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Paradise Wildlife Park is a family-run wildlife park and charity located in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England. Previously known as Broxbourne Zoo, it was renamed Paradise Wildlife Park after it came under the management of Peter & Grace Sampson family in 1984. In 2017, their daughter Lynn Whitnall became CEO and continued the family business. They became Zoological Society of Hertfordshire (ZSH) in 2017, a registered charity (no.1108609) that works alongside Paradise Wildlife Park. The zoo receives no government funding. Since 2017, it has been named Hertfordshire's best outdoor attraction by TripAdvisor. The zoo is home to over 800 animals including Amur tigers, white lions, snow leopards, European wolves as well as African penguins, red pandas, Green anacondas, Two-toed sloths, lemurs, meerkats, Bactrian camels, Plain's zebras, Brazilian tapirs and many more. The wildlife park recently released plans to open a UK first mixed habitat for sun bears, binturongs and Asian short-clawed otters as well as a UK first jaguar habitat for 2021. In 2020, the zoo launched their first TV series; CBBC's One Zoo Three. The TV show followed the daily tasks of Cameron, Tyler and Aaron Whitnall, three brothers who help run both Paradise Wildlife Park and their sister site, The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, Kent. The park launched "World of Dinosaurs" in 2018, an animatronic dinosaur adventure trail. The trail contains over 30 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs. There is also an outdoor paddling pool, On Safari Adventure Golf, the ‘Rex Express’ train and 5 adventure indoor and outdoor play areas. On 4 April 2022, the park announced that it would be rebranding to Hertfordshire Zoo as part of the 40-year anniversary celebrations in 2024.
