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4 unusual facts about Wild Kingdom


Girl Scout National Center West

In 1978, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom filmed part of its show at the National Center West, featuring wildlife projects made by Girl Scouts.

Pilanesberg Game Reserve

6000 animals were resettled into the park over the course of the early 1980s with Operation Genesis, which was featured on a two-part episode on Wild Kingdom in 1981.

Six Flags America

The property was bought by Jim Fowler's Wild Kingdom where thereafter, the site was converted from a wildlife preserve into a theme park gradually over the years.

Valley Park, Missouri

Crawford, working with Wild Kingdom star Marlin Perkins, recognized a need for an organization dedicated to birds of prey.



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Manitoba's Wild Kingdom

In late 1986, former members of The Dictators, vocalist Richard Manitoba, bassist and songwriter Andy Shernoff, and guitarist Daniel Rey (Rabinowitz), producer for The Ramones, organized to form the band Wild Kingdom.