" WARNER BROTHERS JUNGLE HABITAT "
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 2009
Announcement to all past Jungle Habitat Employees , Residents of the surrounding Townships,
Game Park Patrons , Guests or anyone with any memories from the 1970's
are requested to please share their stories with us for the up and coming Autobiography titled ;
Memoirs:
" I Was a Teenage Rhino Herder in New Jersey "
or
" An Eclectic Look Back on Warner Brothers Jungle Habitat "
All information and cherished fascinating stories about Jungle Habitat shared and published will be properly credited.
Please call 201 . 384 . 7760 leave a detailed message and leave a call back number or e mail address.
Or please e mail your story to song3@verizon.net a.s.a.p.
Thanks so much and please scroll down for some memories.
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Jungle Habitat is an amazing place and story in time.
Located in West Milford , New Jersey , U. S. A.
This bizarre sort of drive- thru Zoo created by
Warner Brothers was like no other public place ever on earth.
People at random would drive their own vehicles into a wildlife park
by the car or bus load
where lions tigers and bears ran free.
Folks and family's would drive through various compound areas
designated for particular types of predator animals.
You get the idea.
Dangerous!
Sometimes visitors would roll down their car windows and
try to feed these vicious animals getting mauled and once even killed.
Sometimes people would escape near death situations by having their own
car doors closed on them by 700 pound Siberian tigers.
This happening after getting out of their own cars to retrieve
a six pack of beer or sandwiches from their cooler in the trunk.
Missed by inches of being attacked by a wild cat or bear.
Narrow escapes galore witnessed on an hourly basis.
There was no real supervision at Jungle Habitat and many visiting there assumed
because these animals were loose that they were also harmless.
Big mistakes.
No insurance policies at this place available due to the understanding
that everyone enters at their own risk.
Signs were almost everywhere regarding this fact.
Warner Brothers was never in any way responsible for your
health or vehicle during your stay .
I know all of this from experience.
Herding Rhinoceros and Elephants was a department that I
experienced personally / professionally everyday when working there.
I lived in West Milford and entered the wildlife department employed
by Warner Brothers at seventeen years of age .
This theme park employed many of the townships people.
It was always a blessing to me being such an animal lover
that this unusual place opened less than a mile from our childhood home.
Everyday would be a total jungle adventure except that this was all
happening in New Jersey.
( J. T. S. )
Jersey Tarzan Syndrome was next on the agenda.
It developed soon after work started there.
That condition is something better to be explained at a later time .
Anyway,
Bringing a dozen elephants and eleven rhinos back and forth
from place to place daily on foot by herding them with a stick
was always the most challenging . Never a dull moment.
Each day all the elephants and rhinoceros' were taken by us
from their enormous steel barns .
They were never tamed .
We then herded them through the woods to another outdoor compound about one half mile away.
At dusk each day we would then herd them all back into their barns for the night.
This was the mission each day. Guide them safely .
Plus bath them and shovel out their barns.
Feeding them all along the way including other health cares.
You would also possibly fall in love with them once you get past the odors.
All of this going on while maintaining our firm position and motto which was
" Not to ever be trampled or squashed. "
These procedures would take place everyday from dawn until dark.
Many close calls that were life death you may just imagine.
Too many classic animal adventures to mention here now.
Moments in time filled with lots of inspirations .
Tons of cars and other vehicles were rammed and destroyed visiting the park by
these large creatures every year that would be running amuck .
These times were so wild !
A place like this with almost no rules was totally available
without any limitations.
All open to the general public.
And basically that is the way it was.
Too many beautiful memories of wildlife scenarios to count.
Dreams and fantasies about working with nature became real there .
I am so grateful for these amazing life experiences.
Being a part of Warner Brothers Jungle Habitat wildlife
department was one of my personal highlights and joys thus far .
My own compositions and creativity today reflects scenes from those times.
I can always go back into the memory banks recalling the serenity encountered
at that period to gain more inspiration.
I am thankful for all the divine gifts from God above.
Jungle Habitat stories are a big part of my life.
Besides the terror filled animal attacks it was a most beautiful unique place.
Stay tuned for some super exciting information about
Warner Brothers Jungle Habitat.
Go to your favorite search engine and see what you can find out about
this wonderful animal kingdom once operating not too far from N . Y . C.
The purpose of writing from this perspective about this certain place
is to share the times and events
while giving captivating delightful experiences to others.
Expressions heavily stating the importance in dwelling together
at one alongside with nature whenever possible .
That is what this indescribable feeling is all about to me
when remembering those times and that place .
These special moments will be captured and coming in time :
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR !!!
the book titled -
Memoirs : I was a Teenage Rhino Herder !
Due out Summer of 2010 A.D. OR SOONER !
