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Located in the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio, Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch is an African safari-style wildlife refuge.
Open to the public since 1984, about 450 acres of rolling hills, 溪床, and magnificent oak trees greet visitors along the safari drive-thru. The trek covers over six miles and takes anywhere from one to two hours. Admission permits visitors to take multiple trips through the safari, as every trek provides different adventures in the free-roaming environment. Feeding options are available when tickets are purchased upon arrival.
Riding in a custom-built Safari Rover or Safari Shuttle, visitors can take the guided Safari Adventure tour if they choose not to travel in their own vehicles. Official adventure guides are animal specialists who work in a hands-on environment to oversee the animals’ care every day. Safari Adventure Trek Tours provide a venue for enhanced experiences, as guides offer fun and interesting facts about the animals, 管理, and heritage to provide an enhanced perspective on the Texas-style African safari.
另外, the Walk-A-Bout area features several bird and primate species, 长颈鹿的一个家族, the Safari Camp Grill, and the Safari Trading Post gift shop.
Named as one of the Top 10 safari parks in the nation by 《最靠谱的十大棋牌游戏》, Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch provides habitat for more than 500 animals representing over 40 species from around the world. This includes reticulated giraffes, white rhino, kudu, sable, as well as ostriches and primates.
Owners Ray and Trudy Soechting obtained some animals from zoos, and others were purchased from exotic animal breeders or imported. 多年来, the Texas Land Heritage Property has diversified into a source of both education and conservation of endangered and threatened species.
“Most of the species here are endangered to some degree,” says Marketing Director Tiffany Soechting. “We focus on species that are in need of preservation and protection.”
The reticulated giraffe, also known as the Somali giraffe, is a giraffe subspecies native to the Horn of Africa. It lives in Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya. There are approximately 8,500 individuals living in the wild. The reticulated giraffe is considered endangered due to an estimated continuing decline of 56 percent over the last 30 years. The decline is most likely attributed to habitat loss, deterioration in habitat quality, and illegal killing/poaching.
One of the star attractions at Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch is Buddy, a 10-year-old giraffe who made international news when he was born in 2013 as part of only the ninth known set of twins in the last 200 years.
“When it happened, there were stories from Australia to India,” Tiffany recalls. “They were featured in Times Square and were on 早安美国.
“With twins, the mother (giraffe) could not produce enough milk to raise both of them on her own. So, we made the decision to hand-rear Buddy. And as a result, we connected with giraffe caretakers and conservationists all around the world.”
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch is affiliated with organizations such as the Conservation Center for Species Survival and Save the Giraffes. Because of the close contact that visitors to the wildlife ranch experience with the animals, Soechting says they’re left with a deeper sense of connection.
“Because the animals are roaming free while our guests are driving through their environment, the animals have the ability to come up and interact with the visitors,她说。. “And when they come into close contact with that animal, it fosters a connection on a deeper level. So, when they have an up-close interaction with a giraffe, they’re more likely to help support the conservation efforts for that species.”
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