roadside zoo

Formally house Cockatoos and Blue-and-Yellow Macaw

No signage

The main savanna consisting of: American Bison Bactrian Camel Blue Wildebeest Common Eland Common Ostrich Domestic Water Buffalo Llama Plains Zebra Pot-Bellied Pig “Zonkey” (hybrid donkey and zebra”

Located inside the gift shop

Inside the Gift Shop. Home to African Grey Parrot and a hybrid macaw of unknown origins.

Petting the animal was allowed, no signage

Also housed unsigned Domestic Egyptian Geese

Feeding and petting the animals were allowed, the exhibit for the African Crested Porcupine was located in this exhibit.

An exhibit inside an exhibit

Limited viewing, no signage. Couldn’t get a great shot

Home to 1 Grivet and 1 Tufted Capuchin (signed Black-Capped Capuchin.)

Feeding and Petting the animals was allowed

No blackbuck were seen, all Fallow Deer were female. Feeding and petting the animals was allowed.

Home to Female Blackbucks, petting and feeding them were allowed

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