The Last Tourist documentary exposes cruelty in the animal entertainment industry
The Last Tourist exposes the negative effects of tourism including the horrific treatment of animals used in entertainment.
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Roadside Zoo News
- Mar 28, 2022
Scales and Tails Utah fined by OSHA for failing to report alligator attack
Scales and Tails Utah has been fined by OSHA for failing to report that an alligator attacked an employee at the roadside zoo last August.
6,074 views
- Mar 7, 2022
Wilstem Wildlife Park fined $8K for euthanizing a llama by crushing it to death
Wilstem Wildlife Park has been fined for crushing a llama to death and scaring an antelope so badly that it broke its neck.
16,993 views
- Feb 9, 2022
Even Keel Exotics cited with six more violations for failing to provide water and shelter to animals
Even Keel Exotics has been cited with six violations after an inspector found several animals in filthy enclosures without access to water.
1,678 views
- Feb 2, 2022
McClain Lodge fined $16K for giraffe and hog deaths
McClain Lodge in Brandon, Mississippi, has been fined $16K for mistreating a giaraffe, a hog, a zebra and a rabbit.
1,177 views
- Jan 31, 2022
DNR notifies Rustic Retreat Deer Park that wolfdog encounters must cease
Rustic Retreat Deer Park must stop offering public wolfdog encounters, according to the DNR.
854 views
- Jan 17, 2022
State Assembly set to vote on Wisconsin ‘roadside zoo’ bill to remove regulations on native wildlife
A bill that will eliminate state regulations on native wildlife at roadside zoos in Wisconsin is set for a vote on January 19, 2022.
284 views
- Jan 12, 2022
Tim Stark violates court order on Facebook live; illegally exhibits pet monkey
Tim Stark exhibited his pet spider monkey on Facebook live today, in violation of a court order that prohibits him from owning animals.
423 views
- Dec 3, 2021
Rustic Retreat Deer Park pays citation; still non-compliant with local, state and federal law
Rustic Retreat Deer Park Owner Thomas Mueller has paid a ticket to the DNR but he continues violating local, state and federal law.
2,516 views
- Nov 22, 2021
Wisconsin's Animal Entertainments cited for Illinois zebra escape incident
Animal Entertainments, owned by Matt Schoebel, has been cited for a zebra escape incident at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Illinois.
493 views
- Oct 26, 2021
Baby kangaroo stolen from unlicensed Kentucky petting zoo
A baby kangaroo has been stolen from an unlicensed Kentucky petting zoo. Hillview Stables said the baby kangaroo was stolen on Oct. 24.
301 views
- Oct 20, 2021
DNR tickets Rustic Retreat Deer Park for failing to obtain a license for wolfdogs
The DNR has ticketed Rustic Retreat Deer Park owner Tom Mueller for failing to obtain a license for wolfdogs.
227 views
- Oct 13, 2021
Morgan Machnik of Premier Exotic Cats found guilty of DNR violations
Morgan Machnik of Premier Exotic Cats has been found guilty of two DNR violations related to her bobcat. Machnik has been fined $483.
1,614 views
- Oct 12, 2021
Larry Wallach cited for keeping a sloth and a wallaby in dangerous conditions
Larry Wallach has been cited by the feds for keeping a sloth in dangerous conditions in a junk-filled garage.
741 views
- Oct 11, 2021
In 2019, a bear escaped Oswald's Bear Ranch and was later gunned down. Now, the feds want justice
The feds are going after Oswald's Bear Ranch for lying about a 2019 incident that resulted in a 1-year-old bear being gunned down.
129 views
- Oct 3, 2021
Dangerous and illegal wolf encounters offered at Rustic Retreat Deer Park
Rustic Retreat Deer Park in Elkhart Lake, WI, is violating state and federal law. The facility offers dangerous and illegal wolf encounters.
2,356 views
- Sep 26, 2021
Dominique Ferraro, Zebras R Us and Party Kangaroos violate federal law; traffics endangered species
Zebras R Us and Party Kangaroos' owner Dominique Ferraro is trafficking endangered species, in violation of federal law.
750 views
- Sep 24, 2021
Royal Bengal Tigers and Nerger’s Tigers work together to neglect and exploit tigers
Royal Bengal Tigers & Nerger's Tigers are working together. They're no longer allowed on the property where they were keeping their tigers.
332 views
- Sep 23, 2021
Feds cite Adam Burck again; Royal Bengal Tigers living in travel cages for more than 18 months
Adam Burck's Royal Bengal Tigers traveling circus act has again been cited by the USDA for keeping tigers in travel cages for 18 months.
283 views
- Sep 20, 2021
Debbie Dolittle’s Animal Experience fined $7,500 after 79 people injured by animals in 10 months
Debbie Dolittle's Animal Experience fined $7,500 after 79 people were injured by animals and a sloth died mishandling and neglect.
4,692 views
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