The Largest Bird Sanctuary In Missouri, World Bird Sanctuary Is Home To Hundreds Of Birds
By Beth Price-Williams|Published June 14, 2020
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Beth Price-Williams
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A professional writer for more than two decades, Beth has lived in nearly a dozen states – from Missouri and Virginia to Connecticut and Vermont – and Toronto, Canada. In addition to traveling extensively in the U.S. and the U.K., she has a BA in Journalism from Point Park University (PA), a MA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Stockton University (NJ), and a Master of Professional Writing from Chatham University (PA). A writer and editor for Only In Your State since 2016, Beth grew up in and currently lives outside of Pittsburgh and when she’s not writing or hanging out with her bunnies, budgies, and chinchilla, she and her daughter are out chasing waterfalls.
Animals – whether furry, feathered, or scaly – just seem to have a natural way of brightening a day. They make us smile with their antics and their friendliness. Sometimes they inspire us, too. Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration when you visit World Bird Sanctuary in Missouri, a safe place where injured wild birds can rehabilitate before being re-introduced to the wild and where those too injured to return to the wild live out their lives.
Sprawled across more than 300 acres outside of St. Louis, World Bird Sanctuary provides a safe haven to approximately 270 animals of various species.
Birds who can be rehabilitated are cared for until they are ready to return to the wild. Those who can no longer safely live in the wild find a lifelong home and care at the sanctuary.
World Bird Sanctuary is home to a variety of birds - from owls to eagles, including bald eagles - and to several other animals, including Sprinkles the emu and Rose the three-toed box turtle.
You'll find a full menu of activities when you visit the sanctuary. Join a guided tour, for example, where you will learn more about the sanctuary, which opened in 1977, and its residents. Reservations are required for the one-hour tour.
Don't forget to stop by the Nature Center, typically open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., where you can meet the Golden Girls (box turtles) and Arizona, a thick-billed parrot, as well as several other animals.
Have you been to World Sanctuary in Missouri? Do you recommend it to others? Share your experience in the comments! If you love animals, you’ll definitely want to keep an eye out for these four out-of-places animals in Missouri.
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