![]() ![]() Hovatter’s allowed an alpaca’s teeth to become so overgrown that the animal’s ability to eat was impaired, and it failed to provide young lion cubs with adequate nutrition. Hovatter’s Wildlife Zoo Kingwood, West Virginia Other violations included repeatedly failing to clean up animals’ waste, failing to maintain a current veterinary program, and failing to have a sufficient number of adequately trained employees-among many other issues. This notorious roadside zoo was hit with an official warning for more than a dozen AWA violations-including for confining visibly ailing bears to concrete pits, with no opportunities to swim, climb, dig, den, or engage in other types of natural behavior. Pymatuning Deer Park Jamestown, Pennsylvania In 2017, after two North Carolina residents filed a lawsuit against Tregembo alleging that the roadside zoo’s treatment of the bears Ben and Booger violates the state’s anti-cruelty statute, both bears were moved to a reputable animal sanctuary.Ĭlark’s Trading Post Lincoln, New HampshireĬlark’s Trading Post confines North American black bears to grossly undersized and barren concrete pits and forces them to ride scooters, be pushed on a swing, and eat ice cream from a spoon. Many animals at this facility exhibit neurotic repetitive behavior patterns. Video footage shows a limping guenon monkey, a fox and a donkey with hair loss, and a bobcat who appeared to have difficulty navigating up a structure. Visitors have documented the horrible living conditions for animals, including algae-filled water receptacles and cramped, filthy cages, and have even found bodies of dead and decaying animals on the property.Īn eyewitness documented that animals are kept inside small cages and are in apparent need of veterinary attention. PETA has been monitoring this roadside zoo-one of the worst in the country-for over 20 years. Tregembo Animal Park Wilmington, North Carolina As if they were stuck in the 1950s, these facilities display often neurotic bears in desolate concrete pits or cramped cages. The facility has been repeatedly cited for keeping primates in rusty, dilapidated cages with jagged edges.Ĭherokee Bear Zoo and Santa’s Land Cherokee, North CarolinaĬherokee Bear Zoo and Santa’s Land-two roadside zoos located on tribal land in western North Carolina-keep bears and other animals in grossly inhumane conditions. Even though license revocations are extremely rare, the USDA yanked the facility’s exhibitor’s license in 1999-yet the same roadside zoo, operated by the granddaughter of the original owners, opened a few years later under a misleadingly grandiose name. This facility is by no means a “sanctuary”-rather, it’s a roadside menagerie with a long history of AWA violations. PETA has campaigned against this decrepit hellhole for many years-dating back to when it was called Noell’s Ark and then Mae Noell’s Chimp Farm. Suncoast Primate Sanctuary Palm Harbor, Florida Gatlinburg Wildlife Encounters keeps bears-often referred to as the “Ober bears”-in similarly appalling conditions. In nearby Gatlinburg, there are yet more bear pits. Employees have reported that if the bears are slow to come out of their night pens, they’re locked inside for the rest of the day. The bears apparently have only one water source. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has repeatedly cited Three Bears for failing to allow the animals to enter their dens during the day in order to escape public view or take shelter from inclement weather. Visitors to this Tennessee tourist trap have been seen pelting bears with broken dog biscuits and chunks of fruit. Three Bears General Store is notorious for violating federal animal-protection laws. Three Bears General Store Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Reptiles aren’t regulated under the AWA, so the hundreds of alligators, crocodiles, snakes, and other reptiles at Alligator Adventure are afforded no protection. ![]() Antle’s operation, T.I.G.E.R.S., has been repeatedly cited and has even been fined by federal authorities for serious violations of the AWA, including for failing to provide animals with adequate veterinary care, sufficient cage space, protection from the elements, and clean water. Preservation Station North Myrtle Beach, South Carolinaīarefoot Landing allows notorious exhibitor Bhagavan “Doc” Antle-who forces tiger cubs and chimpanzees to interact with tourists for cruel moneymaking photo ops-to set up shop. Here are a few of the grimmest spots for animals: Alligator Adventure and Barefoot Landing’s T.I.G.E.R.S. ![]() Map It: Where NOT to Stop During Your Next Road Trip ![]()
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