Jungle Cat World, Wildlife park in Orono, Canada
Jungle Cat World is a wildlife park in Orono, Ontario, about 45 minutes east of Toronto off Highway 35/115. It was established in 1983 as Orono Exotic Cat World and is open year-round, housing more than 150 animals. A zookeeper leads a daily educational feeding tour during which large cats, wolves and primates are fed.
Jungle Cat World opened in 1983 as Orono Exotic Cat World, founded as a tourist attraction to display exotic animals, mainly for recreation. Over the years it took a more active educational role, with a zookeeper leading a daily feeding tour of the large cats, wolves and primates. It was formerly accredited by CAZA and WAZA; in 2018 it lost WAZA accreditation after resigning from CAZA following an inspection.
Since 1995 the park has run Safari Zoo Camp, an overnight summer camp held from late June to late August for about 300 campers aged 6 to 17 across nine sessions. Campers learn zookeeping and animal handling; senior campers present and feed animals on feeding tours and at Wildlife Safari Outreach Presentations in surrounding communities. In 2011 the camp was named one of North America's ten greenest summer camps.
The park sits off Highway 35/115 in Orono, about 45 minutes east of Toronto, and stays open year round. A zookeeper leads a daily educational feeding tour past the large cats, wolves and primates. The Night Safari, for guides and scouts, combines a guided evening walk, animal presentations and a sleepover in the cabins.
The park offers an overnight stay program where visitors can spend the night on the grounds and observe nocturnal animals during their most active hours. This special experience reveals wildlife behavior from a perspective rarely seen during standard daytime visits.
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