On Earth Day 1998, Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened for business. The theme park was the fourth in the Walt Disney World resort, located just outside of Orlando, Florida. Unlike the Magic Kingdom, which celebrated fantasy worlds, the promise of tomorrow, and the comfort of the past, or EPCOT, the science and discovery park, or what was then known as Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios), which took you behind the scenes of film and television production, Disney’s Animal Kingdom highlighted the natural world and the real-life creatures that inhabit it. The park is home to …