The Wilds
(Admission is $14 for adults, $13 for seniors, $9 for children, and children under 4 are free) 

• Open: May, September, and October: Saturday and Sunday. June, July, and August: Wednesday through Sunday. Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Location: 14000 International Road in Cumberland, OH 43732

• Phone: 740-638-5030 

The Wilds is a 10,000 acre reserve that was acquired after the land had been surfaced mined.  The land is home to many species of animal from Africa, Asia, and North America.  The Wilds offers a couple different tours one being a guided safari through the park in order to observe the animals in the wild, and the other being a Wilds at Work tour giving both a closer look at the animals and a better understanding of what the employees at the Wilds do.  The park currently has 50 species of animal living on it including: the red-crowned crane, Hartman’s mountain zebra, the greater one-horned rhinoceros, the Bactrian camel, the reticulated giraffe, the American bison, the mink, the morning dove, and the sable antelope.

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