Wild animals in the middle of the city in Hatvan

Hatvan Wildlife Park opened its gates in 2014, and its popularity has been unbroken ever since. In its territory the huntable beasts and the native species of Hungary can be found: deer, roe and fallow deer, Hungarian pied cow, grey cattle, water buffalo, emu, and mouflon as well, in addition to other smaller mammals like ferret and racoon, and there is an even more colourful “selection” of domestic animals from goats to donkeys. The number of the establishment’s inhabitants continuously grows, besides domestic animals numerous wild animals try to make visitors’ programmes even more colourful. The continuous development and all the transformations were aimed at improving the comfort of visitors, and ensure the animals living in the Park convenient, high quality conditions similar to their original habitat. The Wildlife park is open to visitors every day of the year except for the months of January and February, while in the summer it operates with extended opening hours. Mid-year events, such as thematic events connected to Easter festivities, Children's Day or Halloween are very popular among families, just like night programmes, tracking games and experience feedings.

The staff of Hatvan Wildlife Park does not idle while the Park is closed. On the one hand, the inhabitants of the Park must be taken care of even when they are not accompanied by curious gazes. On the other hand, this is the best time to carry out the landscape maintenance for the territory, or to transform the loft for the tool storage building in the barnyard into a pigeon house – this time the work areas are more easily accessible for constructors and caregivers. Director of the Wildlife Park Dávid Tímár says that the developments will continue in the future. He is very grateful to the people of Hatvan, because when they voted on the city’s community budget, they voted for spending the free-to-spend part of the budget on the reconstruction of the Park. “We would like to spend this sum on filling most of the walkways with gravel, so the Park could be more conveniently accessible, and we plan to add a peacock aviary to our existing facilities, which we plan to build in front of the cash desk. In addition to all this, we will reconstruct the current place of racoons, and our plans also include the complete renovation of the central poultry-yard."

It's never too early to start taking social responsibility.  Through virtual adoption, available in zoos and wildlife parks, children can be socialised. It is a long-established system in Hatvan Wildlife Park that private individuals or even companies can be virtual adopters. This can partially mean financial contribution, which helps the care of the animals, but it means a lot that the adoptive parent also feels responsibility for the adopted animal. Visitors can also buy ZOO tidbits, and take care of the Park’s inhabitants this way.