ZOO keepers have welcomed two new red river hog piglets.

First time parents Charlie and Piggles Jr welcomed the piglets earlier this month.

Dad Piggles Jr arrived at Colchester Zoo from Oklahoma in 2017 and the piglets' arrival means a new blood line has been added to the breeding programme.

Red river hogs have a bristly coat which can vary from reddish to greyish-brown with a white mane running down their backs.

Piglets do have a different coat while they are young which is covered in spots and stripes, this slowly fades as they get older.