Oaklawn Farm Zoo
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| Date opened | 1984 |
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| Location | Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°00′16″N 64°50′40″W / 45.0044382°N 64.8445768°WCoordinates: 45°00′16″N 64°50′40″W / 45.0044382°N 64.8445768°W |
| 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. 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 some of the animals (notably the deer and goats) and the zoo has a restaurant and gift shop. The 7:00 pm 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]
Animals
Rutledge was born at the zoo in 1991 and hand raised. At 4 years, he set the world record for world's 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
- Capybara
- Mara
- Pot-bellied pig
- North American porcupine
- Crested porcupine
- Brazilian agouti
- Dromedary camel
- Bactrian camel
- Meerkat
- South African cheetah
- Transvaal lion
- Siberian tiger
- Chilean rose tarantula
- Goliath birdeater
- Eastern painted turtle
- Red-footed tortoise
- Tokay gecko
- Squirrel monkey
- Green iguana
- Common marmoset
- Straw-coloured fruit bat
- Spider monkey
- Snowy owl
- Barred owl
- Great horned owl
- Common raven
- American black bear
- Masked lovebird
- Burmese python
- Japanese macaque
- Lion-tailed macaque
- Rhea
- Black swan
- Llama
- Indian peafowl
- Alpaca
- Guanaco
- Zonkey
- Cougar
- Plains zebra
- Ostrich
- Common snapping turtle
- Bald eagle
- Jaguar
- Serval
- Leopard cat
- Caracal lynx
- Domestic cat
- Ferret
References
- 1 2 "Oaklawn Park Zoo". oaklawnfarmzoo.ca. Oaklawn Farm Zoo. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ↑ "Record-setting Canadian zoo lion dies". upi.com. United Press International, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
External links
Media related to Oaklawn Farm Zoo at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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