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Knowsley Safari Park

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Knowsley Safari Park is a zoological park and tourist attraction in the Knowsley area of Merseyside, England. [1]

49 relations: African forest buffalo, African wild dog, Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust, Arthritis, Baboon, Bactrian camel, Blackbuck, Blesbok, Bongo (antelope), Botswana, British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Capybara, Common ostrich, Conservation officer, Daily Mail, Earl of Derby, Edward Lear, Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, Eld's deer, Equator, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, European bison, Fallow deer, Kiang, Knowsley Hall, Lechwe, List of Olympic torch relays, Marmoset, Merseyside, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Moose, Nilgai, Olive baboon, Père David's deer, Red river hog, Rhea (bird), Roan antelope, Sitatunga, Somali wild ass, South American tapir, Southern white rhinoceros, Taurotragus, Tourist attraction, Track gauge, Uganda, Waterbuck, Wildebeest, World War II, Zoo.

African forest buffalo

The African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), known also as the Congo buffalo, is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo.

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African wild dog

The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as African hunting dog, African painted dog, painted hunting dog, or painted wolf, is a canid native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust

The Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT), founded 2006, is a non-profit organisation that works to preserve and protect airfields in Great Britain, as well as educating people about their history.

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Arthritis

Arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder that affects joints.

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Baboon

Baboons are Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae which are found natively in very specific areas of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

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Bactrian camel

The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large, even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of Central Asia.

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Blackbuck

The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in India, Nepal and Pakistan.

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Blesbok

The blesbok or blesbuck (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) is an antelope endemic to South Africa.

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Bongo (antelope)

The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate.

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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa.

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British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums

The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) (formerly the Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland) is a registered charity and the professional body representing over 100 zoos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland.

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Capybara

The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a mammal native to South America.

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Common ostrich

The ostrich or common ostrich (Struthio camelus) is either of two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member(s) of the genus Struthio, which is in the ratite family.

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Conservation officer

A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Earl of Derby

Earl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England.

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Edward Lear

Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.

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Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby

Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, (21 April 1918 – 28 November 1994), styled Lord Stanley from 1938 to 1948, was a British peer, landowner and businessman.

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Eld's deer

Eld's deer (Panolia eldii),Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004).

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Equator

An equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is its zeroth circle of latitude (parallel).

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European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) is an organisation for the European zoo and aquarium community that links over 340 member organizations in 41 countries.

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European bison

The European bison (Bison bonasus), also known as wisent or the European wood bison, is a Eurasian species of bison.

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Fallow deer

The fallow deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.

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Kiang

The kiang (Equus kiang) is the largest of the wild asses.

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Knowsley Hall

Knowsley Hall is a stately home near Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England.

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Lechwe

The lechwe (Kobus leche), red lechwe or southern lechwe, is an antelope found in wetlands of south central Africa.

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List of Olympic torch relays

The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games.

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Marmoset

The marmosets,, also known as zaris, are twenty-two New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella and Mico.

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Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million.

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Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley

The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Moose

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family.

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Nilgai

The nilgai or blue bull (literally meaning "blue cow"; Boselaphus tragocamelus) is the largest Asian antelope and is endemic to the Indian subcontinent.

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Olive baboon

The olive baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys).

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Père David's deer

The Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), also known as the milu or elaphure, is a species of deer that are mostly found in captivity.

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Red river hog

The red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus), also known as the bush pig (but not to be confused with P. larvatus, common name "bushpig"), is a wild member of the pig family living in Africa, with most of its distribution in the Guinean and Congolian forests.

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Rhea (bird)

The rheas are large ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) in the order Rheiformes, native to South America, distantly related to the ostrich and emu.

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Roan antelope

The roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) is a savanna antelope found in West, Central, East and Southern Africa.

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Sitatunga

The sitatunga or marshbuck (Tragelaphus spekii) is a swamp-dwelling antelope found throughout central Africa, centering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, parts of Southern Sudan, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Gabon, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

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Somali wild ass

The Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) is a subspecies of the African wild ass.

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South American tapir

The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira), the lowland tapir, in Portuguese anta, and in Quechua sachavaca, is one of five species in the tapir family, along with the mountain tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird's tapir, and the kabomani tapir.

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Southern white rhinoceros

The southern white rhinoceros or southern square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the Northern white rhinoceros).

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Taurotragus

Taurotragus is a genus of large antelopes of the African savanna, commonly known as elands.

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Tourist attraction

A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.

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Track gauge

In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.

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Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda (Jamhuri ya Uganda), is a landlocked country in East Africa.

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Waterbuck

The waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Wildebeest

The wildebeests, also called gnus, are a genus of antelopes, scientific name Connochaetes.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zoo

A zoo (short for zoological garden or zoological park and also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowsley_Safari_Park

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