Stop torturing exotic animals at your fall festival!

The Issue

Goebbert's Farm in Barrington, IL, holds an annual fall festival on its premises. According to the website, they have "50 different Animals, Giraffe Barn, Slide, Pumpkin Eating Dinosaur & Pig Racing." Many of these 50 animals are classified as exotic and are shoved into tiny pens, sometimes no bigger than 2'x3' while kids pelt them with candy, donuts, carrots, and other food. The interaction between the guests and the animals is not supervised, and the organization that supplies the animals is Timbavati in Wisconsin. The owner, of Timbavati, Mark Schoebel, has had many animal abuse charges filed against him and has supplied many exotic animals for canned hunts. More information on his treatment of wildlife can be found here: http://911animalabuse.com/mark-schoebel-timbavati-wildlife-park-fka-r-zoo/

This petition can help end the abuse of exotic animals for the sake of entertainment and help teach the future generations that it's not okay to keep wildlife in tiny cages while they are taunted, disrespected, and manhandled in photo ops. 

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The Issue

Goebbert's Farm in Barrington, IL, holds an annual fall festival on its premises. According to the website, they have "50 different Animals, Giraffe Barn, Slide, Pumpkin Eating Dinosaur & Pig Racing." Many of these 50 animals are classified as exotic and are shoved into tiny pens, sometimes no bigger than 2'x3' while kids pelt them with candy, donuts, carrots, and other food. The interaction between the guests and the animals is not supervised, and the organization that supplies the animals is Timbavati in Wisconsin. The owner, of Timbavati, Mark Schoebel, has had many animal abuse charges filed against him and has supplied many exotic animals for canned hunts. More information on his treatment of wildlife can be found here: http://911animalabuse.com/mark-schoebel-timbavati-wildlife-park-fka-r-zoo/

This petition can help end the abuse of exotic animals for the sake of entertainment and help teach the future generations that it's not okay to keep wildlife in tiny cages while they are taunted, disrespected, and manhandled in photo ops. 

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Petition created on September 3, 2014