Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
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| Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo | |
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| 39°35′26″N 77°25′51″W / 39.590642°N 77.430739°W | |
| Date opened | 1966 |
| Location | Thurmont, Maryland, United States |
| Land area | 100 acres (40 ha)[1] |
| No. of animals | 450+ |
| Website | catoctinwildlifepreserve |
The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve is a 100-acre (40 ha) zoo and wildlife preserve (25 acres (10 ha) are accessible to the public) located on Maryland Route 806 in Thurmont, Maryland, United States.
The preserve features safari truck rides that let visitors touch and feed large herbivores in a wooded setting.
History
Animals have been exhibited at this location since 1933, when it was known as Jungleland Snake Farm.[2] Owner Gordon Gaver operated the small attraction (approx. 5 acres) until his death in 1964.[3] The facility was then purchased by Richard and Mary Anne Hahn[4] and reopened in 1966. The Hahn family maintained ownership and gradually enlarged the park.
Animals
Islands area
Madagascar area
Australia area
Safari ride
Eurasia area
- Amur leopard
- Meerkat
- Green anaconda
- Reticulated python
- Yellow anaconda
- Argentine boa
- Abdim's stork
- African sacred ibis
- African spurred tortoise
- Red-crowned crane
- Goldfish
- Koi
- African pygmy goat
- Suri alpaca
- Jacob sheep
Latin America area
Africa area
North America area
Notes
- ^ "About Us". cwpzoo.com. Catocin Wildlife Preserve. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Solomon, Mary Jane (1995-08-11). "CATOCTIN ZOO: ANOTHER ANIMAL ALTOGETHER". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ Staff, Karen Gardner News-Post. "We grew up in a zoo!". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ Magazine, Frederick (2013-07-13). "Q&A: Richard Hahn". Frederick Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
External links
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