3/11/2021 WILMINGTON, NC: A (USDA) inspection report reveals that the agency recently cited Tregembo Animal Park for violations. The report states the zoo failed to notify a veterinarian that a 17-year-old pot-bellied pig was showing lameness in both rear legs. “The lack of communication regarding the pig’s lameness was corrected during the inspection and a treatment plan was started,” the report stated.
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r violations were related to “structurally unsound” enclosures and primate feeding containers “coated with brown debris,” according to the inspection. Those issues must be corrected by early June.
The February 2 inspection was the first time that the USDA inspected Tregembo since July 2019.
In 2017, following a lawsuit filed against Tregembo by North Carolina animal advocates, PETA rescued two bears — Ben and Bogey — who were taken to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado.
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