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The park, covers 600 acres (2.4 kmē), and can be located from miles around and from the air because of its large white lion chalk hill figure carved into the side of the Dunstable Downs (part of the Chiltern Hills).
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park is one of Europe's largest wildlife conservation parks. It is home to more than 2,500 animals, many of which are endangered in the wild.
Whipsnade opened in 1931. Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell (ZSL Secretary 1903- 1935) envisaged the Park as a conservation centre and it was the first open zoo in Europe, to be easily accessible to the visiting public. The animals have sizeable enclosures, or, like the peacocks, the South American maraMara Patagonian Mara : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : Dolichotinae Dolichotis Species Dolichotis patagonum ''Dolichotis salinicola The maras Dolichotis are a genus of the cavy family. These large relatives of guinea pigs are common and Australian wallabiesFor the Australian national Rugby Union team, nicknamed the Wallabies see Australia national rugby union team. A wallaby (sometimes (erroneously?) spelt wallabee is any of about 30 species of macropod. Essentially, a wallaby is any macropod that isn't con, roam freely around the park.