how many acres is the san diego safari park
1,800
title: San Diego Zoo Safari Park text: San Diego Zoo Safari Park The San Diego Zoo Safari Park, originally named the San Diego Wild Animal Park until 2010, is an 1,800 acre (730 ha) zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido. It is one of the largest tourist attractions in San Diego County. The park houses a large array of wild and endangered animals including species from the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Australia. The park is in a semi-arid environment, and one of its most notable features is the Africa Tram, which explores the expansive title: San Diego Zoo Safari Park text: last Northern White Rhino, Nola was euthanized due to bacterial infection and her health rapidly failing The Safari Park has received several awards for its breeding programs and conservation efforts. San Diego Zoo Safari Park The San Diego Zoo Safari Park, originally named the San Diego Wild Animal Park until 2010, is an 1,800 acre (730 ha) zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido. It is one of the largest tourist attractions in San Diego County. The park houses a large array of wild and endangered animals including species from the continents of Africa, title: San Diego Zoo Global text: AAZPA for "a truly significant captive propagation effort that clearly enhances the conservation of the species" in 1974. The Wild Animal Park (now named the San Diego Zoo Safari Park; see #Rebranding below) now houses over 2,600 animals representing more than 300 species, and a botanical collection of 1.5 million specimens representing 3,500 plant species. Over half of the park's 1,800 acres (730 hectares) is set aside as protected native species habitat for the California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion. In the early 1970s, Dr. Kurt Benirschke, a Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Pathology at the University of California, San title: San Diego Zoo Safari Park text: the hospital is the Institute for Conservation Research, which holds the park's Frozen Zoo. Both the park and the San Diego Zoo are run by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The park is away from the zoo, at 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road, east of Escondido, California, along California State Route 78. Although the park is primarily within the San Diego city limits, it has an Escondido address. The San Diego Zoological Society became interested in developing the Wild Animal Park in 1964. The idea of the park began as a supplementary breeding facility for the San Diego Zoo, title: San Pasqual Valley, San Diego text: to citrus, avocado, and dairy farms. It includes the San Pasqual Valley AVA, an area designated an American Viticultural Area by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The valley experiences very hot days and ocean-cooled nights. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park, formerly named the San Diego Wild Animal Park, occupies in the valley. The San Pasqual and Clevenger Canyon Open Space Park is located at the eastern end of the valley. The residential area located in the mountains that border the valley, near the agricultural preserve is officially named as Rancho San Pasqual. Locals often refer