Our Family Visit to the East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue

Visiting zoos, wildlife parks, aquariums and animal rescues is something that my family enjoys doing. We’ve always loved animals and are big supporters of conservation, responsible breeding programs, etc. Every human being has a responsibility in this world and one of our responsibilities is preserving wildlife for future generations to enjoy.

A few weeks ago we took a drive up to Fairfield to visit the East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue, located on 320 Zoo Road in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. This is a non-profit group that rescues exotic animals and gives them a proper home. Personally, I’m glad that there are groups who will take in exotics, but sad that humans feel the need to have exotic animals as pets. Sigh.

East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue is open seasonally from May through October on Saturday and Sundays. You will have to pay a reasonable fee to enter and to visit with the animals. This admission fee helps to house, feed and provide vet care to the residents (animals) who live there.

During your visit to the sanctuary you’ll see a wide variety of exotic animals: lions, tropical birds, reptiles (gators), monkeys, tigers, goats, etc. I was really surprised to see all of these exotics in one location…the type of things you expect to see at a zoo, not at a wildlife sanctuary. Yup, it saddens me that people think they should own exotics for pets! Some of the animals there were rescues from laboratories too.

We spent about 90 minutes wondering around and looking at the animals. You can really tell that they’re happy and well-taken care of. It’s a really nice place to visit for a family outing and the drive up to Fairfield was beautiful. We enjoy visiting these type’s of places and pretty happy that we finally made the trip up to visit East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue.