Davao Crocodile Park: Crocodiles’ Home in Davao

The Davao Crocodile Park has now become a popular tourist destination in the City of Davao. It is located at the Diversion Highway of Ma-a in Davao City. The Davao Crocodile Park is a commercial establishment that is equipped of the state-of-the-art farming system of various crocodiles.

Aside from Freshwater and Saltwater Crocodiles, the Davao Crocodile Park is also housing other exotic species of animals such as monkeys, raptors, snakes, bearcats, birds, and other reptiles, making the Davao Crocodile Park a desired destination for tourists in Davao.

The Davao Crocodile Park was established in Davao for the following reasons: (1) For tourism in Davao, (2) To give entertainment to the public and also public viewing, (3) Become a venue of educational tours, (4) To promote public awareness of crocodiles and other reptiles through holding seminars and lectures, (5) For the conservation of the crocodile species and other wildlife species, (6) To act as a laboratory field for students of animal-related courses.

Through the fascination of Mr. Philip Dizon, the owner, to crocodiles, the Davao Crocodile Park was born. At first, creating the Davao Crocodile Park was not for business not until he learned later that public viewing and leather production from crocodiles are profitable businesses.

In November of 1995, the Philippine Government gave accreditation as well as permit to the owner to become the first Davao Crocodile Park in Davao. And ten years later, the Davao Crocodile Park opened as a world-class park in August 18, 2005 in Davao.

The vision of the Davao Crocodile Park is to educate everyone about the natural habitat of the crocodiles and what is their connection to our life and nature. This is vision of the Davao Crocodile Park is not just for the crocodiles alone but also other wildlife animals that are present in the Davao Crocodile Park.

The Davao Crocodile Park has made a conservation challenge for the benefits of the crocodile population. They make initiatives that people may pay attention to the danger that the crocodiles are facing at the present. The crocodiles are already nearing for extinction if we don’t act now to save them that the future generations may still be able to see some living legacy of the famous era of dinosaurs.

The Davao Crocodile Park has a number of events that people can enjoy while visiting this popular park in Davao. These are the Crocodile Dancing, Crocodile Encounter, Crocodile Frenzy, Tightrope Walking, and many more.

Once you have visited the Davao Crocodile Park in Davao, you will learn to love the crocodiles instead of being afraid of them.

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  1. angel said,

    November 15, 2008 at 8:17 am

    pls give me some of the davao city goverment’s animal saving project

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