Wildwood Wildlife Park Zoo & Safari Wildwood Park News

I just uploaded 73 new photos of this Wisconsin zoo into the gallery.

 

This place reminds me of Timavati. Not very pleasant at all. What's up with the 'Bear Juice'?

 

Wildwood has updated their map for the year. New animal exhibits for 2015 include flamingos, a new lemur area, and something called a grison.

http://www.wildwoodwildlifepark.com/visit/2015_Map.pdf

This map is the first time I've actually even heard of a grison - apparently it's some species of mustelid from South America. What other zoos keep them (if they do)?

 

it looks like a streamlined fast skunk or weasel.

 

If you are interested in European zoos, according to ZootierlisteHomepage :
Greater Grison (Galictis vittata):
UK: Sandwich (Rare Species Conservation Centre)
Netherlands: Beesd (Eulen- und Tierpark de Paay)
Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja):
Netherlands: Beesd (Eulen- und Tierpark de Paay)

 

Timbavati keeps them...

 

The grison is named Lloyd.

 

Has anyone visited Wildwood Wildlife Park recently? I was doing a little digging into their new exhibits and I'm very surprised. Gibbons, paca, some other primates, and even penguins have joined the ranks of Wildwood.

I've visited the zoo twice, but it's been a several years since my last. From photos I've seen online, the new exhibits are actually fairly nice. (Most of the zoo's old exhibits are outdated, with many of them be quite terrible for the animals in them.)

 

Wildwood has welcomed their first Giraffe calf in their history. It’s a boy, and he’s been named Taji.

The Wildwood Wildlife Park Zoo & Safari welcomes its first baby giraffe

 

I went here for the first time today. A few updates:

• A Dall Sheep was born.
• Two Aoudads were born.
• A White-handed Gibbon was born.
• A DeBrazza's Monkey was born.
• Full species list will be posted soon (and maybe a review?)

 

I'd love to see a species list. I haven't been there in years. It says on their map that they now have snow leopards?

 

Yes.

 

A Giraffe was born:

Wildwood Wildlife Park and Zoo welcomes baby giraffe // WJFW Newswatch 12

 

2022 News:

On May 6th, it was reported that (0.2) aoudads were born on May 5th.

Wildwood Wildpark Zoo & Safari open to the public this weekend

On October 8th, it was reported that the facility had held its 1st annual pumpkin patch.

Wildwood welcomes community for first annual pumpkin patch

 

The zoo now has two Mountain Goats:

It is with mixed emotions that... - Wildwood Park & Zoo

 

A brand new small mammal house opened a few months ago.

 

Any idea on the inhabitants? Many interesting species floating around non-AZA, as I was well reminded from my visit to Wildlife World last month.

From what I've seen, is it fair to equate Wildwood as the northern counterpart to Wildlife World? Other than WW, I don't think there have been more than a handful of new small mammal houses in the last two decades. Is there a reasonable expectation that this new house could have a higher standard of exhibitry?

 

I don't know much about Wildlife World, but if it is a zoo that has some horrible exhibits, then they may be similar.

 

I would say Wildlife World and Wildwood WP are very comparable in many ways, including in size and collection. No idea of the inhabitants of this new house, I'll be living up in area in a few months (actually an hour away but about as close as you can get to this place ) and I'll try to swing around then and see.

Not sure if Wildwood WP *still* has any (or at least very many) horrible exhibits. When I visited several years ago there were plenty of bad exhibits but also plenty of really good or even amazing ones. Even then though, a lot of the zoo was under construction and many of those bad exhibits I am sure are now gone.

 

I haven't been there in many years, but when I mention bad exhibits, I am referring to the small cages under that pavilion (located near that open rabbit platform), the wolf exhibit, some of the cat exhibits, etc.

My visit was well before the safari portion or any of that was constructed.