Since 2012 this membership has been cancelled by the Zoo Aquarium Association. It is one of only three zoo's in Queensland to obtain ZAA accreditation.
ANIMAL KINGDOM SAFARI ANIMALS FULL
In November 2009 the park was granted Full Institutional membership by the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA). In March 2009 the park welcomed two Asian small-clawed otter's from UnderWater World at Mooloolaba. In 2009 the female gave birth to a cub on 13 December, the cub died only 17 days later from severe gastroenteritis. The zoo's resident male tiger and a female on loan from Perth were paired together. In 2008 the zoo started its Sumatran tiger breeding program in line with recommendations from the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA). In 2007, the park negotiated with Sea World in Gold Coast, Queensland to populate Sea World's new hippo exhibit. The zoo sent lions to other areas of Australia to participate in breeding programs. It had a number of behind the scenes encounters and tours. The park maintained a large lion pride, primates, and rhinoceros among other animals. The zoo closed in 2013 after a number of failed attempts to sell as a zoo and subsequently the land and animals were sold separately. The zoo was sold in 2012 and changed its name from Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve to Shambala Animal Kingdom. Many of the volunteers were offered keeper positions by the new owners. It re-opened in September 2006 as Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve. In September 2006 Udo and Jenny Jattke purchased the zoo and spent $100,000 upgrading the facility. Zoo consultants were hired by the zoos administrators. It was closed by involuntary liquidation in 2004 after delays in obtaining permits to move animals from Tipperary Station in the Northern Territory and David Gill returned to England. The zoo was originally opened by David Gill in 2003 (who owns South Lakes Safari Zoo in England) as the Mareeba Wild Animal Park. Cairns Wildlife Safari Kuranda Highway entrance sign
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