Nearly 7,000 people attended the grand opening weekend, Oct. 7-8, of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary’s new campus in Jupiter. CAPEHART PHOTOGRAPHY

Wild animals have a new refuge and rehabilitation center in northern Palm Beach County.

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary has moved and has opened its new facility at Abramson & Schlaggar Reserve in Jupiter Farms.

Nearly 7,000 people attended that weekend, Oct. 7-8, including U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel and State Sen. Bobby Powell.

Founded in 1983, Busch Wildlife hosts about 200,000 guests annually and cares for nearly 6,000 animals each year.

Highlights of the new campus include the Fortin Foundation Educational Amphitheater, Glenn W. and Cornelia T. Bailey Education and Welcome Center, Lloyd Schiller Reptile Complex, and the McGill Family Small Mammal Complex.

“To watch this place grow from being a little backyard campus to this unbelievable facility has been nothing short of a tremendous act from people’s hearts,” Peter Busch, co-founder and chairman of the board, said in a news release. “Without a doubt, it was through the leadership of Amy Kight that we’ve been able to do this. I am thrilled about the new campus.” Kight is executive director of the sanctuary.

Visitors attend a presentation in Busch Wildlife Sanctuary’s new Fortin Foundation Educational Amphitheater in Jupiter. CAPEHART PHOTOGRAPHY

It’s open to visitors seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Daily education programs such as the daily Conservation Conversations are held in the Fortin Foundation Educational Amphitheater.

On the north side of the campus, the wildlife rehabilitation center also is open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., ready to receive and care for injured, sick, or orphaned animals.

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary is at 17855 Rocky Pines Road, Jupiter; admission is by donation. www.buschwildlife.org.