West Midland Safari Park

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The West Midland Safari and Leisure Park (WMSP) is a safari park located on the A456 between Kidderminster and Bewdley in Worcestershire, England, opened in 1973.

The park has a four-mile drive round Safari, with many species of animals from all over the world in mixed and single species reserves. As well as this, there is a large theme park area, pets corner, discovery zone and Spring Grove House, the park being built within the grounds. The Severn Valley Railway runs parallel to the park at one point between the stations of Kidderminster and Bewdley.

The only four White Lions in the UK are on display at the park, as well as the largest herd of Hippopotamus in Europe. The park houses several rare species in need of conservation including African Wild Dog, Aye-Aye, White Rhinoceros and White tiger - of which WMSP has the largest group in the UK.

In 2006, the park added both Leopard and Cape Buffalo to its collection, making it the first safari park in the UK to host all of the African Big Five.

Also in 2006, the park was host to Safari Park, a six-part documentary about the keepers and animals at West Midlands, which was broadcast on ITV Central in the Midlands.

Contents 1 Animal Reserves in the Safari Park 1.1 African reserve 1.2 Wallaby reserve 1.3 The Wildwood 1.4 Asian reserve 1.5 White Tiger ridge 1.6 African Wild Dogs reserve 1.7 African Lion reserve 1.8 White Lion Reserve 1.9 Bengal Tiger reserve 1.10 Eurasian reserve 1.11 Elephant and Waterbuck reserve 1.12 Other 2 Discovery Zone Attractions 3 Amusement Rides 4 Animals formerly kept at West Midlands 5 External links

[edit] Animal Reserves in the Safari Park

[edit] African reserve

• White Rhinoceros
• Rothschild's Girrafe
• Burchell's Zebra
• Grevy's Zebra
• Dromedary Camel
• Common Eland
• Brindled Gnu
• Ankole cattle
  • Cape Buffalo (Not drive-through, the buffalo can be seen from the road in the African reserve)

[edit] Wallaby reserve

• Red-necked Wallaby

[edit] The Wildwood

• North American Wolf

[edit] Asian reserve

• Asian Buffalo
• Blackbuck
• Axis deer
• Sambar deer
• Barasinga
• Philippine Spotted Deer

[edit] White Tiger ridge

• White Bengal Tiger

[edit] African Wild Dogs reserve

• African Wild Dog

[edit] African Lion reserve

• African Lion

[edit] White Lion Reserve

• African White Lion

[edit] Bengal Tiger reserve

• Bengal Tiger (Not drive-through, viewed from road in Eurasian Reserve)

[edit] Eurasian reserve

• Nilgai
• Pere David's Deer
• Bactrian Camel
• Fallow Deer
• Sika Deer
• Banteng

[edit] Elephant and Waterbuck reserve

• African Elephant
• Waterbuck

[edit] Other

Animals which are on display in the park, but are not in set reserves.

• Ostrich
• White Wallaby
• Reindeer
• Llama
• Red Lechwe
• Addax

[edit] Discovery Zone Attractions

• Animal Encounter
• Reptile Encounter
• Reptile House
• Seal Island
• Safari Express Train
• Sealion Theatre
• Deer and Goat Park
• Seaquarium (Aquarium)
• Creepy Crawlies Exhibit
• Hippo Lakes
• Leopard Valley
• Twilight Cave (Fruit Bats and Aye-Aye)

[edit] Amusement Rides

• Walls Twister Coaster [1]
• The Black Fly [2]
• Wild River Rafting [3]
• Zambezi Water Splash [4]
• Rhino Coaster [5]
• Pirate Ship [6]
• Congo Carousel
• Jumbo Parade
• Slippery Snake Silde
• Jungle Cat Dodgems
• Animal Ark
• Flying Lion Kings
• Rhino Roundabout
• African Big Apple Coaster
• Dr Umboto's Catacombs
• Jungle Swings
• Tarantula
• Flying Pandas
• Simba Kiddies Train
• Red Baron
• Morrocan Magic Carpet
• Tanganyika Tea Party
• Desert Convoy
• Venom Tower Drop

[edit] Animals formerly kept at West Midlands

• Rhesus Macaque
• Yak
• American Bison
• Elk
• Highland Cattle
• Brown Bear
• Baboons
• Emu
• Przewalski's Horse

[edit] External links

• West Midland Safari Park website
• West Midland Safari Park Flickr Group

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