West Midland Safari Park

The West Midland Safari And Leisure Park is a safari park located on the A456 in Bewdley in Worcestershire, England, opened in 1973.

The park contains a 4-mile safari. The safari section contains around 600 animals from around 30 different species from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and North America. Along with the 4 mile safari, is a large theme park, a 'Discovery Zone' containing reptile and insect houses among other attractions. Also, there is access to Spring Grove House. The whole park is built in the grounds of the house.

The park contains many animals that are on the IUCN's endangered list. These animals include the asian buffalo, Philippine spotted deer, African wild dog, banteng, aye-aye and the Madagascan jumping rat, along with the critically endangered addax, bactrian camel, Pére David's deer, Bengal tiger, Amur leopard and Rodrigues flying fruit bats.

The park contains the largest pride of white lions in the UK, with around 15 individuals in the pride. The only other two white lions to be found in the UK are in Hertfordshire. One of the largest herds of common hippopotamus in Europe can be found at the park, as well as the largest group of white tigers in the UK.

The latest exhibit at the safari park is 'Cheetah Plains'. At the start of the 2008 season, 2 cheetah were let out into their own exhibit. In August, another 6 cheetah aged between 7 and 15 months joined them, bringing the total number of cheetah at the park to 8.

Animal Reserves

African Reserve

* White Rhinoceros
* Burchell's Zebra
* Brindled Gnu
* Giraffe
* Ankole Cattle
* Common Eland
* Ellipsen Waterbuck
* Cape Buffalo
* Dromedary Camel
* Ostrich

Wallaby Reserve

* White Bennett's Wallaby
* Reindeer

Wolf Woods

* North American Wolf

Asian Reserve

* Asian Buffalo
* Philippine Spotted Deer
* Barasingha
* Axis Deer
* Blackbuck

White Tiger Ridge

* White Bengal Tiger

Cheetah Plains

* Cheetah

African Wild Dog Reserve

* African Wild Dog

African Lion Reserve

* African Lion

Kingdom Of The White Lions

* White Lion

Addax Reserve

* Red Lechwe
* Addax

Bengal Tiger Reserve

* Bengal Tiger

Eurasian Reserve

* Bactrian Camel
* Pére David's Deer
* Nilgai
* Banteng
** Gemsbok (In quarrantine area in Eurasian reserve; will probably be moved into African or Addax reserve when quarrantine passes)

Elephant Reserve

* African Elephant
* Barbary Sheep

Discovery Zone

eal Island

* South African Fur Seal

Leopard Valley

* Amur Leopard

Hippo Lakes

* Common Hippopotamus

Twilight Cave

* Aye-Aye
* Rodrigues Fruit Bats
* Seba's Short-Tailed Fruit Bats
* Madagascan Jumping Rats

Mark O'Shea's Reptile World

The park's reptile house, which includes snakes, lizards, crocodilians, turtles and tortoises from all around the globe.

Creepy Crawlies

The park's insect house which includes scorpions, tarantulas, ants, cockroaches and locusts among other creepy crawlies.

eaQuarium

The park's aquarium which includes piranhas, clown fish, lion fish and seahorses among other fish.

Reptile & Animal Encounters

Staff allow visitors to get up close to wild creatures.

ea Lion Theatre

The parks South African Fur Seals show off their tricks in a 525 seat theatre.

Amusement Rides

* Congo Carousel
* Jumbo Parade
* Slippery Snake Slide
* Jungle Cat Dodgems
* Pirate Ship
* Animal Ark
* Flying Lion Kings
* Rhino Roundabout
* Black Fly
* Rhino Rollercoaster
* African Big Apple Coaster
* Dr Umboto's Catacombs
* Jungle Swings
* Tarantula
* Flying Pandas
* Simba Kiddies Train
* Red Baron
* Venom Tower Drop
* Safari Express Train
* Moroccan Magic Carpet
* Tanganyika Tea Party
* Zambezi Water Splash
* Desert Convoy
* Twister Coaster
* Wild River Rafting
* Serengeti Gallopers
* Rescue Fire Rangers
* Dune Dashers
* Jungle Mountain
* The Caterpillar

External links

* [http://www.wmsp.co.uk West Midland Safari Park website]