BC Wildlife Park » BC Wildlife Park

BC Wildlife Park
24-05-2008

http://www.bczoo.org/default.htm

The BC Wildlife Park is a fairly small zoo that is situated just outside the city of Kamloops, in British Columbia, Canada. I visited this establishment in 2006 and spent 2 hours wandering around the exhibits. The star attractions are a couple of aging grizzly bears, and there are also a wide range of North American animals. Black bears, coyotes, mountain lions, lynx, moose, bison, wolves, rocky mountain goats, mule deer, white-tailed deer, badgers, porcupines, raccoons, elk, opossums, reindeer, bald eagles, and 6 different species of owl all reside here in decent yet ordinary enclosures. The animals that are not native to North America are barbados sheep, squirrel monkeys, llamas, and bactrian camels. There is also a family farm and a small playground/waterpark.

The Discovery Center is the only new building, and it contains a gift shop, a small cafe, some snake aquariums, and an interactive set of indoor exhibits for children. One interesting one is where a bee hive is hooked up to a phone booth, so when someone picks up the phone they can hear the buzzing of the beehive's inhabitants.

30-04-2009

This small wildlife park recently updated its map:

http://www.bczoo.org/sitecm/i/bczoo%...l.jpg?Width=-1

In the past 3 years the park has added badger, black bear and birds of prey enclosures. I've heard from visitors that the new additions are nothing spectacular, but like the rest of the park are adequate for the inhabitants.

3 Weeks Ago

I visited this wildlife park in June of 2009, and the new additions during the past 3 years are all an improvement on what was previously there. The black bear exhibit is quite large and more than adequate for the two young cubs, the badger enclosure contains a single female, and the birds of prey complex provides a home for injured owls and eagles. There are now approximately 170 photos of the park in the ZooChat gallery.

3 Weeks Ago

Hi snowleopard,

Nice review!

When (more than if) I finally make it to Canada, I would love to visit this zoo. To my mind, not every zoo requires having the op to see loads of exotic species. Zoos like the BC Wildlife Park serve a purpose in that they familiarise (sub-)urban populations with the local wildlife on offer.

What this zoo might do is to present a kaleidoscope of all the wildlife of the province of British Columbia. I understand presently it does not have an education center, or a reptile-amphibian center or much in native birdlife (other than the birds of prey). Perhaps the latter would make nice additions?

K.B.

3 Weeks Ago

i would consider visiting this place. map is bright and makes it stand out in tourist infomation centres

3 Weeks Ago

The B.C. Wildlife Park is relatively small and can be seen in about 2.5 hours. Other than a single llama, a few squirrel monkeys and 2 bactrian camels the entire animal collection is from North America, and there is a lot of wildlife rehabilitation of raptors, deer and even bear cubs. There are not a lot of species at the park, but most of the enclosures are of a decent size and it is accredited by CAZA.