Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park

The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, famously known as the "Tiger King Park," was once a controversial roadside zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. This site, now permanently closed, was once home to a vast collection of exotic animals, particularly big cats, and gained worldwide notoriety through the Netflix documentary series "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness". While no longer operational as a public attraction, its history remains a significant, albeit complex, part of Oklahoma's recent past. The park showcased a variety of species, offering visitors a unique, though often criticized, experience with exotic wildlife. During its active years, the visitor experience at the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park revolved heavily around direct, interactive encounters with animals, especially tiger cubs. Guests could pay for opportunities to pet and photograph young tigers, a practice that generated significant revenue but also drew intense scrutiny from animal welfare organizations. Beyond the cub encounters, the park featured enclosures housing adult big cats such as tigers, lions, pumas, and hybrid ligers and tigons, along with bears, lemurs, and monkeys. The park's rural setting and its unconventional approach to animal care and display created a unique, if often unsettling, atmosphere for those who visited. Today, the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park stands as an abandoned and heavily vandalized site, a stark reminder of its tumultuous past and the controversies that led to its closure. The animals have been rehomed to sanctuaries and other facilities. Although visitors can no longer experience the park's offerings, its legacy continues to spark conversations about exotic animal ownership, animal welfare, and the sensationalism captured in the "Tiger King" documentary. Turn your visit into a safari! Use the Snappit app to scan and log wildlife sightings here.