Closing a Zoo: Infractions Large and Small

in Animal News

The state of Virginia has revoked Natural Bridge Zoo’s license to exhibit wild animals based on a USDA inspection report from January that noted a total of 31 violations. Listen to an interview with Born Free USA’s Kate Dylewsky about the laws governing exotic pet ownership. Dylewsky explains, “It is such a patchwork across the country of state laws related to exotic pet ownership and also exotic exhibition, that no state is the same as any other state.”

Link: WMRA

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