Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch is a ranch and wildlife refuge in Texas. The ranch is a Texas Land Heritage Property, certified by the State of Texas for being used for agriculture by the same family for over 100 years. It comprises over 400 acres of Texas Hill Country publicly accessible by automobile.^[2]

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
29.69421°N 98.33567°W / 29.69421; -98.33567,
Date opened	June 1, 1984
Location	San Antonio, Texas
Land area	400 acres (160 ha)[1]
No. of animals	500[1]
No. of species	40+[1]
Website	www.wildliferanchtexas.com

It is not affiliated with the Natural Bridge Caverns.

Animals

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch provides habitat for more than 500 animals representing more than 40 species.^[3] The owners, Ray and Trudy Soechting, obtained some animals from zoos, and others were purchased from exotic animal breeders or imported.^[4]

Some of the animals at the ranch include:^[4]

• Addax
• Ankole-Watusi
• Axis deer
• Barbary sheep
• Blue bull
• Blesbok
• Eland antelope
• Elk
• Emu
• Gazelle
• Giraffe
• Greater Kudu
• Gnu
• Llama
• Oryx
• Ostrich
• Sitka deer
• Springbok antelope
• Tibetan snowcock
• Waterbuck
• Wildebeest
• Yak
• Zebra