CALEDONIA â After more than 40 years in business, Jo-Don Farms â a family-run zoo where generations of visitors enjoyed lions, alligators and more â has shut down.
But former employees have announced plans to open a similar attraction almost immediately at the same location, under the new name Caledonia Zoological Park.
Alex Meyer â who took over Jo-Don Farms when her father, Robert Meyer, died in December â said the COVID-19 pandemic had created financial troubles that could not be overcome. Meyer said she has relocated all 200 animals from the zoo, and she will not be able to reopen the 15-acre attraction, which has operated in Caledonia since 1975.