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Cricket Hollow Zoo faces criminal investigation over treatment of lion removed from Manchester facility

on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 21:40 by Editor

An animal rights group has asked the Delaware County Sheriff to file criminal animal cruelty charges against the Cricket Hollow Zoo owners over care of a lioness rescued from the roadside facility near Manchester, Iowa last August.

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