Articles Surrounding Joe Schreibvogel’s Threats to Kill Himself, Others and His Animals GW Exotic Animal Park in central Oklahoma has 200 tigers and more than 1,000 other animals. Its owner, Joe Schreibvogel, has been in the news many times for running a substandard zoo and allowing dangerous interactions between children and baby tigers. But Schreibvogel’s recent erratic behavior [...]
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Thai police seize tiger carcasses believed destined for China
BANGKOK — Thai police say they have seized the carcasses of tigers and other big cats believed to have been destined for consumption in China. Police Lt. Col. Theerapat Tharithai says a Thai man and a Vietnamese man were arrested Wednesday in a raid at a house in Bangkok’s suburbs. He says police had [...]
Stump Hill Farm
Stump Hill Farm (Huntsman, Cindy) USDA License #31-C-0050, 6633 Klick Rd., Massillon, OH 44646 Re: the tigers bred by Stump Hill Farm and sold to Massillon High School. “After Obie spends a single season in Massillon and then becomes a free agent, he either goes to private animal sanctuaries that must assume these costs [...]
Wild Woods Animal Park John and Pam Pape
This nature park started out as a good idea, but the images below show small, barren cages. In the USDA inspection below it is apparent that they were keeping a tiger in a crate that wasn’t large enough for him to move around. Their census with USDA shows three tigers but there are no photos [...]
Springhill Wildlife Park in Calvert TX
Springhill Wildlife Park in Calvert TX This facility is not listed by this name nor are there any wildlife facilities licensed by USDA as of this writing. What is not included in the press release below is that Joe Schreibvogel’s G.W. Exotic Animal Park in 2009 allegedly SENT a liger and a leopard TO Springhill [...]
Columbus Zoo Blamed for Leopard’s Death
Columbus Zoo Blamed for Leopard’s Death POWELL — The federal government says the Columbus Zoo is to blame for the death of a leopard that survived last year’s Zanesville escape. The cat was killed while being transferred to a new cage at the zoo in January. A newly released U.S. Department of Agriculture [...]
