Question: Which zoo in Florida famously started with a rhesus monkey in 1923?
Answer: The Central Florida Zoo was first established as the Sanford Zoo in 1923.
The Central Florida Zoo was first established as the Sanford Zoo in 1923 when a rhesus monkey was given to the Elks Club in Sanford by a traveling circus. More animals were added to the collection, held by the Sanford Fire Department, including a female monkey, a bulldog, a skunk, an opossum, a raccoon, and a squirrel.
