Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo

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Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
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.com

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