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Lions, Tigers, & Bears
Neighborhood: El Cajon
1920 Joe Crosson Dr
# 7
(between Denny Way & Joe Crossen Dr)
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 659-8078
1920 Joe Crosson Dr
# 7
(between Denny Way & Joe Crossen Dr)
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 659-8078
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
2 reviews for Lions, Tigers, & Bears
This isn't really a Zoo, and it isn't really in El Cajon, that's the mailing address. It is a big cat rescue facility located in Alpine. It is NOT open to the public.
You can visit this amazing place, provided you sign up as a member, book a private appointment and then pay the extra visitation fee. It is expensive, but the cost is worth it if you enjoy once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
The grounds are huge and the women who work there clearly love their big cats. They currently have 3 lions, 4 tigers, a couple of bobcats plus others. You go and get much closer to them than you could in any zoo, but you are completely safe. Pay some extra and you can feed the tigers raw meat on skewers through the chain-link fence. It was insanely cool to do and well worth the cost. It felt even better to know that the money was going to help provide these beautiful creatures with a caring home.
I wanted to go, I wanted to take the relatives for something really unique and different than the zoo, and I wanted to go because years ago my uncle took me to a similar place in Arizona called Out of Africa, and then my cat-lover friend (a member) told me about this place and I got all excited. So I called because I heard you could see them this weekend and this is what happened:
I told them my member friend sent me their way for this Saturday and that I had some out-of-town loved ones I wanted to bring and so basically here I am with money to give and they are all "Nyah that's fer myemburz, are yew a myember? Yew kin sign up for $50 a pewrson but usually we aren't open except on odd weekends at odd hours and you have to beg us and plead like we're doing YOU a fayver and nyah sorry that's the way we are organyzed nyah..." and so there you have it they are basically being stupid and no wonder they are short on cash to feed the cats, $50 is nuts if you're from out of town and how can they expect me to ever come and bring support when they pull attitude like that? What a shame they are like that. all I wanted to do was go and support their cause, I love big cats and rescues and stuff. So I'm giving them 3 stars although I'm sure the cats themselves deserve 6, the hoo-mans there sound like they deserve none.