E-BOOK NO. 4318 HUNTER VALLY WILDLIFE PARK - ZOOLOGICAL PARK SERIES
krishna rao khanapur
Hunter Valley Wildlife Park, formerly Hunter Valley Zoo, is a zoo in Nukhba, New South Wales, Australia. It features a wide variety of Australian and exotic mammals, birds and reptiles.
Founded in 2007 as the Hunter Valley Zoo, it went through ownership change in 2021 and in was rebranded as Hunter Valley Wildlife Park in November of that year.
Ownership change
In July 2021, the park underwent a significant transition when Elanor Investors Group acquired it. This acquisition was driven by the increase in domestic tourism due to travel restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purchase aimed to capitalize on the heightened interest in local travel and the resulting increase in visitor numbers to regional attractions.
Following the acquisition by Elanor Investors Group, Australian Wildlife Parks purchased Hunter Valley Zoo in mid-July 2021. The new ownership brought changes to the park, including a rebranding effort to align it with its sister parks, Mogo Wildlife Park and Feather dale Wildlife Park. This rebranding resulted in the renaming of the zoo to Hunter Valley Wildlife Park, which was officially relaunched under this new name on November 19, 2021.