Moonridge Animal Park - Big Bear Lake, California
Moonridge Animal Park - Big Bear Lake, California
This wildlife preserve has a number of animals from the alpine that are no longer able to live in the wild. Either they have been injured by humans or in some other manner that prevents them from being able to take care of themselves if released.
The Moonridge Animal Park has received animals from numerous different facilities, such as the coyote from the Wildlife Way station in Tujunga, California wehre she was born, or The U.S. Fish and Wildlife which has a "three strikes you’re out" policy with bears. If a bear has been removed from a recreational or residential area three times they can no longer be released back into the wild. Other animals have come from other zoos. The majority of the animals at Moonridge have been injured and need the care offered here. The majority of animals rehabilitated at the Park have been successfully released to the wild. The majority of animals rehabilitated at the Park have been successfully released to the wild.
