Police raid Oregon safari park amid reports of starving lions and dead tiger left for months | Oregon
A dead tiger, left in the freezer for several months. Black and leopard starvation. Animals that die without medical care. A full -time employee nourishes more than 300 animals. According to the police and US Department of Agriculture inspection reportsThis is the situation in Oregon, west of the coast Safari Safari.
The state police served multiple inspection orders in the south Oregon Property on Thursday as part of the “lengthy” criminal investigation. The park is a regional attraction, with more than 450 animals across 75 species, and has worked since 1969. The US Department of Agriculture’s reports have noticed in recent years fixed violations.
A report was killed by the examination of animal and plant health in the US Department of Agriculture on March 18, nine specific violations, seven of which were frequent violations.
Fears ranged between animal handling and guest safety – “There is no attachment that can be identified easily present throughout the zoo in the areas between them between 50 and 100 common sheep, goats, either deer, and they wandered with them, and they are inserted by hand, with weakness, and a huge putty, and they must be displayed under the skin.”
A report on April 1 of the US Department of Agriculture found four frequent violations, including high fences for dangerous animals that do not meet the minimum requirements, rodents stools in animal food, and that the same large cats mentioned two weeks before the March report unprecedented by the veterinarian.
Violations from previous years include allowing guests to jaguar vopor and bear enough to make a threat to the public, unintended jamming and killing the bear in an attempt to kill another bear.
The investigation is continuing, and is taking place in eight government agencies. Criminal charges have not yet been submitted. More information is expected to be issued on Friday, and the police encourage visitors to avoid the facility.
