Beyond the cows, alpacas, miniature horses, and many other barnyard animals, there are the mighty Disney bison. The City of Santa Clarita has recently taken ownership of the William S. Hart Park in Newhall.
Animal Care Specialist, Rachel Komulainen, is in charge of the barnyard, and yes, the giant buffalo.
“All our animals are very spoiled. They get along very well. We have great staff and great volunteers here,” said Rachel Komulainen, animal care specialist.
The bison and their descendants have lived on this 26-acre hillside since 1962. Part of the Disney movie ranch, these massive animals, along with their barnyard neighbors, eat only the best.
“Our animals also get fresh produce a couple of times a day, besides their hay and their and their pelleted diets. We have amazing vets that we use, and again, everybody’s regularly vaccinated and dewormed,” said Komalainen.
“And we also have different types of hay that we feed. We feed a three-way hay to our bison, which is oat, wheat, and barley,” said Komulainen.
“I’m a big animal advocate and I always like to make sure people understand that that little hatchingling tortoise that’s this big is really cute until it gets to be, ya know, three hundred, four hundred pounds and lives to be a hundred fifty, right, so, or a Burmese python’s again very cute and they get to be twenty feet as a female,” said Komulainen.
At the amazing Hart Park exhibit, the equine and bovine pen…
“We actually have two large cows. This is Clarabelle, Miss Clarabelle. She’s sharing the screen with me. So Clarabelle is a cross between a longhorn and a highland. We have two mini-horses, Summer and Winter,” said Komulainen.
Yet another tucked-away animal venue in our hometown of Santa Clarita.
“Okay, so a reminder, the William S. Hart Park is open to the public every day except certain holidays, and, but the barnyard is open every day except for Mondays from nine to two,” said Komulainen.
