Hamerton Zoo Park

Hamerton Zoo Park is situated in Hamerton, near Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England.

Hamerton Zoo
52.409°N 0.328°W / 52.409; -0.328
Date opened	15 June 1990
Location	Hamerton, Huntingdonshire, England
Land area	25 acres[1]
Memberships	EAZA[2][failed verification]
Major exhibits	Cats, Primates and Birds
Website	www.hamertonzoopark.com

Development

Planning permission for change of use from agricultural land to a zoo was granted in 1988, with the park being opened on 15 June 1990 by local MP, then-Chancellor, and future Prime Minister John Major.^[3][4] The zoo has two large wind turbines to provide power for the park erected during the second half of November 2012; the zoo was described as being the "most environmentally-friendly zoo in Europe" in 2014.^[5] An application for two 50 kW turbines was turned down in August 2015 by Huntingdonshire District Council.^[6]

Conservation

The zoo has a conservation sanctuary^[7] which has a collection of nearly 100 different species including rare / endangered animals and birds.^[8]

Tiger incident

The park was evacuated on the morning of 29 May 2017 after what was described as a 'serious incident'. It was later confirmed that zookeeper Rosa King, age 33, had been killed in the tiger enclosure at about 11:15 a.m. that day.^[9]