Animals of Global Wildlife

Only at Global Wildlife...
can you get "eye to eye" with a Giraffe (or Zebra, Nilgai, Wildebeest, Eland, Father David Deer, Llama, or many other exotic animals from around the world). It is not a zoo, because in zoos, the animals are in cages or pens. Global Wildlife is a "Wildlife Park" where you have a personal experience with the animals, to feed, touch, and meet face to face. Occupying 900 acres of rolling hills and pastures, with ponds and a lake, you can "go on safari" to see and photograph these wild animals in a setting as natural as you could expect, without the expense of traveling to Kenya. Your pictures will be envied.

"One of the best kept secrets..." is becoming an over used cliche, to say the least. However, in the case of Global Wildlife Center, it is really the case. Located just north of New Orleans, and a few miles west of Folsom, LA, on La. Hwy. 40, Global Wildlife offers a rare experience of a lifetime. As you drive into the center, you are usually inspected by a dozen or more curious Emus, the worlds second largest bird. Tickets for the tours (one and a half hours, in a covered wagon) are available at the Visitors Center, where you will also find a gift shop (now, with online shopping), a snack bar restaurant, and clean rest rooms!

Ride the Tram through the Park

When you take the tour, be sure to have your camera (or several) and lots of film. A video camera would be great, also. Here, you will have the opportunity to take photographs that most people can only dream about. The animals, free and un-caged, are literally "in your face". For a nominal fee, you may purchase large plastic cups filled with feed, which the animals love. I will never forget the excitement of my three year old granddaughter as she fed the Llamas (the only ones that you can feed from your hand, without the risk of loosing it).

Global Wildlife is not only about tours and photographs, though. It is a non-commercial, [ 501 (c) (3) ] non-profit organization, estab- lished to help preserve and protect endangered species, and to help educate the public. Special prog- rams include family memberships, animal adoption programs, and the E.L.A.N.D. Project (Experience, Learning And Natural Discovery), which accommodates over 1,400 school groups each year. As a non profit organization, you are assured that all of the proceeds from admission, gifts and mem- berships are applied to the mission of Global Wildlife.

Global Wildlife offers protection to some of the world's endangered and threatened species. For example, there are only about 2,000 Father David Deer left in the world (extinct in the wild). Twenty four (24) of them are at Global Wildlife! Providing protection, natural surroundings and an opportunity to breed, offers the best hope that one day, these animals will again be plentiful in the wild.

Information and arrangements can be made from the Global Wildlife Center Website. There are a number of pages of animal photos available from their Photo Album showing the many different species located there. You can even check for scheduled events from their website.