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'''Wanneroo Lion Park''', formerly '''Bullen's African Lion Safari Park''', was a open-range zoo in [[Carabooda, Western Australia|Carabooda]], in the north of [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]].<ref name="communitynews4Aug14">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> It operated for 17 years, between 1971 and 1988.<ref name="abc23Dec18">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The park was opened on 21 August 1971<ref name="CoWArchive19"/> by brothers Ken and [[Stafford Bullen]], in partnership with television station [[TVW7]] and Michael Edgley, following the closure of [[Bullens Circus]] in 1969,<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> and the success of similar ventures in New South Wales.<ref name="CoWArchive19">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
There were 32 lions and four cubs, in two separated prides, when it opened.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/><ref name="abc7Dec18">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Cars and tourist buses would drive through the Safari, and the lions would come up to and onto the vehicles. They would bite anything attached to the vehicles, especially windscreen wipers and tyres,<ref name="abc23Dec18"/> and windows needed to be kept up to prevent them putting their paws inside.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> A separate compound contained various other animals, and there were circus shows featuring cockatoos and monkeys.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/>
The safari raised money for the [[Lions Clubs International|Lions Club]] of Wanneroo, and lion cubs would appear on [[Channel Seven Perth Telethon|TVW7's Telethon]].<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> Lion cubs were also sent to appear in events in regional areas, such as the 1976 FeNaCl Festival in [[Dampier, Western Australia|Dampier]] where two cubs were inducted into the Dampier Lions Club, becoming the first female members.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The park received much media attention, especially following incidents of mauling and reported escapes of lions.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/><ref name="CoWArchive19"/> In 1971, a man had his arm clawed when a lion pushed down the car window, and later died in hospital following a reaction to the anaesthesia.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A second death occurred in 1982, an apparent suicide in which a man walked out of his cars towards the lions.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> In 1977, lions escaped their enclosure, killed goats, and injured a donkey<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, and in the mid-1980s there were reports a lion had escaped the park, which was investigated by the police.<ref name="abc7Dec18"/>
The american actress [[Tippi Hedren]] visited the park in 1981, and voiced her dismay at the treatment of lions to the media.<ref name="abc7Dec18"/> In the same year, the [[RSPCA Australia|RSPCA]] investigated the animals' welfare, which resulted in the park improving the lions' care.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> In 1988, the park closed due to the high costs associated with public liability insurance and feeding the animals, and amid dissent from animal rights activists.<ref name="abc7Dec18"/> The lions were shot, as there was nowhere for them to be released or transferred.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/>
In 2014 the [[City of Wanneroo]]'s Wanneroo Regional Museum collected stories and materials related to the park, including making two oral history recordings of former park workers John and Fran Gilbertson, and Marion Colmer.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/>
, Wanneroo Lion Park is the only open-range zoo to have operated in Western Australia.<ref name="abc7Dec18"/> A new venture was considered in 2011,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and former premier [[Colin Barnett]] planned for [[Perth Zoo]] to operate a new open-range venue in the [[Perth Hills]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> but that plan was abandoned following the change in government at the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 state election]].<ref name="abc7Dec18"/>
==See also==
* [[African Lion Safari (Warragamba)]]
==References==
[[Category:Zoos in Western Australia]]
[[Category:1971 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1988 disestablishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Defunct amusement parks in Australia]]
[[Category:Former zoos]]
[[Category:Safari parks]]
[[Category:Zoos established in 1971]]
[[Category:Zoos disestablished in 1988]]
[[Category:Carabooda, Western Australia]]
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
'''Wanneroo Lion Park''', formerly '''Bullen's African Lion Safari Park''', was a open-range zoo in [[Carabooda, Western Australia|Carabooda]], in the north of [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]].<ref name="communitynews4Aug14">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> It operated for 17 years, between 1971 and 1988.<ref name="abc23Dec18">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The park was opened on 21 August 1971<ref name="CoWArchive19"/> by brothers Ken and [[Stafford Bullen]], in partnership with television station [[TVW7]] and Michael Edgley, following the closure of [[Bullens Circus]] in 1969,<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> and the success of similar ventures in New South Wales.<ref name="CoWArchive19">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
There were 32 lions and four cubs, in two separated prides, when it opened.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/><ref name="abc7Dec18">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Cars and tourist buses would drive through the Safari, and the lions would come up to and onto the vehicles. They would bite anything attached to the vehicles, especially windscreen wipers and tyres,<ref name="abc23Dec18"/> and windows needed to be kept up to prevent them putting their paws inside.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> A separate compound contained various other animals, and there were circus shows featuring cockatoos and monkeys.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/>
The safari raised money for the [[Lions Clubs International|Lions Club]] of Wanneroo, and lion cubs would appear on [[Channel Seven Perth Telethon|TVW7's Telethon]].<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> Lion cubs were also sent to appear in events in regional areas, such as the 1976 FeNaCl Festival in [[Dampier, Western Australia|Dampier]] where two cubs were inducted into the Dampier Lions Club, becoming the first female members.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The park received much media attention, especially following incidents of mauling and reported escapes of lions.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/><ref name="CoWArchive19"/> In 1971, a man had his arm clawed when a lion pushed down the car window, and later died in hospital following a reaction to the anaesthesia.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A second death occurred in 1982, an apparent suicide in which a man walked out of his cars towards the lions.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> In 1977, lions escaped their enclosure, killed goats, and injured a donkey<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, and in the mid-1980s there were reports a lion had escaped the park, which was investigated by the police.<ref name="abc7Dec18"/>
The american actress [[Tippi Hedren]] visited the park in 1981, and voiced her dismay at the treatment of lions to the media.<ref name="abc7Dec18"/> In the same year, the [[RSPCA Australia|RSPCA]] investigated the animals' welfare, which resulted in the park improving the lions' care.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/> In 1988, the park closed due to the high costs associated with public liability insurance and feeding the animals, and amid dissent from animal rights activists.<ref name="abc7Dec18"/> The lions were shot, as there was nowhere for them to be released or transferred.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/>
In 2014 the [[City of Wanneroo]]'s Wanneroo Regional Museum collected stories and materials related to the park, including making two oral history recordings of former park workers John and Fran Gilbertson, and Marion Colmer.<ref name="communitynews4Aug14"/>
, Wanneroo Lion Park is the only open-range zoo to have operated in Western Australia.<ref name="abc7Dec18"/> A new venture was considered in 2011,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and former premier [[Colin Barnett]] planned for [[Perth Zoo]] to operate a new open-range venue in the [[Perth Hills]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> but that plan was abandoned following the change in government at the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 state election]].<ref name="abc7Dec18"/>
==See also==
* [[African Lion Safari (Warragamba)]]
==References==
[[Category:Zoos in Western Australia]]
[[Category:1971 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1988 disestablishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Defunct amusement parks in Australia]]
[[Category:Former zoos]]
[[Category:Safari parks]]
[[Category:Zoos established in 1971]]
[[Category:Zoos disestablished in 1988]]
[[Category:Carabooda, Western Australia]]
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