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The iconic site — once home to more than 2,000 animals including giraffes and elephants — was listed for $3.6 million on Jan. 4.

At its peak in the 1960s, the private zoo attracted more than 500,000 visitors a year....

Enter your number to get our free mobile app For 73 years the Catskill Game Farm housed over 2,000 animals and tens of millions of people visited. It closed in 2006. In 2012, Cathy and Ben Ballone purchased the property with hopes of rehabbing the property and reopen it to the public, without animals. "We are trying to save a piece of history. My husband Ben and I purchased the property two years ago and have long term dreams to rehab the property to reopen it as a campground," owners wrote on...