simply drive over to the pub and hand over their spare and un-carved pumpkins.

The zoo is now preparing for its Christmas events.

Families can jump on the Santa Safari, meet Mr Claus and have a dance with the elves.

The zoo keepers will be posting a wishlist for each of the animals online and an advent calendar of the animals opening Christmas gifts.

To stay tuned with the furry friends go to the Fenn Bell Facebook page here.

If you are from further afield but would still like your unused pumpkins to go to some rescued farmyard animals and pets Happy Pants Ranch, which rescues and takes in mistreated animals, in Stockbury are also accepting donations.

Yesterday, our reporter Jess Sharp swapped a fruit for a glass of wine at the Druids Arms in Maidstone, the offer only covered the first 10 pumpkin payees.

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