Discovery Wildlife park

Discovery wildlife Park is a small zoo of approximately 100 animals. Located near Innisfail Alberta, it is an educational wildlife park featuring daily animal presentations allowing visitors to get up close to the bears, tigers, lions, monkeys, etc. Park has taken in orphaned wildlife from the region. It, like the Guzoo Animal Farm has come under fire from animal rights groups . (Voice for Animals, ZooCheck Canada and WSPA)

Zoocheck Canada is a national animal welfare charity established in 1984 to promote the interests of wildlife in captivity and in the wild. Zoo Check is a charity group with no real power over any zoos, they are not a government agency.
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is an animal welfare charity that works internationally and locally to end cruelty to animals through field work, campaigning, and education. WSPA is a another charity group with no real powers. Both Zoocheck and WSPA can only make suggestions, nothing they say is enforceable.

The Alberta Government announced the new zoo standards in October 2005. The Alberta Government regularly check on the both Alberta Zoos. And provincial officials said both zoos have passed recent inspections. "Alberta Sustainable Resource Development spokesman Darcy Whiteside said officials will review the two reports even though they visit the zoos regularly and found no violations when they inspected Guzoo three weeks ago and last visited Discovery Wildlife Park in July."

"On the day we went out there, they were complying with the zoo standards," Whiteside said. Guzoo owner Lynn Gustafson and Discovery Wildlife Park owner Doug Bos both denied the violations outlined in the reports. We've been inspected less than a month ago ... and I had no indication there was any problem," Gustafson said. "Certainly it's safe, you're in more danger driving here than you are when you get here."

So where is the problem?? The Alberta Government claims that both Guzoo and Discovery have been checked out and they are following the rules set forth. Zoocheck and WSPA say their not. Could it be that Zoocheck and WSPA have different zoo standards?? I have no idea!!

"Since 1995, WSPA has been calling for tougher provincial legislation that would force all zoos to operate at a higher standard."

As always I warn everyone...make sure you understand where your donations are going. Look carefully into the animal rights organizations that you might want to support. You just may be in for a surprise.

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