KOWIACHOBEE POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF BIG CAT PUBLIC SAFETY ACT The Big Cat Public Safety Act clearly requires that in order for USDA Class C licensees to be exempt from the prohibition against owning big cats they must meet two requirements. One of those requirements is they may not allow public contact with big cats. …
Branson’s Promised Land Zoo PROMISED LAND ZOO BRANSON Customer No: 329566 Certificate No: 43-C-0352 Branson’s Promised Land Zoo opened in 2013 as a sister park to Promised Land Zoo in Eagle Rock, MO. Both parks are for-profit businesses that are owned and operated by Jeff and Diane Sanders and their daughter, Laura Remenar, and her…
Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah has been intensely criticized for decades because of its dismal “Wild Kingdom Train” ride. The attraction, which Lagoon promotes as the “second-largest zoo in Utah”, features a miniature steam locomotive that runs past a collection of over 60 live exotic animals, including lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, and bears. Little…
Bill Meadows of Tiger Safari 7/12/2021 On July 8, the USDA released an inspection report that cited Tiger Safari for improper handling of the animals which acknowledged the otter’s distress and stated that the fox “appeared catatonic.” https://www.humanesociety.org/news/tiger-safari-oklahoma-slapped-usda-citation-cruel-treatment-animals Post Covid visitors are complaining about the filthy conditions at Bill Meadow’s Tiger Safari in Tuttle, OK. …
The Forest Park Zoo (officially called The Zoo at Forest Park) is another very old facility which has been plagued with chronic mismanagement. It is still a privately-owned zoo but the director is an employee of the City of Springfield. Here are their USDA inspection records. In 2013, they temporarily exhibited a lion cub named…