Robichaux said coming into the spring, there's about to be a boom of baby animals among the exhibits in time for what they hope are strong spring break crowds. "We get a lot of people coming from Destin, Crestview, Milton, Pensacola and it's interesting because in the past typically they'd come in the shoulder season or with school groups, but now we're seeing a more consistent attendance from the locals so we feel really blessed to have so much support from the community," Robichaux said. She said 2021 was a record-breaking year where many tourists returned and strong support from locals helped bolster attendance. Robichaux said this latest expansion is one of many in a list the zoo hopes to be able to accomplish if membership and attendance stays as strong as it has the last year. The Gulf Breeze Zoo expanded its parking lot last year and added five new animal exhibits. A former animal curator testified that Eric Mogensen is “sick and sadistic” for allowing animals to be killed by shooting them, slamming them into walls, and feeding them to other animals.įor more information, please visit ."Instead of putting another exhibit there we wanted to add something hands-on to inspire kids in a different way," she said. In 2012, GBZ Director Eric Mogensen’s daughter, who now works at GBZ, was sentenced to jail for cruelty to animals after she drowned an injured wallaby in a plastic bucket and attempted to cover up her crime. Virginia Safari Park Celebrates Two Rhino Births on Cinco de Rhino. Six West African Pygmy Hippos Now Call Gulf Breeze, Fla. PETA also notes that the facility’s staff lacks the experience and expertise necessary to run a conservation and breeding program. (November 23,2021) - The Gulf Breeze Zoo. “PETA is calling on the government to stick to the purpose of the Endangered Species Act-and that’s protecting wild animals, not breeding and warehousing them in cruel menageries.” The zoo's mining sluice was installed this week. “The Gulf Breeze Zoo cannot be allowed to breed more animals when it clearly can’t or won’t properly care for the animals it already holds captive,” says PETA Foundation Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement Delcianna Winders. The Gulf Breeze Zoo is going beyond animal encounters to offer a mining experience for kids after a strong tourism year allowed for expansion. It also lacks accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which rejected GBZ in 2006 after finding 38 zoo practices to be “questionable” and 24 more “unacceptable,” including the facility’s failure to have appropriate, secure enclosures. Department of Agriculture for allowing newborn rabbits to be eaten by adult rabbits in a severely crowded enclosure, for maintaining exhibits that were so unsafe that visitors could stick their fingers in the animals’ enclosures, and for failing to provide animals with appropriate veterinary care. PETA points out that captive-bred wildlife permits require licensees to enhance the propagation or survival of the species in the wild-and the facility has failed to give any indication as to how displaying captive animals will enhance wild populations. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) opposing the Gulf Breeze Zoo’s (GBZ) application for a permit to breed endangered animals. – PETA has just filed formal comments with the U.S. Menagerie With History of Neglecting Animals Unqualified to Enhance Survival of Endangered Ones, Says Group
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