Great Cats World Park is a sensation due to their concept. They are a park that allows visitors to interact with trainers and staff, who guide individuals around. They interact with the cats to bring out natural and instinctive behaviors. They demonstrate the cats' natural abilities to jump, run, and even play with objects.
To get to this park one needs to go to the Siskiyou Mountains in Southern Oregon. The park is 10 acres. Great Cats World Park has 39 cats, and 18 different species. Any tourist who enjoys large cats will want to visit and offer support to the park for their work. They are dedicated to raising public awareness and ensuring that the felines are well taken care of. The park has been open since 1989.
Wheelchairs and strollers are available at no cost to the visitors. They have benches at the exhibits so that visitors can stay awhile, watching the cats. Drinks, snacks, and ice cream are available at the gift shop. The gift shop offers many souvenirs such as clothing, hats, toys, and plush animals. Other park activities besides the guided tours and walking around the exhibits are the movie "Vertical Limit'' which shows two of the cats at the zoo, and nature walks outside the zoo proper.
The park is open all year round, except major holidays. Zoo hours are 10am to 6pm. Admission is $13 for adults, $11 for seniors, and $9 for children. Children under 3 are free. With animal demonstrations, talks with the keepers, and guided tours the Great Cats World Park is completing their goal of education. Special events occur during the year such as the Halloween Party, Safari themed dinners, Christmas parties, and Native American Celebrations.
Large cats at the park are African Lions, Siberian Tigers, Bengal Tigers, White Tiger, Black Leopards, Snow Leopards, Amur Leopards, Jaguars, and North American Cougars. Small cats include African Serval, African Caracal, South American Ocelots, Yukon Lynx, Fishing Cat, African Wildcats, and Geoffroy's Cat. The park has several animals under the species, allowing for them to have families. The park just recently acquired two Clouded Leopards.
The Jaguars recently were moved to a new enclosure. The Bengal Tigers also got a new enclosure. Twister is a baby Caracal, who is about to turn two years old. The stage shows are the highlight of the park. Trainers go over the history, myths, and legends of the cats while helping visitors to see their strengths. Tourists will see the leopards leap from wooden structures, over the trainers, and basically just offer their abilities for all to see.
The habitats these great cats are in are all natural. Rock outcroppings, trees, grassy fields, rivers, and streams all run through the park to ensure the animal is in the wild. During the winter the animals can move through the snow or stay tucked up in their enclosures. Field trips for schools are offered. Schools have to contact the park for hours and groups rates.
