Another
Great Year For The Maine Wildlife Park
As many of you know, I have been singing the praises
of the Maine Wildlife Park for a very long time now. In my opinion, it’s one of
the preeminent attractions in all of Maine.
Well it appears that I’m not alone in my affinity
for the park and all it has to offer. 122,000 people visited the park this
year. That is not only an increase of 16 percent over last year, but a new
record for attendance.
It wasn’t only the impressive and record setting
attendance numbers that made this a year to remember for the Maine Wildlife
Park. The grand opening of the new lynx enclosure happened this past spring
thanks in large part to the Friends of Maine Wildlife Park. Standing 19 feet
tall and 18 feet wide, the new Inland Fisheries and Wildlife mural was also a
head-turner this year.
If you haven’t had the chance to get to the Maine
Wildlife Park you don’t know what you’re missing. There’s more than 30 species
on display, many of them you won’t find anywhere else in Maine. Many of the
animals brought there were injured or orphaned and would have likely died had
it not been for the care they received at the park.
The Maine Wildlife Park has been a fixture in this
area for 84 years and with the wonderful staff and volunteers they seem to have
every year, they will likely be around for much longer.
Rep.
Sue Austin represents House District
67 which includes: Casco (part), Frye Island, Gray (part) and Raymond (part)
