Endangered Animal Rescue Sanctuary (EARS)

Endangered Animal Rescue Sanctuary (EARS) is a not-for-profit organization that exists specifically to provide permanent homes for unwanted and/or abused endangered animals. EARS exist to provide dignified living for endangered big cats, bears, monkeys, leopards and more!

One Day Membership Tour Information
Membership tours are offered the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 am. Gates open at 9.30am This is a slow-guided tour on 30 acres of land and some of the animals you will see are: tigers, lions, ligers, cougars, leopards, monkeys, bears and more! All animals are in locked enclosures and for safety reasons EARS does NOT allow touching of any exotic animals. EARS is not handicapped accessible, but we do have various benches to sit down during the tour. The tour will last about an hour and a half and during this time, pictures are NOT allowed, no videotaping of any kind is permitted. We will provide pictures at the end of your tour.

COST
13 to adult is $20/person
3 to 12 years is $12/person
Kids under 2 is FREE
Pay Cash or check upon arrival

Club Membership Tours
Do you have a club or organization that would like a private group tour? Must be booked in advance.
Prices for the Private group tour are $300.00 for up to 10 people every person after is $20.00 per person.

For more information and booking membership tours, please contact:
Sue Nassivera at 352-266-2859 or email sportcopy@outlook.com

*** Please note EARS is not open to the public. Marion County requires all visitors to become members of EARS in order to visit the sanctuary.