African Lion Safari (Ontario) in Canada


African Lion Safari (Ontario)


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Typezoo
Owner 1969: Jimmy Chipperfield
Size300 hectares (740 acres)
Founded1969
First elephant arrived1971
Opened for public1969
Address RR #1
Zip-code N1R 5S2
Place Cambridge
StateOntario
Country Canada
Website Website
Directors
Key People
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Elephant managementFree Contact, since
Head keepers
of elephants		Charlie Gray
Elephant keepers 2000-2000: Pelle Zettersten (elephant keeper)
1989-1993: Scott Blais (elephant keeper)
1999-: Richard Evers (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2025-03-17: FC
Latest document update2025-03-17 11:45:25
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Description

African Lion Safari (Ontario), located at RR #1, in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada , was founded in 1969, opened for public in 1969 and the first elephant arrived in 1971

African Lion Safari (Ontario) elephants are managed in Free Contact

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Living elephants

At the African Lion Safari (Ontario) lives 15 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Anna May born 2015-05-04
  2. ♀ Emily born 2006-04-23
  3. ♂ George born 1999-10-21
  4. ♀ Hannah born 2014-10-19
  5. ♀ Imke born 2020-11-22
  6. ♀ Jenny (Gertie, GOP) born 1966-08
  7. ♀ Lilly (Israela) born 1985-01-31
  8. ♀ Luna born 2018-08-17
  9. ♀ Natasha born 1994-02-27
  10. ♀ Nellie born 2013-08-02
  11. ♂ Onyx born 2018-08-18
  12. ♀ Opal born 2005-11-04
  13. ♀ Piccolo (Piccolina) born 1994-12-11
  14. ♀ Rose born 2016-02-28
  15. ♀ Sunita born 2018-11-14

Comments / picturesAfrican Lion Safari is a family-owned safari park in Southern Ontario, Canada, straddling the cities of Hamilton and Cambridge, located 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Toronto. It is home to one of North America\'s most successful Asian elephant breeding programs, with more second-generation captive births than any other North American institution.

1971: African Lion Safari in Cambridge, Ontario, began working with Asian elephants

1985: started to make a concentrated effort to breed Asian elephants.

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Koehl, Dan (2025). African Lion Safari (Ontario), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=119. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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