Coming from YouTube channel “The Proper People”, this footage of an abandoned zoo in Florida will really strike a chord with anyone who loved visiting the zoo as a child. Once a popular family attraction, this jungle-themed animal park was eventually shuttered because the exhibits were actually more dangerous than they seemed. Today, it’s a tragic landscape of rusting cages, swampy boardwalks and swarming insects.
Jungleland Zoo opened in 1995. It was built on the site of a former alligator zoo.
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Though it promised visitors close encounters with exotic animals, this zoo had a nasty reputation for failing safety inspections. All the bad press led to its closure in 2002.
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Since then, Jungleland Zoo and all of its colorful exhibits have been rotting away in the humid Florida heat.
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The explorers in the video wind their way through overgrown boardwalk trails, abandoned lion cages and even buzzing swarms of mosquitoes.
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Check out the fascinating (and buggy) footage below:
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It’s amazing how such large-scale operations can just fizzle out like this. Did you ever visit this zoo while it was open? Do you know of any abandoned zoos in your area?
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