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Joe's First Zoo

Jow was very shaken up by his brother's death from a car accident in 1997. He quickly sold the pet store and bought a 16-acre farm in Oklahoma with his parents. Later on, over 2 years after his brother's tragic passing, the farm reopened as Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park in honor of Joe's brother, Garold. The zoo's first inhabitants were two of Garold's pets.

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The More You Know

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