Woburn Safari Park

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Woburn Safari Park is a safari park located in Woburn, Bedfordshire in the UK. Visitors to the park can drive through the large animal exhibits, which contain species such as White Rhinos, Elephants, Tigers and Black Bears.

1 History
2 Animal species and conservation
3 Other features
4 External links

[edit] History

Woburn Safari Park first opened in 1970, established by the 13th Duke of Bedford on the grounds of his estate, Woburn Abbey, as a means to help improve the financial position of the estate and restore the Abbey, which had fallen into disrepair during the second world war. The 11th Duke of Bedford had been president of the Zoological Society and had introduced various species such as American Bison, deer and antelope to the park.

[edit] Animal species and conservation

Squirrel Monkey in the walkthrough, in the Woburn liesure centre

Rothschild Giraffes are almost extinct in the wild, but Woburn has many

The park enables animals to roam freely while visitors drive through their enclosures. The species held in the park include Rhinoceros, Eland, Scimitar Horned Oryx, Sitatunga, Lechwe, Gemsbok, Giraffe, Ankole, Zebra, Elephant, Camel, Bison, Bongo, Lions, Tigers, Wolves, Black Bear, Grass, Colobus and Patas monkeys and Barbary apes. In the leisure park they have lemurs that you can walk through with, squirrel monkeys that you can also walk through with, wallabys and rheas that are together in yet another walkthrough, there are some penguins, goats, ponys, seals and some free ranging marmosets. The park is committed to animal conservation and is involved in international breeding programs to help save endangered species. The park has had recent success (October 2006) breeding Rothschild Giraffes, an endangered sub-species of Giraffe.

[edit] Other features

Other features of Woburn Safari Park include an African Ungulate (hoofed) Conservation Centre as a focal point for conservation and breeding programs for endangered African species. The park also has a 40 acre leisure area featuring an Elephant Encounter area, Sea lion Displays and Birds of Prey demonstrations. There are also play facilities for young children and a restaurant.

[edit] External links

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