Knowsley Safari Park Knowsley Safari Park 2021
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littleRedPanda
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Knowsley Safari Park News 2015 [Knowsley Safari Park]
March 2015 seems to be the last reference for them on the forum, two being put to sleep.
Knowsley Safari Park puts hunting dogs down
March 2015 seems to be the last reference for them on the forum, two being put to sleep.
Knowsley Safari Park puts hunting dogs down
Cheers @littleRedPanda so I make that 4 species that have left/died out and 2 species that have moved onto the foot safari.
Can really understand why some of the recent TripAdvisor reviews are so bad
Can really understand why some of the recent TripAdvisor reviews are so bad
Pootle
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I just had a nosy on TripAdvisor and yes, there are a lot of recent negative remarks, often all similar saying about all the empty space and lack of animals in general.
There is without any doubt less sparkle to the drive through section than there was circa 2008 - 2015. Despite the loss of the elephants to the overall collection, the walkthrough section is much improved from this time, which includes moving the tigers from a rather boring exhibit to one of the best I have seen in the walkthrough section.
Circa 2008, the 'Rhino section' had a successful breeding rhino program, a large herd (50 ish) of American Bison, more than double the Eland now present. A similar herd of Forrest Buffalo, a few Gnu and sometimes a few Zebra, along with Ostrich in the summer months which sometimes nested to make the drive extra interesting.
Another loss was the reptile & bug exhibits under the sealion enclosure.
The birds of prey are a positive addition, but did replace what thought was a good farming area.
Strix
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Don’t think so, no sign of them on my visit a few weeks ago.
Cheers, I'll keep an eye out when I go but persume they're no longer kept
Pootle
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Enjoy!
I know as you do, it just takes one piece of animal magic to make the visit worthwhile.
I've said it before and will again, windy days make safari parks more interesting, there is something about a good wind that stirs up the animals generally. At KSP the Blackbucks love it and leap around at such speed.
Saw one the other week through a fence by the drive through, I think it had access to the main vicuña enclosure though.
Apologies, wrong thread
Lakeland Wildlife Park? I've not heard of this collection.
The Hedgehog
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@ThomasNotTom Lake District Wilidlife Park is the former Trotters Wild Animal Park.
Ah I see haha, thank you! No apology needed at all
I see and you have to guess what it is