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Lubee Bat Conservancy is situated on a 110 acres (45 ha) ranch, approximately 10 mi (16 km) north of the city of Gainesville, Florida. [4] It has facilities designed for the maintenance of captive bats, with temperature-controlled areas for roosting and outdoor flight enclosures.
Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary was founded on a 200-acre property in 2016 in Gainesville, Florida. The original Critter Creek property comprises a 125-acre wildlife preserve and a 75-acre sanctuary. In 2019, the Amermans expanded the sanctuary with the purchase of "Critter Hills", a 205-acre former cattle ranch.
LaBelle is a city in and the county seat of Hendry County, Florida, United States. [4] The population was 4,966 at the 2020 census , up from 4,640 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Clewiston, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA) .
Hendry County is a county in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida.As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,619, [1] a 1.2% increase from 39,140 at the 2010 census.
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) zoo in Gainesville, Florida. Located on Santa Fe College's main campus, it is the only college zookeeper training facility in the United States. [3] Since 2000, the zoo has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
LaBelle Municipal Airport (FAA LID: X14) is a public-use airport located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the central business district of the city of LaBelle in Hendry County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."
A fire at the zoo in 1954 destroyed circus equipment and from 1954 the animals were kept permanently in enclosures. In 1954 the zoo was renamed after the film actor and director (and Gainesville native) Frank Buck, who collected wild animals from all over the world, and who also worked as a ring master at the zoo. [1]