Myrtle Beach Safari – The Liger Hub
Myrtle Beach Safari is the biggest hub of the ligers in the world. In fact; Myrtle Beach Safari is the most popular destination in the world to experience a live interaction with a lot of exotic big cats such as ligers. This safari park holds more than 50 acres of land, where it accumulates hundreds of endangered species of animal kingdom. Myrtle Beach Safari is located in South Carolina state of USA. The exact address of this animal safari park is 4898 Highway 17 Byp S, Folly Rd, Folly Ranch Ln, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29588-5628, USA. Moreover; its big cats like lions and tigers have also been the part of 100s of commercials throughout United States as well.
Throughout the years, Myrtle Beach Safari has introduced dozens of ligers at its safari park and made key contributions to educate its visitors about ligers. During 1990s; Samson and Hobbs the ligers were the main attraction of the Myrtle Beach Safari. Both of these ligers were huge and weighed well over 900 pounds. Then in 2000s; Myrtle Beach Safari introduced a litter of 4 ligers named as Hercules, Vulcan, Zeus and Sinbad the ligers. These liger brothers also weighed more than 900 pounds each which is still considered as a world record. In 2010; Myrtle Beach Safari introduced its visitors to Aries the liger; who was also the brother Hercules, Zeus, Sinbad and Vulcan. In 2014; Myrtle Beach Safari introduced a litter of most rare and unique white ligers named as Odlin, Yeti, Samson and Apolo the ligers.
Ligers from Myrtle Beach Safari have also made huge news buzz over the years as well. For example Myrtle Beach Safari liger (Hercules the liger) was featured within Guinness Book of World Records 2006. Ligers were also declared as the biggest cat species on planet earth. Then in 2014; Hercules the liger again featured within Guinness Book of World Record and this time Hercules himself was declared as the largest individual cat weighing 921 pounds. Furthermore; ligers from Myrtle Beach Safari have also featured within dozens of TV shows of National Geographic, Discovery, Animal Planet, CNN, ABC News, Daily News and many more. Even famous Hollywood actress Kate Winslet has also interacted with the tigers and ligers of the Myrtle Beach Safari on live TV Shows as well.
Having these ligers along with hundreds of other exotic animals also require skilful animal handlers and Myrtle Beach Safari is nothing short of them. Dr. Bhagavan Antle is the leading animal trainer of ligers and other big cats at Myrtle Beach Safari. He has more than 30 years of experience with ligers, tigers and lions. Famous big cats such as Arthur the Lion and Hercules the liger are both raised by Dr. Bhagavan Antle at Myrtle Beach Safari, South Carolina, USA. Dr. Bhagavan Antle has also appeared on National Geographic, Discovery and Animal Planet as well. In fact; all the ligers at Myrtle Beach Safari are raised under the expert supervision of Dr. Bhagavan Antle. He has personally raised almost one dozen ligers at Myrtle Beach Safari.
Female animal trainers also work alongside with the male trainers at Myrtle Beach safari. Famous female animal trainers from Myrtle Beach Safari include Rajani Ferrante, Moksha Bybee and China York. To their credit, these female animal trainers also have decades of experience with ligers and many other big cats. Rajani Ferrante has hand-raised all the four liger cubs i.e., Hercules, Vulcan, Sinbad and Zeus as well. She has also appeared along with Samson the liger in National Geographic’s program Humanzee as well.
China York has appeared with Sinbad the Liger in National Geographic’s program Super Cat. She appeared to be hugging, sitting and even feeding Sinbad the liger. China York also became part of Guinness Book Records 2006; where she appeared along with a liger of Myrtle Beach Safari. Apart from ligers; China York has also been an animal trainer of tigers, chimpanzees, cougars and even leopards at the Myrtle Beach Safari. China York is part of Myrtle Beach Safari for more than 20 years now and she has almost 25 years of experience with the big cats.
Moksha Bybee is also a very famous and an experienced animal trainer from Myrtle Beach Safari. She is part of Myrtle Beach Safari since early 2000s. Among ligers of Myrtle Beach Safari; she has been mostly spotted with Hercules the liger, Aries the liger and with the litter of four white liger cubs. Apart from ligers Moksha Bybee has also raised lions, tigers, pumas, cheetahs, jaguars, leopards, Chimpanzees, Orangutans, Fish Eagle, Tapir, Badgers and wolves etc. She has also appeared on National Geographic on different programs about Chimpanzees and ligers.
Myrtle Beach Safari is a very smooth running animal welfare organization. It has been very caring for animals and has provided them all the basic and advanced level necessities. It offers immediate medical care to the animals. If you look at the animal enclosures; you will notice that all of them are built as perfect shelters for the animals of Myrtle Beach Safari. They have experienced animal caretakers and trainers along with hundreds of volunteers working at the Myrtle Beach Safari. All animals at the safari park look very health and well-nourished. Additionally; they have been very creative in making visitors’ interaction with the animals. Therefore; from an overall perspective Myrtle Beach Safari has been phenomenal; when it comes to the proper care of the animals and visitors experience.
The authorities of the Myrtle Beach Safari are one of the pioneers to measure the speed of the ligers at their premises. Usually a lure is dragged in front of a liger; who loves to chase it while the animal trainers measure the speed of the liger while their liger is on a run. Apart from ligers Myrtle Beach Safari has also measured and demonstrated the speed of other big cats such as cheetahs and tigers etc. All of these speeds are measured in front of the visitors of the Myrtle Beach Safari and it really excites the visitors to know about the speeds of these magnificent big cats right in front of them.
Having a foreign tour of London along with the liger was one of the most adventurous liger Endeavour which the team of the Myrtle Beach Safari has ever accomplished. This happened in 2010; when Hercules the Liger visited London along with Dr. Bhagavan Antle, Rajani Ferrante, Moksha Bybee and China York. Hercules the liger had photographs at London’s Abbey Road, London Underground and also along with London’s black cab as well. In one of the most iconic pictures; Hercules the liger was seen standing on its back-feet along with London’s double-decker bus as well. He looked as high as the two storey bus and as long as London’s black cab too.
Over the years, Myrtle Beach Safari has globally propagated and projected the image of the ligers in the best possible way. The Safari Park believes that ligers serve as the brand ambassadors for the conservation of the big cat species. Moreover; they have not only successfully delivered this message but have also raised huge amount of financial assistance for the conservation of the big cats as well. All these factors are enough to conclude that the Myrtle Beach Safari is the biggest liger hub in the world.
