![]() ![]() proposed a $20 million expansion project to the site. However, business declined gradually as it failed to attract repeat business without changing its attractions or adding new ones. The park did not have amusement-style rides, although there were plans (which never materialized) to add them in the spring of 1977. A small tram station here was called Jungle Junction. The shows occurred three times a day on weekdays, and four on weekends. Guests could have their photographs taken with the characters. Coyote, the Road Runner and Merlin the Magic Mouse. The walk-through section was a small theme park which included a petting zoo, camel and elephant rides, snack bars, gift shop, a reptile house, a dolphin show, and " Bugs Bunny and Friends" live shows with Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, approximately 100 miles (160 km) to the south, also had (until recently) a similar type of drive-through safari attraction (theirs has now been converted to a ride-through attraction as part of the amusement park, so it is still viewed by vehicle but not by car). Signs were posted along the route to warn visitors to keep their windows closed. ![]() Many of the animals would climb atop the cars, and/or walk in front of vehicles, bringing them to a halt. Drivers and their passenger(s) could observe peacocks, baboons, camels, elephants, llamas, giraffes, and Siberian tigers in this section, either in their cars or on a Jungle Habitat bus. The park featured a drive-through safari section, which allowed for wild animals to roam free and approach vehicles as they slowly drove through. The drive-through section was an animal safari park and the walk-through area was called Jungle Junction (no relation to the Disney TV show of the same name). The park contained over 1,500 animals it consisted of a drive-through section and a walk-through section. By November 1972, the park had 500,000 paid visitors. Jungle Habitat, which was in West Milford, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, was a Warner Bros.-owned theme park that opened in the summer of 1972, and closed in October 1976. ![]() Natural environment and animal conservation ![]()
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