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The Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, also known as Zoo Miami, is a zoological park and garden in Miami and is the largest zoo in Florida.Originally established in 1948 at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Zoo Miami relocated in 1980 as Miami MetroZoo to the former location of the Naval Air Station Richmond, [4] southwest of Miami in southern unincorporated Miami-Dade County, [5] surrounded ...
Crandon Park included a zoo, occupying 48 acres (19 ha) of the park. The first animals in the zoo, including some lions, an elephant and a rhinoceros, had been stranded when a circus went out of business in Miami. Some Galapagos tortoises, monkeys and pheasants were added from the Matheson plantation.
Paora (hatched 9 April 2019) is a brown kiwi that was the first kiwi to be born in Florida.He resides at Zoo Miami and gained widespread attention in May 2023 after social media videos showing him being mistreated went 'viral'.
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The parcel for the Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park and Campground (and Zoo Miami) was acquired in 1974 as part of a 1,010-acre land transfer from the U.S. government to Miami-Dade County. [17] Following the death of his parents, in late 1976, Carl Thompson lobbied the Miami-Dade County Commission to name the park after his parents.
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Ronald Norman Magill (born February 28, 1960) is an American wildlife photographer and the communications director of Zoo Miami (aka Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens). Magill makes regular television appearances across local South Florida networks and has won five Emmy Awards for his work on nature documentary programs.
Not only is Miami surrounded by natural landscapes with wildlife, but there are plenty of zoos and conservation spaces to visit. We love the expansive catalog of animals at Zoo Miami, as well as ...