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Ozark Exotic Animal Paradise Opens Near Springfield
A 40 acre Ozarks safari showcase near Springfield houses 3000 birds and animals at Buena Vista Exotic Animal Paradise beside I 44, part of Buena Vista Ranch. Visitors ride nine miles through hills to view zebras camels emu bison and big cats with a Safari Center housing tigers bears and lions. Opened Aug 6 1971 the center charges 3.00 for adults 1.50 for children and aims to pair tourism with animal conservation and breeding efforts led by J W Pat Jones and Fern Morrison. The facility reports low mortality due to care and natural roaming, with surplus animals sold or traded for new species.
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Missouri Ozarks
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Buena Vista Exotic Animal Paradise
Buena Vista Ranch
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Animal Paradise
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Missouri Department of Conservation
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