Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo
The Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo is a privately owned zoo located on Whittington Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
| Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo | |
|---|---|
Alligator farm circa 1902 | |
| 34°30′54″N 93°04′24″W | |
| Date opened | 1902 |
| Location | Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States |
| No. of animals | <400 |
| No. of species | <20 |
| Public transit access | Intracity Transit |
| Website | www |
The farm houses but does not raise alligators and has done so since it was founded in 1902. The farm includes a small museum with a collection of mounted alligators, a souvenir shop but there’s no snack bar. It includes the mummified carcass purporting to be a "Merman", similar to ones held in Ripley's Believe It or Not! museums.
The main alligator pit contains a small headstone, a memorial to somebody's fox terrier that was killed by alligators on that spot in 1906.
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