Wild Animal Adventures — Attraction in Sullivan

I will start with the positive. There is a wide variety of animals that you may not see at the St. Louis zoo. The interactive options are the best part of this zoo, and probably your only opportunity to ever hold a lemurs hand. Virtually no wait time after you are given extensive speeches and waivers to sign. There were two staff members that seemed very knowledgeable on their respective animal enclosure, and I’m glad those animals had at least a little positive interaction. Now the negatives. These animals are smushed together in spaces far too small for their respective species. You may give them ‘toys’, but there is no argument to the fact that every animal in the zoo is bored. Either they are bored and pacing manically, or they are stressed. The mountain cat was able to see chickens, goats, tigers, and wolves walking around. I’d be frustrated too. The wolf parents were constantly pacing circles, and I started wondering at the time if these animals are only mating because there’s absolutely nothing else to do. The noise from the highway and construction within the zoo were constant, and there’s nowhere for the animals to even escape prying eyes. There are fans in front of many of the animals enclosures, but I only saw two of them turned on. You only get ac if you’re a tiger, I suppose. The smell from the overly compacted zoo was definitely gag worthy, which probably wouldn’t be a big issue if the animals had more space. Seriously, this place is playing Tetris with live animals. For the lemur encounter, be aware you will be sitting on poop. But you most likely already stepped in poop on the trails. Most staff were also looking bored, and even the front desk was constantly on her phone. Also, as a recommendation to the owner, make your own logo instead of asking ai to make it for you. Once you count the tiger toes it’s hard to overlook everything else. Overall, I’ll be keeping this a one time experience to remember the good parts and avoid the...

I live in St. Louis, had my 6 year old great nephew for 2 weeks, I was looking for things to do that we hadn’t already done in previous visits & that was open, a lot was closed in St. Louis due to the virus. A friend told me that she & her husband had taken their 5 kids there about a month before & they loved it! I eventually I read some reviews, was hesitant because 2 of them were not good but my friends wouldn’t promote the place if the reviews were true, they are very careful with their kids. We had the best/positive experience, better than I hoped for! Everyone was genuinely friendly, saw some men fixing a closure for tigers, 1 man went in and played with them because they were getting upset, this really wasn’t an area that was meant to be seen & he didn’t know we were there, he didn’t do it for show, he did it for the cats 😊! Later he walked by us and stopped to talk he answered ALL my nephews questions patiently ( he had A LOT of them!!!) I asked if he was scared the 1st time he went into play, he said no that he and others raised them, also said when everyone closed down or only had a small % of people allowed in that he and others (by choice) went on a volunteer basis (no paycheck) so that there was enough income to feed the animals!! There was a young woman that brought out a snake to touch (I took pics of my nephew touching it) also a baby alligator ( LOL I touched that!!) she was very friendly, patient & informative 😀 the manager was awesome and the man that sold us the tickets was great, the only complaint, if I have to have one is that I wished he’d told us that I needed to buy the animal feed at the same time I bought our tickets. I saw people feeding them but couldn’t find the place they got it, that’s ok 😁 I’ll know next year!!!! The animals look healthy, well fed and very, very much cared for!!!!! Thank you for a...

First thing, do not waste your money on the lemur encounter! You give them 10 pieces of human baby food, and then that’s it. You sit there while they eat it out of the cup they give you and after 2 minutes it’s over with. The girl working the area will rush you out as well. I sat back down to let the lemurs come around me after standing and she starting opening the gate to let us out. We were not even in there 5 minutes. We were told by the lady we purchased the ticket from that it is a 30 minute encounter. We went and told the same lady working the front desk and her response was “sorry you feel that way” and “it just depends how the lemurs feel. We base the interaction off of them.”

How can we be told 30 minute encounter and get a 5 minute encounter? There was no refund offered or anything of the sort.

One of the lemurs, was apparently a “spicy” one. The girl kept telling us not to touch her or take the little treats away from her or she will bite you. She said don’t move around or she will bite you. Maybe there shouldn’t be a hostile lemur in there with people, that made the 5 minute experience so much fun, being told to watch out for that lemur.

Other than that I love the park and this is my second time coming, due to loving it so much. There were quite a few animals that were alone, they seemed pretty lonely and bored. Just pacing. The sheep needs to be shaved, it has feces hanging under its stomach with thick hair.

I love how clean they keep the park and the animals cages are clean and their water also. It’s very fun other than the lemur encounter. Which is a waste of money. $50 for two people to access the park and the lemurs...