Maine's Iconic York's Wild Kingdom is Reopening This Month

It's time to get wild! Great news that York's Wild Kingdom is planning on reopening for the season on May 29th. Touted as "Maine's Favorite Zoo and Amusement Park." York's Wild Kingdom is one of those places you went to as a kid, and now you are going with YOUR kids, and maybe your grandkids!

From Lions to Peacocks to their amazing Butterfly House, York's in beautiful York, Maine is a wicked fun place to go. I don't know of too many places where you can see all these animals in one place and go on amusement park rides!

York's Wild Kingdom has been a favorite of Mainers and tourists alike since 1945. It was first known as Animal Forest Park. There were also Animal Forst Parks in Laconia and North Conway. When it changed to York's Wild Kingdom, the park was separated, with the front half being an amusement park and the back half being the zoo. Over 200,000 people a year still visit York's, and we hope this iconic Maine spot can reopen again soon!

Here's the classic York's Wild Kingdom TV commercial from the late 1980s and early 1990s. You know it the minute you hear the music!

The concept of an amusement park AND zoo all in one is great! But, how many of these animals have you seen over the years? From the listing at York's Wild Kingdom website:

African Lion
Bengal Tiger
Coatimundi
Grivet Monkey
Mandrill
Common Squirrel Monkey
White Handed Gibbon
DeBrazza Guenon
Patas Monkey
Ring Tail Lemur
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Geoffrey's Marmoset
Common Marmoset
Red Kangaroo
Fallow Deer
Pygmy Goat
Alpaca
Pot Belly Pig
Grant's Zebra
Two-Toed Sloth
Eurasian Lynx
Bennett Wallaby
Asian Small Clawed Otter
Prairie Dog
Green Wing Macaw
Ostrich
Southern Cassowary
Black Swan
Ducks
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Indian Peafowl
Golden Pheasant
Persa Turaco
African Spurred Tortoise
American Alligators
Tarantula
Emperor Scorpion
Blue Morpho Butterfly
Owl Butterfly
Isabella Butterfly
Tiger Longwing Butterfly
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
Julia Butterfly
Blue Eared Pheasant
Elliot's Pheasant
Impeyan Pheasant
Lady Amherst Pheasant
Schmidt's Guenon
Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin
Blue Crowned Pigeon

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