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Cricket Hollow Zoo lawsuit gets underway in federal court this week; bench trial expected to last a week

on Mon, 10/05/2015 - 00:33   by Editor

Testimony begins Monday (10/5) in a federal lawsuit seeking to remove endangered animals from the troubled Cricket Hollow Zoo near Manchester, Iowa.

The lawsuit by the Animal Defense Legal Fund (ADLF) and two Iowa residents alleges Cricket Hollow Zoo owners Pamela and Tom Sellner provide poor care for five tigers, three lemurs and two grey wolves on display at the roadside facility.

The bench trial before Chief Magistrate Judge Jon Stuart Scoles in U.S. District Court, Northern District, is expected to last a week.

USDA slow to certify its own reports; delay stalls lawsuit seeking closure of troubled eastern Iowa zoo

on Fri, 05/29/2015 - 21:52   by Editor

A lawsuit seeking closure of a troubled Manchester, Iowa zoo for Animal Welfare Act (AWA) violations has been stalled by failure of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to certify its own inspection reports released last year through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Troubled eastern Iowa zoo cited for three Animal Welfare Act violations by USDA inspectors

on Thu, 03/26/2015 - 02:50   by Editor

A troubled eastern Iowa zoo near Manchester has been cited for three more Animal Welfare Act (AWA) violations stemming from an attempted inspection of the facility in February and a weather-shortened inspection in March by U.S. Agriculture Department veterinarians.

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