HERE'S TO A ROARSOME 2025!

SWEET ROLL-CALL OF CUTE CREATURES AS YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE PARK CELEBRATES A YEAR IN PICTURES

- By DEBORAH HALL

WARD-WINNING Yorkshire Wildlife Park is hailed as the UK’s number-one walk-through wildlife adventure.

With conservation at its heart, the animal park, on the outskirts of Doncaster, is the place to discover some incredible animals. Built on a former riding school and small farm attraction, Yorkshire Wildlife Park has come a long way since it first opened in April 2009.

Now a dynamic centre for conservation and welfare, the park has some of the world’s most endangered animals that call it home. Here we take a look back over what has been a busy 2025 for the attraction.

2025 began with first birthday celebrations for Rocco the Black Rhino, one of the rarest mammals on Earth. The boisterous calf was treated to a boomer ball and a birthday cake in the park’s award-winning rhino reserve, ‘Into Africa!’ He is the first of his kind to be born in the resort's history, symbolising a huge milestone in global conservation efforts.

The celebrations continued with the birth of a set of rare and critically endangered twin Cotton Top Tamarin Monkeys. The distinctive, white-crested monkeys were born to mum Consuela and dad Maurice.