Wildlife Safari, Wildlife park in Winston, Oregon, United States
Wildlife Safari is a drive-through zoo with over 500 animals from different continents spread across 600 acres in natural habitats. The animals are organized in geographical zones that recreate their native regions, from Africa to the Americas.
The site opened in 1972 and carried a different name before changing to its current one in 1974. This change came after a request from a global conservation organization to avoid confusion with its name.
The park serves as a place where visitors learn about endangered species and their protection needs. As people drive through, they encounter breeding initiatives that help maintain animal populations struggling in the wild.
Visitors drive their own vehicles through the 615-acre field exhibits, which are divided into regions such as Africa, Asia and the Americas. The Safari Village, entered on foot, holds the petting zoo, reptile exhibits, aviaries and the Australian Walkabout with wallaroos and black swans. Some animals, including African bush elephants, river hippos and scimitar-horned oryx, are not in the drive-through section.
As of July 2021, the park's cheetah breeding program had produced 231 cubs, which are sent to other accredited zoos across the United States under the AZA Species Survival Plan. The program is run alongside the drive-through exhibits where cheetahs are among the predators visitors pass.
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