The closure has been implemented to provide guests and animals who call the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center home. Recommended Videos Essential team members, including animal care staff ...

Rick Snyder and Mayor Dave Bing to save and improve Belle Isle, long one of Detroit's best jewels. Belle Isle is, at nearly 1,000 acres, the largest city island park in North America. It is even ...

While many aspects of Belle Isle have been cleaned up since it became a state park following Detroit’s bankruptcy in 2013, the zoo remains a shuttered ruin coveted by urban explorers.