Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo

NEW NAME: ZOOLOGICAL CONSORTIUM OF MD INC

Why was Catoctin Wildlife Preserve sending a lion to Terry Matiff on Jan. 24, 2023 after it became illegal to privately own big cats on 12/20/2022?

See the transfer paperwork for Catoctin Wildlife Preserve sending a lion to Terry Matiff.  It’s interesting the a google search for Terry Matiff brings up ZERO responses.

CALLAN HAHN (CATOCTIN WILDLIFE PRESERVE AND ZOO)
Customer No: 11917
Certificate No: 51-B-0040
Certificate Status: ACTIVE
13125 CATOCTIN FURNACE RD
THURMONT ,MD 21788
COUNTY: FREDERIC

The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve is a great example of why the Zoological Association of America (ZAA) shouldn’t be considered a reputable accrediting body in our opinion.

Humane Society Reports Poor Conditions at Catoctin Zoo

 

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/your_life/life_news_collection/human_interest/animals/humane-society-reports-poor-conditions-for-catoctin-zoo-animals/article_3dfcd972-3e94-5c65-88d0-d1f90f7cd165.html

 

Catoctin Zoo Up for Sale after Giraffe Death

 

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/your_life/life_news_collection/human_interest/animals/catoctin-zoo-finds-cause-in-giraffe-death/article_1ff54151-a251-57d8-9bb0-84f3dc8c4663.html

 

Horrified by Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo

 

http://dcreflections.typepad.com/dc_reflections/2011/05/horrified-by-catoctin-wildlife-preserve-and-zoo-.html

 

Group Seeks More Regulation or Catoctin Zoo

http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/group-seeks-more-regulation-of-md-roadside-zoos/article_3df44a46-5d41-11e3-a824-001a4bcf6878.html

 

Thurmont zoo fined for enclosure violations

 

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1, 2012, 9:18 AM

DAVID DISHNEAU

 

THURMONT, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department says a zoo near Thurmont has agreed to pay $12,000 to settle allegations of numerous violations from 2007 to 2011.

 

The USDA said Monday that the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo neither admits nor denies the allegations.

 

One of the allegations stems from a 2009 incident in which a zookeeper was mauled by a jaguar. The USDA says the zoo failed to provide for proper personnel training and injury prevention.

 

Inspectors allege that in December 2007, employees also allowed a camel to escape and travel a quarter-mile from the facility.

 

The settlement covers unannounced inspections through Aug. 1, 2011. Three days after that August visit, a safari-ride visitor was bitten by a camel. The zoo director said visitors had been told not to feed the animal.

 

http://www.northjersey.com/news/national/164571826_Thurmont_zoo_fined_for_enclosure_violations.html