People who are afraid of spiders are being encouraged to face their fears as part of a special event organised by London Zoo in May.
To celebrate 30 years of its successful Friendly Spider Programme, the conservation zoo is searching for the 30 most terrified arachnophobes in the UK. The programme, famous for converting bug-squishers into spider lovers, has helped more than 5,000 arachnophobes - travelling from as far as away America and Australia to take part - and has an impressive 99% success rate.
London Zoo’s Friendly Spider Programme course leader Dave Clarke said: “For three decades we’ve made it our mission to squash myths about our eight-legged friends and help people overcome their fear of spiders - as part of ZSL’s work protecting species in the UK and across the world.
