Oregon State Police troopers served search warrants on the park on Wednesday after a 'lengthy criminal investigation into the facility's operations.'
Several agencies, including the Oregon State Police and Oregon Humane Society, continue to evaluate animals housed at a troubled southern Oregon safari park on Highway 101 near Bandon. Authorities seized animals from the property.
“So for the Oregon State Police, it really started last fall. That took us some time to go through the investigation, really obtain the evidence needed to get to this operation," said Kyle Kennedy, an Oregon State Police trooper. Veterinarians diagnosed one camel at the West Coast Game Park Safari in Coos County with "multiple serious medical conditions" and noted it was "suffering." Considering transport would likely result in death, authorities decided "humane euthanasia was the appropriate option." U.S. Department of Agriculture reports show that concern for the animals had been brewing for a decade. For example, in a 2015 inspection report, an inspector wrote, "This and the previous inspection are indicating a possible pattern of personnel not performing adequate daily assessment of animal health and communicating that information to supervisors and the attending veterinarian." Other troubling findings in the report include the finding of a dead tiger in a freezer, big cats with ribs showing, rodent droppings in food, and problems with enclosures. “We’ve been getting community complaints about this place for a long time, but because of our limited resources and our size, just logistically, we weren’t able to handle it ourselves," said Sheriff Gabe Fabrizio, with Coos County. "There's no way we had enough manpower or other resources to do it. So, thankfully, OSP stepped in with their investigation and they coordinated this massive response with just so many different agencies, local, state, federal, all these agencies." Oregon State Police troopers served search warrants on the park on Wednesday after a "lengthy criminal investigation into the facility's operations."According to press release sent by OSP, "Veterinarians and staff with the Oregon Humane Society, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Oregon Department of Agriculture evaluated animal welfare on scene. This assessment includes an animal’s physical condition, food quality, water supply, sanitation, enclosure conditions, and care sufficient to preserve their health and well-being."
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