Some zoos keep fewer animals in larger, outdoor enclosures, confining them with moats and fences, rather than in cages. Safari parks, also known as zoo parks and lion farms, allow visitors to drive through them and come in close contact with the animals.[2]
The first of this kind of zoo was Whipsnade Park in Bedfordshire, England, opened by the Zoological Society of London in 1931, and covering 600 acres (2.4 km²). Since the early 1970s, a 1,800-acre (7 km²) park in the San Pasqual Valley near San Diego has featured the San Diego Wild Animal Park, run by the Zoological Society of San Diego. One of two state-supported zoo parks in North Carolina is the 535-acre North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. The 500-acre Werribee Open Range Zoo in Melbourne, Australia, displays animals living in a savannah.
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