Landlord Chris Collier rescued seven meerkats whose owner had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Dartmoor Zoo has welcomed two 'tiny' meerkat pups to its Meerkat Manor.
The matriarch has been living at a zoo in Lincolnshire since being rescued more than 10 years ago.
The Met Office said temperatures reached 32.2 C at Coningsby on Saturday afternoon.
No chocolate for the zoo animals - but mealworms and sweet potatoes provide a tasty pre-Easter treat.
Messingham Zoo marks Valentine's Day by feeding cockroaches named after former partners to meerkats.
A round-up of pictures from around the county this week.
Asiatic lions and meerkats at the zoo in central London receive a taste of Halloween with their own pumpkins.
