It’s been 25 years since The ZOO Northwest Florida first opened its ‘cages’ to the public.

Now, they’re hoping for 25 more.

What started out as a privately owned zoo, blossomed into a nonprofit organization that sees more than 110,000 visitors yearly.

Roughly 60-percent of that figure are tourists – visitors who traveled from outside the tri-county area of Esambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa.

 

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