Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Lion Country was opened in May 2010 to house 13 African lions, which were acquired from Oradea Zoological Garden in Romania in February 2010. The lions had been kept in small enclosures and poor living conditions, and were in poor health as the Romanian zoo could not adequately care for them. Ten years on there are six lions in Lion Country: Simba, Maria, Carla, Crystal, Julie and Ares.[12]

Lemur Woods is a walk-through enclosure with many trees, housing groups of ring-tailed and red-bellied lemurs. The lemurs can often be seen climbing high in the trees, or sunbathing on the ground. Twice a day, visitors can stand and watch the keepers feed the Lemurs. They get very close - within touching distance - and it's one of the popular areas of the park.

Located close to the entrance to the park, this small exhibit houses the zoo's meerkats and yellow mongoose groups.

The centrepiece of the Into Africa zone is African Plains, a large multi-species paddock themed around the African savannah. Species in the enclosure include ostriches, a mixed group of Rothschild's giraffe and Reticulated giraffe, lechwe, grevy's zebra and common eland.

The giraffe group have a separate paddock for the winter months, with regular access to the much larger savannah themed exhibit.

Opposite is an enclosure for the critically endangered black rhinoceros. Themed around the scrublands of East Africa, the enclosure has space for two rhinos and features several mud wallows and a large, open grassland space.[13]

Land of the Tigers houses two Amur tigers: Vladimir, and Tschuna. The enclosure features two pools and a waterfall, as well as a 150-metre walkway for visitors. The tigers can often be seen playing together or even climbing trees, which they seem to enjoy a lot.

Opened in August 2014, Project Polar houses four male polar bears named Pixel, Nissan, Nobby and Hamish. These are the only polar bears in an English zoo. The largest enclosure is ten acres in size and features two pools, the largest of which is eight metres deep and contains 25.5 million gallons of water. This is one of the largest polar bear enclosures in the world and the only zoo to house the species in England as of 2020.

South America Viva is a walk-through enclosure displaying several South American species, including Patagonian mara, white-faced saki monkey, Azara's agouti and capybara. There are also separate enclosures housing six-banded armadillo, Venezuelan red howler, giant anteaters, cotton-top tamarins and giant otters, which are situated near a South America-themed restaurant called "iCaramba!".

Yorkshire Wildlife Park - Baboon Reserve

Opened in Easter 2013, the Baboon Reserve houses a troop of Guinea baboons which came from Edinburgh Zoo.

Leopard Heights houses two leopards Amur leopards:, named Drake and Freya. The enclosure is 6000 square metres in size, features climbing frames up to ten metres tall, and cost £300,000 to build.[14]

The first part of Yorkshire Wildlife Park's 2020 expansion to open, Hyenas of Harar is home to a breeding clan of Spotted Hyenas.[15]

Opened in 2020, Simien Mountains is themed around the foothills of Ethiopia and is home to a large troop of Geladas.[15]

The third 2020 expansion, Himalayan Pass, has a mountainous theme and includes exhibits for Red Pandas and a family of Smooth-coated Otters.[15]

In late 2020, YWP confirmed that a new colony of six California sea lions would be joining the collection in spring 2021, from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo as part of the ongoing expansion.[16]

The Rehabilitation Centre is an educational facility aimed at educating visitors on the park's global conservation efforts and rescue work focused on animals held in poor conditions in other collections. The Centre has exhibited several rescued species over the years in a series of large, temporary exhibits. The rescued species are often held until they can move elsewhere in the park, or until new homes in other zoos are found.

The first residents were four Ussuri Brown Bear rescued from a zoo in Japan. However, all four were elderly and in poor health upon their arrival and died within a year of coming to the park. The next resident was a fifth male Polar Bear, called Rasputin, who arrived in late 2019. Rasputin is soon to be moved to another zoo in Estonia to create a breeding pair with an eligible female there.

Other notable animals in the park's collection include Bennett's wallabies, African wild dogs, visayan warty pigs, Bactrian camels, okapi, roloway monkey, african spurred tortoise, emu, kirk's dik-dik and various species of birds, reptiles and invertebrates featured in handling and educational displays.