CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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What you’ll see at Aloha Bengal Tiger (white) Miniature Hereford Cattle Miniature Zebu Cattle Watusi Cattle Highland Cattle Asian Water Buffalo Dromedary Camels Llamas Alpacas Coati American Miniature Horses Miniature Donkeys Miniature Mule Nation’s Largest Spotted Draft Horse American Quarter Horses Zebras Zorse Black Swan Toulouse Geese Peacock Spider Monkeys Tamarins Lemurs Japanese (Snow) Macaque Marmosets Patas Monkey Macaws Amazon Parrots Congo African Grey Senegal Cockatiel Lovebird Canary Emus Ostrich Caiman Crocodile Camelian Russian Grizzly Bear Nubian Dairy Goats Barbados (Bajan) Chamois Pigmy Goats Domestic Sheep Jacob Sheep Shetland Sheep Aoudad 44 | July/August • 2011 into a world more resembling the African savannah, complete with playful monkeys and prancing ostriches. And the cost for the experience is just $5 a person. The Aloha Zoo serves several roles simultaneously: It’s meant to be an interactive educational experience for visitors, a sanctuary for deserted or mistreated animals and a happy, healthy, natural habitat for the animals that reside there. One of the more unique aspects of the Zoo is the animal diversity. It’s certainly remarkable that Crutchfield, whose love affair with monkeys spurred his desire to build an animal sanctuary, houses and exhibits exotic creatures such as zebras, spider monkeys and a red kangaroo. But those animals with origins from far-flung lands reside right next to animals one might find on any other farm in Moore County. In other words, it’s not unusual to see goats or sheep trotting alongside Eland, a type of African antelope. Or, to see a tiger with a wolf on one side of him and a bear on the other. Interestingly enough, even though the Aloha Safari Zoo feels and looks a lot like any other animal exhibition and learning center in the United States, it’s a much more personal place for Crutchfield. Every resident of the zoo has a first name and is referred to as such. It’s special characteristics like that that make the Aloha Safari Zoo more than just a collection of animals.CV Wildlife | Animals at the Aloha Safari Zoo have lots of room to roam on 60 acres.