A new resident has moved into the Animal Sanctuary at Wooten’s! Daruba is an 8-foot long, 600-pound white tiger. He joins Daisy, a Siberian tiger who has lived at Wooten’s for many years. The two are getting along well. Daruba has lived in captivity his whole life. When his owner became ill and could no longer care for him, we were …
The Florida Weekly Business Observer recently wrote an article about the owners of Wooten’s. Here’s an excerpt: Since they acquired Wooten’s one year ago, the Patels estimate 100,000 visitors have come through the gates of the property that hugs U.S. 41. So far, they’ve spent $600,000 fixing up the place, including animal enclosures that house 60 alligators, two panthers, two …
EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. – Wooten’s Airboat Tours, an airboat tour company near Everglades City, was recently purchased by the Patel family of Fort Myers. The previous owner, Gene Wooten, inherited the company from his father, Raymond Wooten, in the early 90s. When Raymond started the company in 1953, it was the first Everglades airboat company in Southwest Florida. George Patel …