Top 4 in Top 10 10 Eerie Abandoned Animal Parks.
People will think that in the land of Disney World and Universal Studios, the attraction parks in Florida will meet the highest standards, but that is not the case of the Alligatorland Safari Zoo.
Shortly after Gator Motel and a 38-metre (126 ft) crocodile statue, Alligatorland is home to more than 1,600 exotic animals and birds of various species. You can walk through nearly 7 acres of land and see nearby animals.
But the trouble for Alligatorland started in 1982, when Gatorland filed a lawsuit against them because there was a very similar entrance to their park. The giant crocodile jaw was too similar, Gatorland claimed, their entrance, which was erected from the years 1960. (Alligatorland opened in the years 1970.)
Later, the entire state of Florida was thoroughly vetted on how to treat animals. This resulted in Alligatorland receiving an unexpected examination, in which it was discovered that the barn was not standard, the cage has a lot of old animal feces and animals are not properly cared for. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) penalized 1,500 the owner of Alligatorland, Darren Browning, which he refused to pay and instead decided to present himself in court.
During the two-day trial, he questioned the capacity of the USDA inspecinspections and eventually lost the lawsuit. For the next three years, he continued to lose much of the court battle against the USDA, and he eventually sold the property in 1995.
The zoo will open back shortly afterwards under the name of Jungleland Zoo, but after the flood, a lion escaped, many times the USDA test failed, and the economic turning point in the early 2000, the zoo was closed in 2002.
The crocodile statue in front of Alligatorland was demolished in 2014, but the structures and walkways of the park persist, hoping that one day will be renovated and turned into an attraction.