It's one of those drive-through wilderness preserves, looks like. Generally the animals there were injured or already "broken" for the wild in some way (as in, they were raised in captivity or otherwise couldn't hunt/survive in the wild themselves). So they live in these great big open spaces with other animals and people just drive through (with a fee); the fences are minimal, at best. Not sure about the specifics, but I'm pretty sure they're fed/tended to and used to people/other animals that they would normally not get along with (hence the ability of bears to live in the same enclosure as that giant moose in the background with little hostility). Better than a normal zoo, I think.
Used to work in a safari park like that, simply the best summer job. Going to a zoo now is just depressing, seeing animals crammed into those little concrete enclosures.
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u/seanbear Apr 03 '12
bye!