The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve is a 100-acre (40 ha) zoo and wildlife preserve (25 acres (10 ha) are accessible to the public) located on Maryland Route 806 in Thurmont, Maryland, United States.
The preserve features safari truck rides that let visitors touch and feed large herbivores in a wooded setting.
[3] The facility was then purchased by Richard and Mary Anne Hahn[4] and reopened in 1966.
In August 2012, the zoo was fined by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service $12,000 for numerous violations.
[7] Worker safety and animal care issues at the zoo have been raised for a number of years.