Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo Full Tour - Gainesville, Florida

The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) zoo in Gainesville, Florida. As part of Santa Fe College, It is the only college zookeeper training facility in the United States with its own AZA-accredited zoo on grounds, and has been accredited since 2000. History The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo was established in 1970. It comprises 10 acres (4.0 ha) of forested land on the west side of the Santa Fe College main campus. Animals The zoo is home to over 200 individual animals representing more than 75 species, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and birds. The collection includes white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar), Matschie's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei), Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), and bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). The zoo also participates in several AZA Species Survival Plan (SSP) programs, for white-handed gibbons and Matschie's tree-kangaroo as well as for Asian small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus), red ruffed lemurs (Varecia rubra), and ocelots (Leopardus pardalis). The zoo recently welcomed the birth of 5 otter pups. On December 20, 2019, the first glimpse of the pups were recorded and a few days were carried out of the den by their parents __________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe To My Channel For More Great Videos Like This    / tomsroadtrippin   Send Me Mail Tom's Road Trippin 19046 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. # 1437 Tampa, FL 33647 Equipment I Use For The Channel Canon XA11 Professional Camcorder https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/po... RØDE VideoMic Professional Grade 1/2" Condenser Shotgun Microphone http://www.rode.com/microphones/videomic GorillaPod 3K PRO Kit Tripod https://joby.com/us-en/gorillapod-3k-... GoPro HERO8 Black https://gopro.com/en/us/shop/cameras/... Chesty Performance Chest Mount https://gopro.com/en/us/shop/mounts-a... 3-Way Grip | Arm | Tripod https://gopro.com/en/us/shop/mounts-a...