Liger at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge at Arizona, USA | Liger Zoos

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is also a Liger Zoo as well. This liger Zoo is located at Arizona USA. Ligers are part of this zoo for at least last 6 years. If you are living in US’s state of Arizona, then your best chance to witness ligers is at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge Zoo. The exact address of this liger zoo is “Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, 239 Turpentine Creek Lane, Eureka Springs, Arizona (AR) 72632, USA”. This liger zoo is spread across 500 acres of land and it is most probably one of the biggest zoos in terms of land area in our study so far about the ligers. Therefore; it wouldn’t be wrong to label as the biggest liger zoo in the world, when it comes to land area resources.

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is also classified as a Liger Zoo. This Liger Zoo is located at Arizona state of USA. Photo Courtesy of  Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

The website of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge specifically mentions liger presence at their zoo. Currently, this liger zoo has at least 2 ligers out of which one is a male liger and the other one is female liger. While previously Jade the liger, who was retired from the circus, happily lived at Turpentine Creek wildlife refuge during 2005 onwards. Currently the big male liger is named Brady the liger. This male liger at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge weighs well over 800 pounds. The name of the Female liger at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is Karma the Liger. This female liger possibly weighs around 400 pounds from the first look. Jade the liger which was previously brought to the zoo was the victim of animal abuse and Turpentine Creek Animal Refuge gave him a perfect life at its animal sanctuary.

Picture of Brady the liger at Turpentine Creek Widlife Refuge at Arizona, USA. Brady the liger weighs almost 900 pounds and he is one of the biggest ligers in the world. Photo Courtesy of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge offers perfect opportunity to witness ligers at its animal sanctuary. Turpentine Creek does not encourage breeding of the ligers, but rather they rescue abused ligers and many other big cats. This liger zoo started its operations during the year 1978. They started the zoo with a male African lion and onwards through the passage of time they acquired more and more land and also rescued thousands of animals. The current President of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is Tanya Jackson Smith. Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge has at least 12 more animal sanctuaries throughout United States.

Karma the Liger at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge Liger Zoo. Karma is a female liger and it weighs well over 400 pounds. Photo Courtesy of www.ligerworld.com

Ligers at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge are kept in very spacious enclosures. The liger enclosures meet all the safety and security requirements which mean that these enclosures are not only safe for the visitors visiting the animal refuge but also a guaranteed safety for the animals as well. Both the male and female ligers are living in one shared enclosure. The enclosure of both the ligers is very neat and fresh supply of water is always given to the animals. The flooring of enclosure is based on hard concrete rather than muddy which is rather strange because most of the liger enclosures which we have studied so far in our studies, they usually have muddy or grassy flooring rather than concrete flooring. Ligers are regularly gone through health checkups as the vets are always available at the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.

A Liger at its enclosure at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge located in Arizona, USA. Photo Courtesy of Liger Hercules

The Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge has liger stories rather than liger related events. Most of these stories are related with rescuing wild or domestically abused animals. All the ligers that have so far been living at the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge are believed to have been rescued from being abused previously. The story of Jade the liger is a very famous one indeed at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Sanctuary! Jade the liger was part of the circus previously and as soon his masters realized that he is too old and is of no worth any further, they abandoned simply abandoned him. However; the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Sanctuary came to know this animal abuse in time and they brought Jade the liger to their animal sanctuary and gave him the best life which it would have never even imagined.

Turpentine Creek Liger Zoo is famous for rescuing large numbers of ligers at their Wildlife Refuge. Photo Courtes of Heather D

The overall experience of this liger zoo is rated very positive by the visitors. Tripadvisor.com and yelp.com both reviewed this zoo as being very good in terms of users’ experience. However; the only thing that will still be lacking at the zoo will be the numbers of liger related events. Turpentine Creek Wildlife Animal Sanctuary still does not boosts its liger presence through any liger related events. Moreover; they have a big piece of land of around 500 plus acres, and they should introduce liger or any wild animal safari stuff as well. Ligers will indeed be happier if they will live in vast lands rather than their presence within spacious enclosures.

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is a popular Liger Zoo. Photo Courtesy of Heather D

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