Six Flags, Inc. is well known for its portfolio of theme parks featuring the world's most thrilling rides and entertaining shows and attractions. But also part of this worldwide entertainment company are some of the most well-respected and renowned animal parks in the world, featuring natural habitats and environments, educational programs, hands-on explorations, and scientific research projects focused on the preservation and protection of our wildlife.

Each of Six Flags' three U.S. animal parks uniquely complements the traditional Six Flags theme park, offering visitors a double dose of fun and learning in one location. In addition, the year-round park at Six Flags Mexico features playful dolphins; Walibi Aquitaine in Toulouse-Bordeaux, France offers a fantastic sea lion show; and Bellewaerde theme park in Ypers, Belgium features a variety of educational animal exhibits.

Six Flags Wild Safari in Jackson, New Jersey Part of the world's largest regional theme park at Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Wild Safari's 350-acre wildlife preserve is the largest drive-through safari outside of Africa. The park features more than 1,200 animals from six different continents, including giraffes, elephants, rhinos, ostriches, tigers, camels and baboons. Safari-goers can expect visits from animals that walk right up to their cars for an up-close and personal experience.

Wild Safari features several natural animal habitats, including the American Plains where near-extinct bison and whitetail deer roam freely, and the African Plains housing several species including antelope, ostrich, zebra, elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, gazelle and giraffe. Also on site are African lions, the American black bear and Canadian brown bear, Australian kangaroos, Siberian white tigers, and Peruvian llamas.

Six Flags Great Adventure and Wild Safari hosts Students on Safari, a special learning adventure for students, pre-K through 8th grade. The interactive program features a fascinating learning experience combined with fun-filled activities that correspond to the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Science. For more information about these programs, call 732-928-1821.

Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, California Six Flags Marine World is America's only combination wildlife park, oceanarium and theme park featuring rides, shows, and land animal and mammal exhibits in one location. A longstanding accredited member of The American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA), Marine World is an active participant in international cooperative programs on wildlife conservation, education and scientific study.

Marine World offers special habitats for a range of sea life and marine mammals, butterflies, giraffes, reptiles and birds, and features the 2,800-seat Dolphin Harbor stadium. Visitors can participate in the "Dolphin Discovery" program, which includes an educational presentation in a private classroom and finishes with a wetsuit and a dip in the water with the resident bottlenose dolphins.

Marine World is also home to three African and three Asian elephants, including Tava, who came to Marine World at the age of three in 1981. Tava was orphaned in the culling of elephant herds in Kruger National Park in South Africa, and has since participated in an elephant breeding program coordinated by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association Species Survival Plan for Elephants.

Six Flags Marine World offers a range of educational, outreach and animal interaction programs for students. For more information, call 707-556-5434 or 707-556-5274.

Six Flags Worlds of Adventure in Cleveland, Ohio Also AZA accredited, Six Flags Worlds of Adventure in Cleveland is home to a range of wildlife exhibits and programs, and inhabitants include killer whales, sharks, dolphins, Bengal tigers, reptiles, zebras, penguins and more.

Best known for its marine research and scientific studies, Six Flags Worlds of Adventure gained approval from the National Marine Fisheries Services to import Shouka, an 8-year-old female killer whale, who had been living at marine park in France. Shouka will participate in a breeding program as well as education and conservation-oriented presentations. Shouka arrived at the Ohio park in 2002 via a specially rigged 747 jet.

Another feature new to the park is Tiger Island, which opened in 2002 to showcase four Bengal tigers. These beautiful animals display various behaviors during daily educational demonstrations complete with presentations by experienced and knowledgeable tiger trainers. Tiger Island is one of just three such tiger exhibits in the world (one other is at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure's sister park at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, California).

Worlds of Adventure also features interactive shows with dolphins, trained animal actors and whimsical sea lions and walruses. The park's world-class exhibits showcase penguins, sea otters, sharks, and include aquariums full of exotic fish, and sea life touch pools.

Marine Life Education Programs are an important part of the fun at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure, including summer camps, Shark Sleep-overs, school assembly programs and instructional field trips for school classes. Reservations are required for all education programs, and can be made through the Marine Life Education Department at 330-562-8101, ext. 2280.

Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional theme park company. Through its subsidiaries, it owns and operates a total of 39 parks in North America and Europe. Six Flags parks serve 35 of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly held corporation with corporate offices in New York City and Oklahoma City. The Company's stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol: PKS.

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