Rachel Gilmour, MP for Tiverton and Minehead, said she was working with Somerset Council to seek funding from central government for therapy for the affected children.
Ms Gilmour said she was “completely distraught” after the crash in her constituency.
She said: “One becomes an MP and bizarrely, we don’t think about this sort of thing, we think about the NHS and looking after our farmers and things like that.
“And then this, this is what being a community MP is all about. I’ve just been in to see the head teacher, I’m a big hugger, so I’ve been giving a lot of hugs today.”
A spokesperson for Exmoor Zoo said they “cannot believe that fate has been so cruel to such a lovely, lively, well-behaved group of children”.
“All our thoughts, blessings and prayers go out to everybody involved, we cannot comprehend what the children, their parents, teachers and emergency crews are all going through now,” they added.