Английская Википедия:Hamerton Zoo Park
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Hamerton Zoo Park is situated in Hamerton, near Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England.
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.[1][2] 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.[3] An application for two 50 kW turbines was turned down in August 2015 by Huntingdonshire District Council.[4]
Conservation
The zoo has a conservation sanctuary[5] which has a collection of nearly 100 different species including rare / endangered animals and birds.[6]
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 11:15Шаблон:Nbspa.m. that day.[7]
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