DUDLEY Zoo has renewed its plea for unwanted pillow cases, duvet covers, clean sheets and towels to keep the playful primates entertained.

Donations can also make great ghost costumes at this time of year, as Borean orangutan Jazz and her daughter Sprout (pictured above) have proved.

Section leader, Pat Stevens, said: “Dudley Zoo visitors are always so generous and our last appeal at the beginning of the year for linen was so successful that we ran out of room to store them.

“However those stocks are now running low and we’re hoping to replenish supplies for our Bornean orangutans and chimpanzees, who wrap themselves up in them and turn them into hammocks and generally have great fun playing all sorts of games.

“This means they don’t last long and we usually have to throw them away after a day’s play, so we do get through a lot.”

Any donations can be handed to the customer services team based in the Safari Shop.