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January 2017, the park cut a majority of the staff to continue to stay open. On March 30, 2017, Hollywild Chairman Tim Todd announced that the park would not open for the 2017 season and that it was likely that the park would not reopen to the public. However, the park has since reopened in a limited capacity where visitors can drive through the park from the safety of their vehicle and interact with animals that approach them.
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Federal regulation violations, turnout to the park decreased in 2016. A GoFundMe page was created to raise $ 500,000 to keep the park open. It was then reduced to $ 250,000. As of January 2017, the fund received $ 865. The park closed for the Winter (as it normally
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HollyWild was started by the Meeks family. They started with typical farm animals and animals native to South
Carolina in their back yard. In 1970, the M&M Zoo opened with Donna the Elephant (1967-2007) as one of the stars of the park. Because the animals are hand raised, they are often used in
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The park was named for their animals' history with films and commercials. Some of their stars include Tank the southern white rhinoceros, Capuchin monkeys, zebras, chimpanzees, African lions, cougars, an
Appaloosa horse, macaws, lynx, Siberian tigers, brown bears, leopards, baboons, jaguars,
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