High Delta Safari Park
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The High Delta Drive Thru Safari Park
was a 40 acres (16.2 ha) safari park located in Delhi
, Louisiana
between Vicksburg, MS and Monroe, Louisiana
, on highway 17 only 9 miles (14.5 km) north of Interstate 20 exit 153. The animal park featured exotic and endangered species
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High Country Safari Park was auctioned off due to bankruptcy on 21 November 2009. the auctioneers listed the following animals as for sale at that time: "(21) species including: (approx count) (20) Watusi cattle; (1) American Bison bull; (3) zebu; (6) Red Deer; (1) Blue Wildebeest (female); (10) Pierre David deer; (2) Dromedary camels; (10) elk; (4) donkeys; (7) water buffalo; (6) Barasingha deer; (6) Grant zebras, ((1) stallion, (3) mares, (1) foal); (30) Fallow deer (mostly bucks); (18) Sika deer; (4) Emus; (10) Rhea; (1) Zedonk; (2) Yaks, (male & female); (1) Llama; (9) goats; (10) Pot bellied pigs; (1) 17’ Python, (female); (1) Scarlet Macaw, (female); (2) Tortoise."
At one point this drive thru zoo boasted of the largest herds of the white-bearded Wildebeest and scimitar horned oryx in the State of Louisiana, and claimed to be the only licensed breeder of the Barasingha (an endangered species). It claimed to be located on "2000 acres (8.1 km²) of Northern Louisiana's most picturesque landscape", though only 40 acres (16.2 ha) was evidently sold at auction.
It is now reopening in October 2011 under new ownership as Wild Country Safari Park.
Safari park
A safari park, sometimes known as a wildlife park, is a zoo-like commercial tourist attraction where visitors can drive in their own vehicles or ride in vehicles provided by the facility to observe freely roaming animals...
was a 40 acres (16.2 ha) safari park located in Delhi
Delhi, Louisiana
Delhi, originally called Deerfield, is a town in Richland Parish, Louisiana, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 3,066.-History:...
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
between Vicksburg, MS and Monroe, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, on highway 17 only 9 miles (14.5 km) north of Interstate 20 exit 153. The animal park featured exotic and endangered species
Endangered species
An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...
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High Country Safari Park was auctioned off due to bankruptcy on 21 November 2009. the auctioneers listed the following animals as for sale at that time: "(21) species including: (approx count) (20) Watusi cattle; (1) American Bison bull; (3) zebu; (6) Red Deer; (1) Blue Wildebeest (female); (10) Pierre David deer; (2) Dromedary camels; (10) elk; (4) donkeys; (7) water buffalo; (6) Barasingha deer; (6) Grant zebras, ((1) stallion, (3) mares, (1) foal); (30) Fallow deer (mostly bucks); (18) Sika deer; (4) Emus; (10) Rhea; (1) Zedonk; (2) Yaks, (male & female); (1) Llama; (9) goats; (10) Pot bellied pigs; (1) 17’ Python, (female); (1) Scarlet Macaw, (female); (2) Tortoise."
At one point this drive thru zoo boasted of the largest herds of the white-bearded Wildebeest and scimitar horned oryx in the State of Louisiana, and claimed to be the only licensed breeder of the Barasingha (an endangered species). It claimed to be located on "2000 acres (8.1 km²) of Northern Louisiana's most picturesque landscape", though only 40 acres (16.2 ha) was evidently sold at auction.
It is now reopening in October 2011 under new ownership as Wild Country Safari Park.