From afar the design appears to have been carved from the underlying chalk; however, the modern figure is actually formed from white-painted breeze blocks.
The old breeze block changing rooms have been condemned after falling into such a poor state of disrepair and the pavilion is now the only useable facility.
The sorrowful, intelligent animals endured a squalid life in a cold breeze block outbuilding as well as an appalling diet before they were eventually rescued.
