Saturday, 10 May 2014

Yorkshire Wildlife Park England

History Yorkshire Wildlife Park

The Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England, it is located outside of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Yorkshire Wildlife Park was built on land formerly occupied by the 260 acre Brockholes Farm Visitor Centre, and occupies about 70 acres of the site. In March 2012 the park opened Leopard Heights, a £300,000 open topped enclosure that lets visitors view the Amur leopards from an 8-metre viewing tower or from ground level through a 10 metre long glass wall.


The 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) enclosure is claimed to be the largest leopard enclosure in the world. The park has become a popular attraction in its first few years, starting in 2009 with only 66,000 visitors, it hosted 323,000 in 2011.

Animals of Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Animals at the zoo include Ankole cattle, red deer, lechwe, sitatunga, addax, Chapman's zebra, eland, ostrich, emu, Bactrian camel, guanaco, llama, African lion, African hunting dog, raccoon dog, meerkat, yellow mongoose, red river hog, red-necked wallaby, ring-tailed lemur, Black and white ruffed lemur, brown lemur, domestic sheep, tortoise, chickens, macaws, donkey, black swan, Siberian tigers, capybara, agouti, squirrel monkeys, rhea, mara, marmosets, Amur leopard, Giant Anteater and Giraffe etc. Whenever you visit Yorkshire Wildlife Park you would love to see all these animals. Article source

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