Our History
Our story starts with 13 lions, that Yorkshire Wildlife Park helped to rehome from poor conditions from a run-down zoo in Romania. Every penny of this project was raised by Yorkshire Wildlife Park and its supporters, showing that they could make a real difference! The directors of the park decided to support the creation of an independent charity based at the Park to mirror the values of Yorkshire Wildlife Park but carry this work out on the international stage.
Since then, the WildLife Foundation has gone from strength to strength, funding projects on every continent except Antarctica.