One of UK’s largest zoos mocked for labelling kids’ tickets to new guided tour as ‘child predator tour’

NewsUK News A TOP UK zoo has been mercilessly mocked online for offering tickets to a “child predator tour”. Chester Zoo made the cringe-inducing gaffe on the booking page for its “Predator Tour”, which shows off its meanest animals, including Sumatran tigers. A screenshot of the zoo’s booking page before the website was changed Credit: x.com/@MartynHolland Chester Zoo boasted that visitors ‘could encounter some of the world’s best predators’ on its tour Credit: Getty The promotion page for the bus tour says “encounter some of the world’s best predators right here at Chester Zoo”. However, it appears the zoo’s marketing team has now realised its mistake, changing the wording on the website from “child predator tour” to “child tour”. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! In a tongue-in-cheek post on X, one social media user shared a screenshot of the gaffe, adding: “Let’s all go to Chester Zoo for the… child predator tour.” Another person wrote on Reddit: “‘So we’re all agreed it’ll be the Child Predator Tour?’ Marketing team: ‘Absolutely’.” A third said: “I refuse to believe anyone has actually proofread and approved this.” And a fourth added: “Staggering. How did that get approved?” Chester Zoo’s website promotes its Predator Tour as a unique opportunity to cruise around its 130-acre site and observe some of the world’s fiercest killers from the comfort of a tour bus. The website states: “Discover the predators of the animal kingdom, and their prey in our brand new guided tour. Most read in The Sun “You’ll be the first visitors in the zoo as you board our electric tour bus and enjoy 90 minutes of the zoo all to yourself! “Come face to face with some of the zoo’s most iconic animals, away from the crowds, including our family of Sumatran tigers. “Your expert tour guides will be on hand to share fascinating facts about some of nature’s most effective hunters.” The tour, which costs £25 for kids and £30 for adults, also promises a glimpse of the zoo’s Komodo dragons. The Sun has approached Chester Zoo for comment. Comment now