A Blog designed for discussion of topics related to, but not limited to, Circus, Zoos, Animal Training, and Animal Welfare/Husbandry. Sometimes opening up the dialog is the best starting point of all. And if for nothing else when people who agree and don't agree, get together and start discussing it, it will open up a lot of peoples minds. Debate and discussion even amongst themselves opens a window where there wasn't one before.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Private Zoo's Before Regulation--John Slater Estate. Now they are called "Sanctuaries"
Self-made millionaire John Slater created his own nature center on the grounds of his Gulf-front Gordon Drive estate in Naples, Florida. A specially designed saltwater pool was home to sea turtles, seals and dolphins, including television star Flipper's sister, Flash. There were also cheetah, ostrich, kangaroos, etc. kept at the estate.
My grandmother Lois Kerckhoff was friends with Mr. Slater. I have fond memories spending time on his estate watching the animals and I have a picture of me with a deer..
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