When Michael Jackson left Neverland Ranch right after his acquittal on child molestation charges, he also left behind his world-famous private zoo filled with exotic animals.

Jackson is now living in Las Vegas, but what ever happened to the animals?

INSIDE EDITION tracked them down living in a huge warehouse in a remote town in the middle of the Arizona desert.
 
And here they are!  Only INSIDE EDITION was allowed to see the animals, which include gentle giraffes, deadly snakes, and wild parrots from the Amazon.  But how did these animals end up in the Arizona desert? 

A woman named Freddie Hancock brought them to Arizona.  She bought two dozen animals from Jackson after she heard he was trying to find homes for them.  She had plenty of room in the huge building she owns, where she rents boats on the shores of Lake Powell.

But she has no experience handling wild animals and did her own research on taking care of them.  Hancock won't say what she paid, but she says reports they were neglected after Jackson left Neverland are just not true.

"Everything [at Neverland] was incredibly impeccable...clean and we were so impressed with the habitats they had for the animals and impressed with the level of care they gave to the animals," said Freddie.
 
Freddie Hancock went to Neverland Ranch fully intending to bring home just one giraffe.  But, she says once she got there she fell in love with all four and had to bring them home with her

Hancock built platforms to make it easier to feed the giraffes, which grow to be 18 feet tall.  One giraffe, named Princess, was so gentle that INSIDE EDITION's Kristina Guerrero could feed her by hand.  However her stall-mate Rambo was a little more rambunctious.

Freddie Hancock told INSIDE EDITION she plans to soon turn her new collection of animals into a wildlife preserve open to the public.  And one person she hopes will visit?  Michael Jackson.

"I think he would be impressed to see where the animals are," explained Freddie.