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The respect to nature and the love to animals are our proposal and is what makes us work every day.
- First of all, welcome you to our web page, where we hope you find the necesary information to satisfy your curiosity, besides other information that will help you understand witch is our role, in specialized center for the care of exotic species, always looking forward with the consevation of biodiversity.
- Thank every client for their visit to our installation, because with out them it wouldn´t be posible to work in the projects we are working in.
- Rio Safari is located in the city of Elche, in Alicante. Elche is a city historically marked by his Palmeral and his world wide known shoe industry. Elche has two World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, one of them is The Palmeral and the other one is the Misterí d´Etx. Rio Safari is located in one of the centenary palm orchard that had the name of The Lion Orchard, a name that was given to the place because of the two little lion effigies, worked in stone and on top of two monolith in the entrace of the orhard
- This park was openned on the 26 of march of 1982 counting with a small animal collection, with the direction of D.Anonio Ibañez Martinez, who with the passing of the time and a lot of dedication achieved the proyect internacionally with other zoos, giving the experience of more than twenty years in raising and care of exotic animals.
- In our Rio Safari Park Elche dedicates our effort to improve each day the well-being of our animals, with diferent corservation projets of exotic species, whos purpose can be the reintroduction of them in their origin place, if it would be necesary.
- Otherwise Rio Safari Elche since its foundation has taken the compromise of our programs for public education, doing education activities in our own installation, education talks for primary and secundary, specilized seminaries and other activities that will take place in our own center or in school where go to.
Here you have all the information you need to have great day with us aolng with your family and friends.
Prices Rio Safari Elche
Adultos: 20 €.
Niños: 15 €. (from 3 to 12 years old)
Special price for Groups
The prices inlude the tour in train, visit to reptilium, acuarium, crocodile farm, animal shows and in summer the swumming pool.
Schedule Rio Safari Elche
Winter: From 10,30 to 18 h.
Summer: From 10.30 to 20 h.
Schedule shows every day:
Macaws: 12,00 h. 16,00 h.
Asian Elephants: 12,45 h. 17,00 h.
Sea Lions: 13,30 h. 18,00 h.
Because of human action in the natural enviroment we are having some irreperable loss in the habitats, and consecuently animal species and vegetables where they live are on the verge of extinction. This is the reason why zoos are important in the conservation of biodiversity. Thanks to their projects and the collaboration betwen them we pretend to keep the genetics variation of the species for a future reintroduction in their origin habitats, so we guarantee the continuity of endangered species; actually working in programs with the raising in cautivity of endangered animals.
The collaboration betwen all parks is necessary to carry out these programs. The exchange of animals will avoid the blood relationship and consequently genetic poorness of the species, and with all the consequences that carries.
Its true that the way to keep the biodiversity is to establish protected natural areas. However nowadays, the amount of areas considered to protect is very small and the posibility to create new nature reserves is remote. Besides, many times the protection of some areas is not possible, the space available is too small to keep the survival of viable genetically animal popullation. Therefore the conservation programs in zoos look for preserving the biggest amount of animal species possible. This allows a spread the real rare species and future reintroduction in their natural habitats.
Its very important to research the behavior of the animals in captivity to help them in their natural habitats and to improve their quality of life in captivity. Witch entails dedication and compromise for the defense of them.
Rio Safari Elche understands some conservation projects and the raising of endangered species in captivity, besides some research projects that are taking place.
Plan for the CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION
Class: Mammalia,
Order: Primates,
Family: Hominidae
Conservation state; Red list (IUCN): EN (endangered).
Distribution (IUCN): Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Républica Central Africana, Congo, Guinea Ecuatorial, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Ruanda, Senegal, Sierra Leona, Sudán, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda.
Known by his name chimpanzee, has passed from vulnerable category to endangered in the red list of threatened species, this means that his situation has worsen considerally in the last years because of the degradation of his habitats, all caused by agriculture, extraction of wood and human constructions, hunting for feeding, smuggling and civil wars.
He is the most intelligent primate. He can get 1,60 m. Tall. His fur is black and usually walks with four legs, but somtimes when his hands are busy with something he uses two. The chimpanzee weighs 1,5 kg when his born but his raising is fast and is completed in six-seven years, reaching at the same time his sexual maturity. The chimpanzee´s reproduction is an essential action to guarantee his conservation in captivity and consequently in his origin places( reintroduction in the wildlife).
The reproduction of Pan Troglodytes in captivity is a really difficult process to
achieve, Rio Safari has obteined it in many times, after years os study and hard
work. Actually Rio Safari Elche has 9 chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) in 5
installations, 3 of them have 60m2 and 2 30m2, where live one male, 6 female
and two baby chimpanzees born this year. The installations are equipied with water ponds, wood platforms in different levels, lianas and swuings for exercise and well-being of the animals. They´re omnivore animals but they have special diet of fruit, and vegetables, because the meat is unusual and thay don´t eat it in wildlife. The birth happen throw all the year. There is no specific period of reprocution in this species. The average life span of a chimpanzee is 60 years, a perios that can be longer in captivity, according to our experience.
The chimpanzee are animals with a very high level of intellingence. That is why it is very important to look after his psicological well-being, when they are in captivity. With this propose we are developing a program of environmental enrichment, with two important objectives: first of all improve the captivity life condition and second research about their intelligence and behavior. That´s why we give them materials that simulate wildlife activities, and other more complex, unknown for them, that help them work their learning and intelligence. These activities happen everyday and at specified hours. The result of our research will be published later.
Plan for AFRICAN LION
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivore
Family: Felidae.
Conservation state; Red list (IUCN): VU (vulnerable).
Distribution (IUCN): Afganistán, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon Central, Republica Africana, Chad, Congo, Egipto, Eritrea, Etiopía, Gabon,Gambia,Ghana,GuineaGuinea-Bissau, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan, Arab Jamahiriya [RE], Malawi, Mali, Mauritania [RE], Morocco [RE]Mozambique, Namibia, Níger, Nigeria, Pakistan [RE], Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone [RE], Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian, Arab Republic Tanzania, United Republic of Togo, Tunisia [RE], Turkey [RE],Uganda, Western Sahara [RE], Zambia, Zimbabwe.
The African lion (Panthera leo) is consider vulnerable in the Red list of threatened species. The population has decreased more than 50% in his origin areas and even 90% in some places, as the result of the loss his habitats caused by the higher density of human population, and with the growth of agriculture and farming.
Throw all the felines the lion is the biggest after the tiger of siberia. The males can get 3.3 m. Length, including that the tale can to one meter. They can achieve 1.2 m. heigth in their shoulders and a 180 kg weigth. The biggeste ones in this species can get to 270 kg. The female are a little smaller, 2.7 m. length with a heigth of 1.1 m. and a maximun weigth that can get the 180 kg. His fur is yellow redish, with a little black. The male holds a huge mane.
Actually Rio Safari has 3 lions (Panthera leo), two of them are male and one female, that this year had two baby lions (one male and one female). They have been rejected by their mother so they are being raised with bottle. Separate from their mother the now have 8 months and had been translated to a new home, near their parente, to try to keep them seeing each other so they can be accepted in the future. It´s a carnivorous animal so his diet is all kinds of meat, chicken, pig, veal, and entrails, that are served two times a day. The life span of the lion in the wildlife is 15 years in Rio Safari they can get to 25 years. The lion can give birth at any time throw the year. The adult female have a bay every two years, and have from one to four cubs in each birth, but they have even 6 and the period of gestation is from 92 days to 119. They start to eat meat with three months. In wildlife thay are mature at three-four years old, in captivity at two or three.
Plan of conservation of the ORYX SCIMITAR
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Conservation state; Red list (IUCN): EW (extinct in wildlife).
Distribution (IUCN): Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Libia Arabia Jamahiriya, Morocco, Níger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan Tunisia, Sahara.
The Oryx Scimitar or Oryx Tao, also known as Oryx Dammah, has passed from being in danger in 1986 to critical status in 1996 till nowdays that is extinct in wildlife. Its dramatic diseppearance is because of the massive hunting, together with the loss of his habitat and rivality with domestic animals.
Is a big antilope in his maturity (up to 122cm to his shoulders) and sturdy (200 kg). The fur is whitish, and sometime with a little light grey, with some brown spots and with very notorious dark marks in the head. The cylindrical horns go towards the back and can get 100- 130 cm long.
Actuallyin Rio Safari has 23 Orix, 5 are male and 12 female that have given birth many times, this year (2005)are 6 Oryx babies. After 270 gestation days one unique Oryx is born. Most of the birth take place in spring. We register 2 or 3 birth per year. They are in a 1600m2 installation, that has a drinking place, eating place, shelter and land ground. The instalation has concrete plates that helps their hoof erosion. His life span is 16 years, period that increses in captivity up to 20 years. Oryx is an herbivore animal and his food consists in alfalfa, fodder, feed (corn, carob, millet, wheat and barley), the diet also has fruit and vegetables that provide them more water in summer, where we give them a salt rock for retain liquids.
The only hope for this animal is the reproduction in captivity, like we do, thanks to the action of reintroduction that we did in Tunisia with a great success, even with reproduction in wildlife, so soon will not be in the category of extinct in wildlife., if we keep fightinf por the survival of the animal.
Plan of the AMERICAN BISON
Clas: Mammalia
Conservation state; red list (IUCN):LR (low risk).
Distribución (IUCN): Canada, Arizona, Colorado, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Mississsippi, Missouri, Massachussets, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kentucky.
The Bison (Bison bison) was a very extended animal in NorthAmerica, till his colonization by white man, who almost wipe out the species. Actually its population has increased, thanks to the Nature Reserve and Parks, even zoos. This animal remind´s us the destruction power of human has against nature; in a few years the human exterminated over 60 millions for pure fun.
Together with the bison, the north american indian had to suffer that impact too.
The bison is the biggest land mammal in that continent, has 3m. long, plus 60cm of the tale and can get to 1,90m. The weight can be between 600 and 800kg (the female are always smaller than the male). Their horns are short, dark hair and longer in the head, rump, chest and feet.
Actually Rio Safari Elche counts with 7 Bisons (Bison bison), also known as american bison. Four of them are male and three female. They have a 700m2 installation, surronded by fences where they have drinking and eating place, a shelter with a cement roof; the installation has cement plates for their hoof erosion. The reproduce once a year in our installations, with a 90% of succes.
The most of the births take place between july and september, the females givew birth one calf at a time, its very rare to have two. They are herbivore animals, so they eat alfalfa, forage and feed ( made with corn, carob, millet, barley and wheat), they complement their diet with fruit and vegetables, they eat more in summer to provide them more water. Their life span in wildlife is 15 years, in captivity can get to 30 years.
Plan for ALLIGATOR CONSERVATION
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodylia
Family: Crocodylidae
Distribution (IUCN): USA (Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Lousiana, Florida).
The species was about to desappear in wildlife becuase of the massive hunt and it´s habitat destruction, actually his hunting has been regulated and species is save from extinction. The alligator (Alligator mississipiensis) is known 200 million years ago, a 20 meter fosil have been spoted, actually the biggest ones are 6m males. Throw all their live they have 2500-3000 conical teeth, that keep changing constantly.
Eyes on top of his head, they don´t have salt glands so their normal habitat is fresh water, they have a third eyelid that´s a membrane to protect the eye inside the water. For their right digestion they at least a tempeture of 28 or 30ºc, if they can´t reach it they stop eating. This happends in october and november, and get very drowsy. They reactive themselves in february/march where they start eating again.
In 1997 the alligator mississipiensis raising and reproduction center opened. Has 4 600m2 pools, each section is equipped a cement, special paint, ground, trunks and vegetation pool. There are 23 alligator, 8 males and 15 females; with 5 reproduction groups, all of them with one male and two females.These couples are formed taking care of the size and weight of the male and female.The layng season is in june and they hatch 60 days later. Each female lays a clutch of 30-45 eggs. Depending on each alligator they obtein their sexual maturity when they`re 2m. long (in wildlife is with 10 years) and they start forming reproduction groups. We give earth and soil to the females so they can build their nest, that can get up to 1m. tall. Once the eggs are in the nest we take them an incubator where thay will have the correct conditions for their right development.
Since the complex of alligator reproduction, we still haven´t achieved it. But the research we are doing eveyday has taking us to some layngs, although there hasn´t been any hatching. But we are sure that if we keep our investigation soon we will have our first alligator in Rio Safari.
Species reproduced in RIO SAFARI ELCHE
- Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)..
- Orix dammah (oryx scimitar).
- Panthera leo (lion).
- Bisón bisón (bison).
- Boselaphus tragolamelus (nilgo).
- Lama guanicoe (lama).
- Bos taurus (aurochs).
- Dama dama (gamo or paleto).
- Lama glama (fallow deer).
- Capra hircus (capra pigmea).
- Dromiceidos novachollandiae (emú).
- Geochelone sulcata (african spurred tortoirse).
- Ara chloroptera (red macaw).
- Ara ararauna (blue macaw).
- Myiopsitta monachus monachus (monk parakeet).
- Agapornis roseicollis (rosy-faced lovebird).
- Psittacula krameri (rose-ringed parakeet).
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