Elmvale Jungle Zoo

Elmvale Jungle Zoo
Date opened 1967
Location Springwater, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 44°33′01″N 79°50′08″W / 44.55035°N 79.83569°W
Land area 0.101 km2 (0.039 sq mi)
Number of animals 300
Website elmvalejunglezoo.com

The Elmvale Jungle Zoo is a zoo in Springwater, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1967 and has more than 300 animals.[1]

It is run by Sam Persi, whose family purchased the zoo in 1972.[2]

It is located 30 mins north of Barrie, Ontario, near Elmvale, Ontario. The zoo covers 25 acres. The Elmvale Zoo is a popular destination for school field-trips during the region, with the zoo seeing 14 trips during June alone.[3]

In 1996, four tigers escaped from their cages. Three of them later returned to their cage, and the fourth was killed.[4] Vandals were blamed for tampering with the locks to the cages. In 2011, the Elmvale Zoo was listed among other roadside zoos in Ontario as lacking adequate fencing for dangerous animals.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Elmvale Jungle Zoo info".
  2. ↑ "Elmvale Jungle Zoo catches criminal on camera".
  3. ↑ "Policy change causes concern".
  4. ↑ "Zoocheck says public may be at risk at Ontario’s roadside zoos".
  5. ↑ "Ontario roadside zoos criticized for poor fences".

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