{
  "id": 17583799,
  "title": "400-acre California wildlife preserve to become nonprofit after 50 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/400-acre-california-wildlife-preserve-to-become-nonprofit-after-50",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-01T10:38:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/a-400-acre-wildlife-preserve-in-sonoma-county-began-with-peter-lang-who-kept-exotic-animals-on-a-beverly-hills-cattle-ranch-in-the-1970s-five-decades-later-safari-west-is-being-handed-to-a-nonprofit-to-carry-on-his-conservation-work/articleshow/135424353.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Safari West, a wildlife preserve in Sonoma County, California, that has been home to over 900 exotic animals for the past 50 years, is set to undergo a transformation. The 400-acre preserve, previously owned by Peter Lang, a cattle rancher from Beverly Hills, and his wife Nancy Lang, a zoologist, will become a nonprofit organization. This change aims to boost research, education, and conservation efforts while still allowing visitors to enjoy the attraction.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Safari West, 400-acre preserve in Sonoma County, California, will become nonprofit.",
    "Owned by Peter Lang and Nancy Lang for 50 years, now shifting focus.",
    "Transformation aims to enhance research, education, and conservation efforts."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}