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The Wild Animal Sanctuary is a 1,214-acre (491 ha) animal sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado, United States. The sanctuary specializes in rescuing and caring for large predators which are being ill-treated, for which their owners can no longer care, or which might otherwise be euthanized. [ 3 ]
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center and five other zoos initiated a breeding program for the species in 1992. Between 170 and 175 birds are released in the wild every year, of which half were bred in the center. Even if the species has not grown in the wild, the project prevented complete extinction. [15] [16]
Today, the rescue zoo is a permanent home to mostly exotic animals that were rescued from or unwanted by their owners, animals from other zoos and sanctuaries, and animals who were awarded protection through the judicial system. In 2009, the zoo became home to four wolf hybrids which had been abandoned during Hurricane Ike in 2008. [7]
“The super amazing thing is leopards in the wild, their average life expectancy is about 10 years,” Krahn said. “And in captivity it’s about 15 years. So to have a 25-year-old leopard is ...
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You can actually swim with otters in Texas — and TikTok is officially obsessed. Travel blogger @readysetjetset stopped by Blue Hills Ranch, a 150-acre giraffe and animal sanctuary.
The Louis René Barrera Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary is a 281 acres (114 ha) preserved wildlife sanctuary in northeast Austin, Texas, on the north shore of Lake Walter E. Long. Created in 1967 as part of Austin's network of conservation lands, it focuses on conserving native grasslands and wildlife while promoting the restoration of the ...
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