When is the best time to view the animals?
All the animals have their own shelters and privacy areas if they need.
Yes, most if not all the animals are accustomed to our Northwest weather. Do the animals come out during the rain or snow? Olympic Game Farm is open year round but will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day in order to spend time with our families. Naturally, the best donation is monetarily, but we will consider all other types. Yes, the Olympic Game Farm does accept any reasonable donations. This presents tough budgeting constraints and is a tremendous struggle each year. Income made from the summer season carries the Farm through the lean winter months. We do receive donations from the local dairy farms and equestrians, or from a farm hobbyist. In the past, filmmaking and tourism was the mainstay however, as the years and societal attitudes have evolved the film industry genre, live animal actors are no longer in high demand. This includes all operating costs (employees, licensing, feed, utilities, repairs, etc.) associated with caring for our animals. How do you afford to feed them?Ĭurrently, all proceeds from tourism are put into animal care and feeding. Several of the animals are either rehomed, come as overflow from other licensed facilities, or have been received from other properly licensed individuals. Lloyd Beebe passed along his trait, his dedication, and his love for wildlife to his grandsons Robert Beebe and James Beebe, along with their uncle Kenneth Beebe, who have taken over the daily operations of the Olympic Game Farm since 2008. We cannot accept local animals from the wild without proper permission from Washington State Fish and Wildlife. Olympic Game Farm will continue to accept in-need wildlife, as space permits and with the proper authority approvals. Our founders Lloyd and Catherine Beebe retired from the filming industry and focused solely on caring for their animal actors, concentrating on offering “in need” captive bred animals a new and loving home. Summer of 2014, “Leland” a black tail deer was used in the filming of “Captain Fantastic” as well as Olympic Game Farm used as a filming location for a scene.Īfter the death of Walt and Roy Disney, Disney Studios began to move away from the nature films that had been so dear to Walt’s heart. In 1972, with the approval of the Disney Studios for using the Disney name, Olympic Game Farm, Inc.
In winter of 2013, we used “Kitty” once again in a National Geographic documentary on black bear in the city. In 2012, we had used our black bear “Kitty” and wolf “Brutus” in “Serenity Farms”.
A few popular titles produced with our past animal actors are “Charlie the Lonesome Cougar,” “The Incredible Journey,” “White Wilderness,” and “Grizzly Adams” television and movie series. Olympic Game Farm worked exclusively for Walt Disney Studios for 28 years, filming here at the farm and on the Olympic Peninsula, as well as on many different set locations.
Friendly llamas and yak eat bread from your hand, clowning bears stand up and wave, and the elk and buffalo peacefully graze in the pastures. With over 200 animals on-site, our driving tour leaves our visitors with vivid memories of these amazing creatures experiences which, at first are hard to imagine, become pleasantly surprising.