Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
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| Catoctin Wildlife Preserve | |
|---|---|
| Map | |
| 39°35′26′′N 77°25′51′′W / 39.590642°N 77.430739°W / 39.590642; -77.430739 | |
| 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
[edit ]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. In August 2012, the zoo was fined by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 12,000ドル for numerous violations.[5] [6] In 2013, a giraffe died while on exhibit at the zoo.[7] Worker safety and animal care issues at the zoo have been raised for a number of years.[8] [9]
Animals
[edit ]Islands area
[edit ]Madagascar area
[edit ]Australia area
[edit ]Safari ride
[edit ]Eurasia area
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]Africa area
[edit ]North America area
[edit ]Notes
[edit ]- ^ "About Us". cwpzoo.com. Catocin Wildlife Preserve. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ Solomon, Mary Jane (August 11, 1995). "CATOCTIN ZOO: ANOTHER ANIMAL ALTOGETHER". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ Staff, Karen Gardner News-Post (December 22, 2011). "We grew up in a zoo!". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Q&A: Richard Hahn". Frederick Magazine. July 13, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ Stern, Nicholas (August 2, 2012). "Catoctin zoo fined as part of settlement with USDA". The Frederick News Post. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ Greenfield, Sherry (August 2, 2012). "Thurmont Zoo director agrees to pay 12000ドル fine to USDA". Southern Maryland News. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ McLellan, Lizzy (August 21, 2013). "Catoctin zoo finds cause in giraffe death". The Frederick News Post. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ Jouvenal, Justin (September 18, 2015). "Mauling, escapes and abuse: 6 small zoos, 80 sick or dead animals". The Washington Post . Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ Patterson, Clark; Park, Katie; Jouvenal, Justin (September 18, 2015). "Which small D.C.-area zoos have put people and animals at risk". The Washington Post . Retrieved May 13, 2024.