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  • May 14, 2013

    USDA Revokes License of Mississippi Roadside Zoo

    A roadside zoo in Mississippi has lost its exhibitor license after 43 years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture revoked the license following an undercover investigation and legal complaints to state and federal officials by The Humane Society of the United States.

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    Related Animal Rescue , Exotic Pets , Threatened and Endangered Species , Zoos and Exhibitors

  • May 6, 2013

    Big Cats in Cages: Wild Animals Rescued in Atchison, Kansas

    Nearly one dozen dangerous wild animals were removed from an Atchison, Kan., property after authorities discovered that the animals had been abandoned in their enclosures without access to food or clean water.

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    Related Exotic Pets , Animal Rescue

  • December 6, 2012

    FFAWC Bids Farewell to Sheba the Cougar

    The Humane Society of the United States / The Fund for Animals

    The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center bid farewell this week to Sheba, a 15-year-old mountain lion who came to us as a young kitten from the exotic pet trade

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    Related Exotic Pets , Habitat Loss and Fragmentation , Wildlife Trade

  • September 17, 2010

    More Than 15,000 Animals Saved

    Chuck and Cindy Traisi retired from The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center after 25 years.

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    Related Wildlife Trade , Exotic Pets

  • June 18, 2009

    The HSUS Applauds Fla. Turtle Trade Ban

    The Humane Society of the United States

    The Humane Society of the United States commends the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for unanimously passing a rule banning the commercial trapping and sale of freshwater turtles in Florida.

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    Related Wildlife Trade , Threatened and Endangered Species , Exotic Pets

  • March 18, 2009

    The HSUS Names 5 Worst States for Exotic Pets

    The Humane Society of the United States

    The HSUS has named five states as having the worst policies on keeping dangerous wild animals as pets.

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    Related Exotic Pets

 

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