ANIMAL HAVEN ZOO

N1720 Bucholtz Road

Weyauwega, WI 54983

Jim or Dawn Hofferber

Phone number: (920) 867-3707

Fax number: (715) 258-1541

E-mail address: ahzoo@execpc.com

Legal Name (DBA):

USDA License in the name of DAWN HOFFERBER

Customer No: 6211

Certificate No: 35-B-0104

Certificate Status: ACTIVE

April 2, 2022 Roadside Zoo News reported:  Animal Haven Zoo in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, was fined $6,450 March 23 for repeatedly violating the Animal Welfare Act. Violations included exhibiting a three-week-old tiger cub at an elementary and high school, and failing to provide water to a liger for so long that when given water the animal drank for more than four minutes.

Status Date: Feb 12, 1997

3	LEOPARD	WILD/EXOTIC FELINES
18	LION	WILD/EXOTIC FELINES
3	PUMA	WILD/EXOTIC FELINES
11	TIGER	WILD/EXOTIC FELINES

Undercover investigators for 20/20 caught Jim Hofferber offering to give away tigers to them despite their lack of knowledge about keeping tigers.  When confronted with that fact, his excuse was that no one checked him out before selling him tigers.  He unwittingly admitted what animal protection groups have known all along;  having a USDA license is easy to get, hard to lose and there is no way for USDA to catch wrongdoers most of the time.

In 2010 Animal Haven Zoo was cited for inadequate shelter.