Bowmanville Zoo
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| Bowmanville Zoo | |
| Image:Bowmanville zoo logo.png |
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| Location | Bowmanville, Ontario, CAN |
| Land area | 42 acres |
| Number of Animals | 300 |
| Accreditations/ Memberships |
CAZA |
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The Bowmanville Zoo is a zoo in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest suppliers of animals for Hollywood movies and television programs. It is Canada's oldest private zoo; founded in 1919, it now hosts over 300 animals. The zoo allows children to ride on the back of an elephant or a camel.
Some of the animal talent includes:
- Baghera, the black jaguar from Peter Benchley's Amazon
- a bevy of camels from The 13th Warrior starring Antonio Banderas
- Ron and Julie, siblings hybrid Bengal/Siberian tiger starring in the Discovery Channel/Animal Planet documentary, Living with Tigers
- Caesar, the lion from The Ghost and the Darkness
- Billy, the white bengal tiger from the TV series Animorphs
- the late Bongo, the lion from the movie George of the Jungle
- Maggie the Macaque, known for her Stanley Cup Playoffs predictions
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