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A crocodile farm or alligator farm is an establishment for breeding and raising of crocodilians in order to produce crocodile and alligator meat, leather from crocodile and alligator skin, and other goods. Many species of both alligators and crocodiles are farmed internationally. In Louisiana alone, alligator farming is a $60 to $70 million ...
Everglades Alligator Farm is a wildlife park in Miami-Dade County, Florida, nearby the city of Homestead and the entrance of Everglades National Park. It claims to be the oldest and largest alligator farm in South Florida, along with containing over 2,000 alligators. Additionally, it provides airboat rides through the Floridian wilderness. [3]
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park is one of Florida's oldest continuously running attractions, having opened on May 20, 1893. [3] It has 24 species of crocodilians , and also a variety of other reptiles , mammals and birds , as well as exhibits, animal performances and educational demonstrations.
Originally situated across from Lincoln Park, at 3627 Mission Road [2], it moved to Buena Park, California in 1953, where it was renamed the California Alligator Farm. The Buena Park location was a “two-acre, junglelike park” across from Knott’s Berry Farm. Circa 1974, it housed “more than a hundred species representing all five orders ...
The Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo is a privately owned zoo located on Whittington Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. [2] The farm houses but does not raise alligators and has done so since it was founded in 1902. [3] The farm includes a small museum with a collection of mounted alligators, a souvenir shop but there’s no snack bar.
Gatorama is an alligator farm and visitor attraction in Palmdale, Florida, USA. Alligators and crocodiles are raised on the farm for meat and skins. [1] Gatorama is one of Florida's oldest roadside attractions. [2] [3] [4] Only six alligator farms are open to the public as attractions. [5]
Located 17 miles (27 km) north of Alamosa, Colorado, it started as a tilapia farm in 1977, and now includes a bird sanctuary, reptile rescue, education, and display, and a biodome. [ 2 ] A geothermal well on the property creates ponds and wetlands for the alligators, but also provides habitat and food for many water-birds and waterfowl.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, tourist numbers in Thailand plummeted as international travel ceased. Along with the rest of the tourism industry, the zoo suffered massive financial losses. On January 26, 2021, it was announced that the company that operated the farm, Bangpakong Crocodile Farm and Zoo Co., Ltd., was going into liquidation.