“When we took the place over, we got a 99-year lease on the property and everything in it. The Hargetts’ lease with Myrtle Island Ranch, owner of the 1,100-acre former dairy ranch surrounding the 10 acres they leased, started the following week. He explained that it’s been a huge project trying to engineer the rebirth of the dilapidated facility off Rucks Dairy Road that was cited in September 2016 for unsafe and unsanitary conditions as well as recordkeeping violations by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).įormer Animal Adventures owner Mary Sue Pearce surrendered her wildlife permits and transferred all animals at the park to the Hargetts when she signed a deferred prosecution agreement after a Glades County court hearing Nov. “We are open now, but we’re open for private tours only,” said Jeremy Hargett, owner/operator of along with his wife, Jamie. Jeremy and Jamie Hargett, with their 1-year-old adopted son, Dalton, in a stroller, stand near the tortoise exhibit.
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