Oaklawn Farm Zoo

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Oaklawn Farm Zoo


Date opened	1984
Location	Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada
Major exhibits	lions, monkeys
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The Oaklawn Farm Zoo is located in Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada. The zoo is family-owned and operated by Ron and Gail Rogerson. The zoo boasts the largest display of Big Cats and Primates in Eastern Canada, and is the home and birthplace of 'Rutledge', which, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the "World’s Largest Lion". The 50-acre zoo is in a rural setting in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. It includes a wide diversity of mammals, birds and reptiles.

As Nova Scotia’s largest zoo, Oaklawn has a large variety of endangered and threatened species of exotic, native and domestic breeds of animals. Children can feed corn to the animals and the zoo has a restaurant and gift shop. The 7:00PM Feeding Time for the big cats and bears is a popular zoo attraction. Owner Gail Rogerson enters the cages of these animals and will hand feed them meat that is collected from local farms and surrounding areas.

As of 2007, the zoo is a popular tourist attraction in Atlantic Canada and is home to many exotic animals, including: