In 1972, Warner Bros. thought it had a brilliant idea: a wild animal safari park nestled into the not-so-wild West Milford, New Jersey. By 1976, just four short years later, the park - and many animals - were abandoned. What went wrong?
The better question might be, what didn't go wrong?
Jungle Habitat opened in the summer of 1972 with two sections and over 1,500 animals on display: a walk-through area that included a reptile house, petting zoo, dolphin show, live Looney Toons show, camel and elephant rides, and a train ride; and the drive-through safari. The latter was clearly the big selling point. It allowed patrons to ride on a Jungle Habitat bus or drive their own car through an open habitat that had free-roaming baboons, camels, elephants, peacocks, giraffes, and Siberian tigers. The animals would frequently climb on the cars, stopping them in their tracks - sometimes for hours. Though visitors were...
The better question might be, what didn't go wrong?
Jungle Habitat opened in the summer of 1972 with two sections and over 1,500 animals on display: a walk-through area that included a reptile house, petting zoo, dolphin show, live Looney Toons show, camel and elephant rides, and a train ride; and the drive-through safari. The latter was clearly the big selling point. It allowed patrons to ride on a Jungle Habitat bus or drive their own car through an open habitat that had free-roaming baboons, camels, elephants, peacocks, giraffes, and Siberian tigers. The animals would frequently climb on the cars, stopping them in their tracks - sometimes for hours. Though visitors were...
- 2/13/2014
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
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