Windsor Safari Park (Closed) Windsor Safari Park

went there many years ago when i was about 7. cant really remember much but i really enjoyed the Killer Whale and Dolphin shows. i remember dogs (german shepards) guarding the entrance to the baboons. only wish i went there before it closed when the egyptian theme was going on any one remember what animals where on show
 
zooman1 said:
went there many years ago when i was about 7. cant really remember much but i really enjoyed the Killer Whale and Dolphin shows. i remember dogs (german shepards) guarding the entrance to the baboons. only wish i went there before it closed when the egyptian theme was going on any one remember what animals where on show
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you might want to go on this website

Windsor Safari Park
lots of images
 
This is a very good fansite, with many pics and maps.

I watched the Omen recentley, which includes a scene at Windsor, most notably the 'Crazy Baboons' where they all attack the car with Damien inside. Strangely, a keeper was killed by a lion the day after the film crews left.
 
I don't think there was a keeper killed by a Lion at Windsor. Certainly one by a tiger, but not a Lion.
 
Must've been a wikipedia mistake. Allegedly part of a 'curse' surrounding the filming of The Omen.
 
If anyone's interested in what happend to the animals then this is quite a good read
[ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0745129447/sr=8-6/qid=1296646533/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1296646533&sr=8-6&seller=]Animals Came Out Two by Two: Final Days of Windsor Safari Park: Amazon.co.uk: David Taylor: Books[/ame]
 
I visited Windsor, although I can't remember exactly when it was probably towards the end of the 1970s. I don't remember much about it either, other than the killer whale and dolphin show, for which some car stickers are still knocking around in my collection... somewhere.
 
Not long before they closed a very expensive-looking enclosure was built for their herd of youg African elephants , which included a bull . I believe they all went to Knowsley when Windsor closed , though several have since died .
 
mazfc said:
I purchased this book from amazon today ( there was a massive variance in price from £6 to £68!). I'm really looking forward to reading it. I adopt Jestah a chimp at Monkeyworld who came from Windsor.
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What did you think of it?
 
Nisha said:
If anyone's interested in what happend to the animals then this is quite a good read
Animals Came Out Two by Two: Final Days of Windsor Safari Park: Amazon.co.uk: David Taylor: Books
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I did not know about this book until reading about it on Zoo Chat, I recently acquired a copy of it and very good it is too. Six hundred animals in need of re homing and all were apart from three deer which died, not bad 99.5% of the animals successfully relocated, of coarse enormously helped by the £5 million dowry made available by the receivers to assist with this enormous task,There were of coarse a few rogues who tried to get in on the act, or should I say tried to get their hands on the dowry cash, thankfully David Taylor knew who most of them were so their plans were unsuccessful, the worst was in my opinion a well known British circus personality who contacted David Taylor enquiring how he proposed to dispose of the problematic animals, i.e. lions, bears, baboons. This person suggested that David Taylor should inform the keepers that the animals were being re homed at a zoo abroad so they would not be able to afford to go and check on them, this circus person would then turn up with his animal transport, load them up, drive down to the lay by at Bagshot, blast the lot with his twelve bore rifle, nobody would be none the wiser and he would only charge £1,000 per lorry load, needless to say this person was given the sharp end of Mr. Taylor's tongue and fortunately all the lions,including two elderly lionesses, bears and baboons were found new homes, twenty years later I think I am correct in stating that some of the elephants are still at Knowsley and the chimps are still at Monkey World, Dorset.
 
I visited Windsor Safari Park only once, as a very small child, with my mum in about 1970. I will always regret not going back there. I wish I had seen how it developed in later years. Does anyone have a fridge magnet of Windsor Safari Park? My mum collects fridge magnets of places she once visited, but she hasn't got one of this, the first coach trip she organised.
 
Paradoxurus said:
I don't think there was a keeper killed by a Lion at Windsor. Certainly one by a tiger, but not a Lion.
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I was told a keeper was killed by a Tiger called Rajah and another keeper was injured soon after by the same tiger! Rajah's sired two cubs , Santa and Claus (They were born at Xmas) and Claus was just like his father, stalked keepers all the time!
 
Final 1992 Stocklist

Windsor Safari Park was sadly before my time (I later went to Legoland as a kid on the same site), but I’ve heard lots about it through my family and read an interesting story in a compilation of British zoos book about their dolphin pod and their recent births.

I came across this page which lists their 1992 stock list prior to closure, for those that are interested: 1992 STOCKLIST at Windsor Safari Park

On the 25th October 1992 the animal stocklist at Windsor was as follows:

Alligators x2, Baboons x56, Bears x3, Blackbuck x4, Boa Constrictor x1, Buffalo (Cape) x4, Buzzard x1, Camels x13, Capuchin Monkeys x13, Cattle (Ankole) x4, Cheetah x2, Chimpanzees x6, Chinchilla x3, Chipmunks x9, Cockatoos x5, Cranes (Crowned) x5, Deer x54, Dolphins x8 (with two pregnancies), Ducks x2, Eagles x2, Eagle Owls x5, Elands x13, Elephants x7, Emus x3, Falcon x1, Finch x1, Flamingos x19, Frogs (tree) x3, Gecko x1, Giraffes x11, Guinea Pigs x7, Goats (pygmy) x19, Hamsters x2, Hawks x2, Hippopotamus x5, Hummingbird x1, Iguana x2, Kestrel x1, Lions x19, Lizard (Anole) x1, Llama x12, Lemurs x8, Macaws x15, Newts x3, Owls x4, Parrots x2, Pelicans x3, Penguins x11, Pheasant x1, Piranha x4, Pythons x2, Rabbits x9, Rhinoceros x6, Sealions x8, Sheep x30, Snails (giant) x20, Snake x1, Storks x2, Swans x3, Tamarin x1, Tarantulas x2, Tigers x6, Toads (Fire-bellied) x10, Tortoises x9, Wallabies x3, White-Eyes x16, Wolves x13 and Zebras x16
 
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