These violations are in addition to numerous documented noncompliances outlined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a citation and penalty notification, issued in February and filed by the USDA as a “settlement agreement” in March, that fined Animal Haven Farm $6,450.
(Courtesy Waupaca County Sheriff's Office)
A roadside zoo in Wisconsin recently was fined more than $6,000 for
violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) – including for
conditions involving big cats and cubs – and currently is under
ongoing federal investigation.
Animal Haven Farm, a for-profit business in Weyauwega owned by Dawn
Hofferber, bills itself as a “family owned zoo just minutes from
Highway 10,” with admission set at $12 for adults and $8 for
children as of mid-June, according to the zoo’s Facebook page.
Federal inspectors have documented violations at two of the farm’s
three inspections this year so far, including loose animals,
numerous enclosures in need of repair, and bison, bears, and a pig
in muddy enclosures lacking adequate drainage during an April
inspection and rabbits with crusted and scabbed ears and a hole in a
juvenile tiger pen that inspectors noted could injure the animals
during a January inspection.
Those violations are in addition to numerous documented
noncompliances outlined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
in a citation and penalty notification, issued in February and filed
by the USDA as a “settlement agreement” in March, that fined Animal
Haven Farm $6,450.
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