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A serval at Great Cats World Park. In September 2007, Great Cats World Park was sentenced by a federal court to one month probation for violation of the Endangered Species Act and fined $10,000. Owner Craig Wagner pleaded guilty in June 2007 to purchasing the park's ocelot for $3,000.
Jungle Cat World was founded as a tourist attraction to show exotic animals, primarily for recreation. Over the years, the park has taken a much more active role in educating visitors. Every day, a zookeeper leads an educational feeding tour around the wildlife park, during which the large cats, wolves, and primates are fed. [11]
Great Wolf Lodge in Dallas, Texas. Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (formerly known as Great Wolf Lodge) is a chain of resort hotels and indoor water parks. The company owns and operates its family resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge brand. [2] In addition to a water park, each resort features restaurants, arcades, spas, and children's activities. [3]
Taliger at the G. W. Zoo, pictured in 2013. Situated on 16 acres (6.5 ha), the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park began as a shelter for endangered and exotic species of animals, and was home to over fifty species of animals and 200 big cats, such as tigers, lions, pumas, ligers and tigons.
[8] [3] [9] A review completed in 2014 determined that new wolves would not be introduced into the park to attempt a genetic rescue, [10] [3] but as of December 2016, the National Park Service had instead decided to introduce 20 to 30 wolves to the island. In 2018, three females and one male wolf from Minnesota were transferred to the island ...
The tragic demise of Zorro, a beloved black-and-white “cow” cat in Jing’an Sculpture Park, and the subsequent public outcry underscored the dire need for comprehensive animal protection laws ...
Its range is small, but 90% of its total habitat is protected due to being in Olympic National Park. [18] The park, which holds multiple other endemic species, has been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site. [48] State law [49] declares that the Olympic marmot is a protected wildlife species and cannot be hunted. [2]
The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York.It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States by area, [5] comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalistic habitats separated by the Bronx River.