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Wisconsin Roadside Zoo Fined $6,000+ for Violations, Under Federal Investigation (Again)

From LadyFreethinker.org
July 2022

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.

caged Tiger Cub
(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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