![]() ![]() ![]() Scherr leased 20 acres (81,000 m 2) of hammock land for US$25 (equivalent to about $466 in 2020). On one visit when Scherr was again making one of his many suggestions for improvement, Drummond became fed up and told him, "Go start your own jungle." Scherr, who owned and operated a feed and supply store in Homestead, became intrigued with the idea of building an attraction where birds would "fly free". ![]() Scherr would often visit another attraction, Monkey Jungle, owned by Joe Drummond. Sir Winston Churchill with a sulphur crested cockatoo and a military macaw at Miami's Parrot Jungle in 1946.įounded in 1936 by Francis "Franz" & Louise Scherr, Parrot Jungle is one of the oldest tourist attractions established in the Miami area.
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