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Due to the crazy, Out of Africa is struggling. They have a bunch of hungry lions and tigers, but depend on visitors paying hefty entrance fees which hasn't been happening lately.
They opened up for drive-thru last week, and while I knew it was going to be really lame, I went today. The residents have very nice, large habitats so most of the animals were off doing their own things and couldn't be seen.
The park owners knew that most folks wouldn't be happy with that, so had a couple of workers next to the tiger and lion enclosures who had bribed a couple of large cats to doze by the fences.
At the tiger stop, the car in front of me which had 3 little barky dogs kicking up a fuss, opened the window to let them have a good look. 1 dog fell/jumped out. 1 tiger woke up and started looking interested. The worker wasn't very gentle while grabbing dog and tossing it back in the car. Loud and angry words happened and the car ended up turning around (assuming they got kicked out).
When I got to the lion stop, a lioness walked up to the fence and looked at me, so of course I stopped to take pics. The guy behind me also wanted pics and rolled down his window which allowed his dog to jump out and start barking at the big cats. The owner hopped out to grab the dog and the worker came sprinting to do whatever he thought he could do if that big cat went over the fence.
The lioness looked annoyed, her sexually intact mate came out of the bush and peed on the dog, the owner and into the open car.
So, back to my original question...do you really like those dogs, or were you just trying to find a way to sue people?
Edited to say that Out of Africa is usually a wonderful experience, not lame at all, but also not set up for drive through. I enjoyed myself a lot today. I encourage everyone to visit and support wild animal sanctuaries, but until the crazy is over, don't expect much besides the the good feeling that you get when you buy a tiger a steak.
They opened up for drive-thru last week, and while I knew it was going to be really lame, I went today. The residents have very nice, large habitats so most of the animals were off doing their own things and couldn't be seen.
The park owners knew that most folks wouldn't be happy with that, so had a couple of workers next to the tiger and lion enclosures who had bribed a couple of large cats to doze by the fences.
At the tiger stop, the car in front of me which had 3 little barky dogs kicking up a fuss, opened the window to let them have a good look. 1 dog fell/jumped out. 1 tiger woke up and started looking interested. The worker wasn't very gentle while grabbing dog and tossing it back in the car. Loud and angry words happened and the car ended up turning around (assuming they got kicked out).
When I got to the lion stop, a lioness walked up to the fence and looked at me, so of course I stopped to take pics. The guy behind me also wanted pics and rolled down his window which allowed his dog to jump out and start barking at the big cats. The owner hopped out to grab the dog and the worker came sprinting to do whatever he thought he could do if that big cat went over the fence.
The lioness looked annoyed, her sexually intact mate came out of the bush and peed on the dog, the owner and into the open car.
So, back to my original question...do you really like those dogs, or were you just trying to find a way to sue people?
Edited to say that Out of Africa is usually a wonderful experience, not lame at all, but also not set up for drive through. I enjoyed myself a lot today. I encourage everyone to visit and support wild animal sanctuaries, but until the crazy is over, don't expect much besides the the good feeling that you get when you buy a tiger a steak.
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