Bullen's Animal World
{{Short description|Zoo in Wallacia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia}}
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Bullen's Animal World was a circus style theme park located at Wallacia on the outskirts of Sydney. Its address was 11 Park Road, Wallacia. An equivalent one also existed at Wanneroo Lion Park in Wanneroo in Perth.
Background
It was opened in 1969 by Stafford Bullen, the son of circus founder Alfred Percival Bullen, and operated until 1985. Its closure was to foreshadow the closure of Bullen's other nearby venture, the African Lion Safari, in 1991.
Zambi Wildlife Retreat
Zambi Wildlife Retreat is an animal welfare charity that operates at the former site of the Bullen's property and adopted some of the Bullen's former animals. It focuses on re-homing captive wild animals such as lions, tigers, leopard, red panda, hamadryas baboons, common marmosets, meerkats, hyacinth macaw, blue-and-gold macaw, dingos, wolfdogs and until recently the last puma held in Australia. 'Zambi' is open to visitors by appointment and offers feeding and interaction opportunities.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071209094556/http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/nsw/bega/200408/s1171926.htm News story about two chimpanzees from the park]
- [http://www.milesago.com/Obits/bullen-stafford.htm Obituary of Stafford Bullen], originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 12 January 2001
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Category:1969 establishments in Australia
Category:1986 disestablishments in Australia
Category:Defunct amusement parks in Australia
Category:Amusement parks opened in 1969
Category:Amusement parks closed in 1986
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