11/25/2023 0 Comments Safari park virginiaIf you want people to stand 15 feet from the fence, make the track smaller or move the fence out to where you want people to actually stand. The man continued 3 more times to tell him to back up!! Then in front of me said, 'at least I do not have to tell my elephant 3 times to do anything!' I told him he was rude and his behavior inexcusable! Furthermore, my husband is slightly hearing impaired from his military service. During my speed loop, my husband was standing on the outside of the safety fence taking a video and the man yelled at my husband to back up, which he immediately did. He clearly wasn't there for the animals benefit or for any customer. I was asking questions and he abruptly answered. The handler was an older, angry and ornery man who had no customer service skills, was rude and wanted nothing to do to help educate about the elephant.I felt so bad for her. The loop was a total of 30 seconds, literally. Because it was a slow day, finally the caretaker of 'Beautiful' offered us to ride alone so that we could videotape each other. You have to pair up with another member of your group! The ticket says that the rides are offered to give the elephant much needed exercise and stimulation, yet we were told that you cannot get a single rider because it is too much stress on the elephant. Husband and I were excited about an elephant ride! It is $15 per person BUT you cannot ride alone. I believe their intentions may be good, but it was not worth the money we spent. Certainly the animals don't appear to be kept in a natural habitat and I do hope someone goes in and helps managment get their act together and help these animals. Didn't get to see most of the animals and the ones we did were in poor conditions and sometimes we felt unsafe in their containment. I know everyone has a job to do, however it would be nice if these things were done before opening or at closing. You were concerned if he would run into you. Giraffe lives on gravel, couldn't see the bear for they had him locked up and the whole time we are there a guy was mowing and the boys could not hear us as he zoomed around so quick. Even my Grandsons said well he is mean and they felt sorry for the animals. He should not curse at his child let alone in a park were there were other children. Everything was dirty and to top it all off an employee that worked there was cursing a young child, that I assume was his and did not see us coming by the goats. Everything was over grown and you could not see if an animal was in there. Hopefully since we were there things have gotten better for the animals because their living conditions are terrible. For one I think it it was way overpriced but was willing to pay for I thought it helps the animals. We took our Grandsons to the zoo ages five and ten while visiting the area.
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