A group of residents have protested a proposed zoo in Nottinghamshire. On Sunday, February 12, around 10 residents gathered outside Trowell Parish Hall to protest the plans for the zoo and highlight their reasons why with those attending a marketing event organised by the applicant.
Several of the protesters in attendance poured soil and planted shrubs inside the hall to demonstrate their view that building a zoo on a wildlife site, greenbelt land and floodplain makes as much sense as indoor rewilding. The proposed location for the zoo is on green belt land adjacent to the River Erewash.
This site is known as the Trowell Junction Local Wildlife Site due to its nature conservation value. The protestors argue that the proposed layout of the zoo would fragment existing habitats while placing animal enclosures and footpaths on the functional flood plain of the River Erewash.
