Deer at Oakland Farm Zoo |
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| Date opened | 1984 |
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| Location | Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Land area | 50 acres (20 ha)[1] |
| Major exhibits | lions, monkeys, Siberian tigers |
| Website | oaklawnfarmzoo.ca |
The Oaklawn Farm Zoo is a zoo located in Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was opened in 1984, and is family-owned and operated by Ron and Gail Rogerson. The zoo boasts the largest display of Big Cats and Primates in Eastern Canada. At the zoo, there are no male lions. The 50-acre (20 ha) zoo is in a rural setting in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, and includes a wide diversity of mammals, birds and reptiles.
As Nova Scotia’s largest zoo, Oaklawn has a large variety of endangered and threatened species of exotic, native and domestic breeds of animals. Children can feed corn to the animals and the zoo has a restaurant and gift shop. The 7:00PM Feeding Time for the big cats and bears is a popular zoo attraction. Owner Gail Rogerson enters the cages of these animals and will hand feed them meat that is collected from local farms and surrounding areas.
The zoo is open Easter weekend through November, and closed to the public during the winter.[1]
Rutledge was born at the zoo in 1991 and hand raised. At 4 years, he set the world record for worlds heaviest lion in captivity at 807 pounds (366 kg). He was euthanized in February 2009 just short of his 18th birthday, and buried at the zoo.[2]
Animals include:
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Oaklawn_Farm_Zoo Oaklawn Farm Zoo] at Wikimedia Commons
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