Photos: Lion Country Safari

A startled motorist gets more than he bargained for. Damage to the car’s fender was slight, and the rhino quickly lost interest and moved on.   (Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times)

A tiger gives a special welcome to a busload of visitors.   (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)

A eland and giraffe exercise their right-of-way privileges at Lion Country Safari.   (Mary Frampton / Los Angeles Times)

Visitors move carefully through a parade of ostriches.   (Larry Anderson / Los Angeles Times)

Giraffes cross in front of cars on the final day at Lion Country Safari.  (Gail Fisher / Los Angeles Times)

Rafiki the elephant watches over her newborn calf at Lion Country Safari. The baby was about 200 pounds and 3 feet tall at birth.   (Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times)

Frasier and family members take a nap at Lion Country Safari.   (Deris Jeannette / Los Angeles Times)

Frasier and friend taking a nap at Lion Country Safari.   (Deris Jeannette / Los Angeles Times)

Bubbles the hippo and her 800-pound daughter at Lion Country Safari between escapes. The next time Bubbles got out, she died during recapture efforts.   (Deris Jeannette / Los Angeles Times)

Bubbles, the Lion Country Safari’s wandering hippo, ventures out of a pond she was hiding in near Laguna Canyon Road.   (Deris Jeannette / Los Angeles Times)

Chic Sommers, left, and Wes Baney, senior ranger at Lion Country Safari, after Bubbles the hippo’s accidental death during an attempt to retrieve her.  (Steve Rice / Los Angeles Times)