The Little Ponderosa Zoo

The Little Ponderosa Zoo is preparing for its annual fundraiser festival, which helps sustain the zoo. The Freeman family—Jack, Judy, and their young daughter, Charlie—founded the zoo years earlier after rescuing numerous animals over the years and eventually opening the zoo from their own home. With the assistance of Mr. Baker, their trusted zookeeper, the zoo has become a popular attraction in the small town. However, the local bank owner discovers old, dusty documents in the bank’s basement revealing that the zoo is built atop a gold mine. Along with the town mayor and the mayor’s clumsy nephew, he quickly devises a scheme to seize the gold for themselves. The greedy trio views the annual festival as the ideal moment to execute their dangerous plan, aiming to shut down the zoo permanently and claim the gold.