It was opened in April 1973 by actress Sophia Loren and has welcomed 30 million visitors.
BBC News, West Midlands
Archive photographs have been released by West Midland Safari Park as the site marks 50 years since it opened.Since then, more than 30 million people have visited the site which is home to more than 1,000 animals.They included a "cake" covered in carrots for the park's Indian rhinos.
Highlights from the park's history include the escape of 130 baboons in 1974 who spent the night roaming around Bewdley before they were all eventually rounded up. When Windsor Safari Park closed in 1993, 150 animals were relocated to Worcestershire, while the park had to close in 2001 during the foot and mouth outbreak.
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