/Pg 18 0 R 1. /S /LBody /S /P /S /P << "In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, there's a dreadful roadside attraction called the DeYoung family Zoo, where a young, energetic chimpanzee named Louie and an adult chimpanzee are apparently being kept in solitary confinement," it says in a statement, that's included in the lawsuit. endobj /K [0] Nature & Natural History. >> endobj The missing animals include one black leopard, two tigers, two lions, two wolves, two snow macaques, one ring-tailed lemur, one Tonkean macaque, one hamadryas baboon, two vervet monkeys, one spider monkey and one brown bear. /Type /StructElem >> Come view the exotic felines and get the opportunity to interact with these magnificent creatures. endobj 6 0 obj /P 8 0 R 18 0 obj /P 85 0 R /K [45] /Pg 16 0 R /Type /StructElem << 23' Pontoon 3.5-Hour Rental Up To 12 People 4 Rentals from $275.00 per group (up to 12) PRIVATE Peninsula Day Trip: Sightseeing with per group pricing 1 from $800.00 per group (up to 10) The area N5406 County Road 577, Wallace, MI 49893-9653 Full view Best nearby Restaurants 1 within 3 miles Little Nugget Food & Spirits 4 3 mi See all Attractions /Annots [220 0 R 221 0 R] /K 6 After reviewing video footage of Cramer jumping on the representatives vehicle, the sheriffs department declined to press charges. /Pg 14 0 R /P 41 0 R /P 227 0 R 105 0 obj /P 50 0 R >> An October 27, 2021, USDA inspection of The Eclectic Bug LLC indicated there were no tamanduas at the facility. << /K [248 0 R 121 0 R] /K [37] /Type /StructElem endobj /S /P Watch your TV6 and FOX UP News for more information on this developing story. The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has been representing a chimpanzee named Tommy since 2013, according to a blog on their website. "Even though Louie and Tommy are members of a highly social endangered species, the DeYoung Family Zoo confines them in isolation," attorney Jonathan Frank wrote in the notice to sue. 98 0 obj 60 0 obj endobj /K [5] /Type /StructElem /K [10] /S /P 55 0 obj /Type /StructElem /S /P /Type /StructElem << Signed by District Judge Catherine D. Perry on 1/10/19. /Pg 14 0 R 22 0 obj >> << /Resources 219 0 R /P 8 0 R << >> /S /P >> The DeYoung Zoo is a roadside zoo in Wallace, Michigan, owned by Harold "Bud" DeYoung and Carrie Cramer. Chimpanzees are an endangered species. << /P 8 0 R n March 24, 2017, PETA's lawyers announced. /P 227 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R] The zoo is owned by Bud DeYoung and Carrie Cramer. /Length 260 0 R 2 At issue here is the propriety of the trial court s ruling on the petition DeYoung 4 filed in . /Type /Group PETA hopes to remove the chimps, and relocate them to a sanctuary in Florida. 137 0 obj /K 14 /K [6] Records provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) indicate that 50 animals have disappeared from DeYoung Zoo in Wallace, MI, in the past 14 months. << << >> /K [245 0 R 105 0 R] >> /S /P >> >> 132 0 obj /P 41 0 R /Pg 18 0 R TV6 is awaiting official response from the zoo. /Type /StructElem /P 222 0 R /K [13] >> >> /Parent 5 0 R /StructParents 4 /K [3] /Type /StructElem endobj deyoung zoo lawsuittravis and emily westover deyoung zoo lawsuit. << The missing lions, tigers and black leopard are endangered species and their transportation across state lines for the purpose of a sale is a violation of the Endangered Species Act. >> /K [44] endobj /S /P /Contents [211 0 R 212 0 R 213 0 R] /S /P From March-April of 2020, DeYoung Zoo obtained 31 animals from Wisconsins now-closed Special Memories Zoo for exhibition, documents indicate. In an exclusive interview with PETAwhose motto reads, in part, that animals are not ours to use for entertainmentSerkis reveals what made him take on the role of Louie: Ive obviously over the years become very connected to stories and the lives of the great apes in our world, and this story really blew my mind, he says. /Contents [178 0 R 179 0 R 180 0 R] 141 0 obj DeYoung Family Zoo. 121 0 obj endobj >> >> endobj His story is the topic of a new documentary, "Unlocking the Cage," which follows the historic fight of Steve Wise, president of NhRP and an animal rights lawyer, and his attempts to persuade the New York court system to grant Tommy, along with three other captive chimpanzees, legal rights as intelligent, living beings. /Pg 11 0 R endobj /Type /StructElem /Group 210 0 R 154 0 obj endobj Western Michigan - In response to the People for The Et hical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) threats to sue the DeYoung Family Zoo last fall, Harold DeYoung, owner and operator of the zoo, beat PETA at their own game and filed a lawsuit against them for declaratory and injunctive relief and defamation in December 2016. << /S /Span Records provided by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and the USDA indicate other animals have disappeared from DeYoung Zoo in the past two years including two rabbits, two cows, three foxes, 12 sheep, four North American river otters, four white-tailed deer, two Virginia opossums, two Japanese macaques, one groundhog, two Sulawesi crested macaques, one Prevost's squirrel, one mountain coatimundi, five New Guinea singing dogs, one snow leopard and two zebras. /Pg 18 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] In this MLive file photo, ice and frozen fruit and vegetable cups are thrown to chimpanzees during a heat spell at John Ball Zoo. /Pg 11 0 R /K 7 /Pg 13 0 R Roadside Zoo News has been unable to locate any records documenting the location of the 50 animals that disappeared from DeYoung Zoo in the past 14 months, or documenting the location of the 12 Special Memories Zoo animals that are unaccounted for. << endobj << /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem DeYoung Family Zoo Files Suit Against PETA. deyoung zoo lawsuit. /Pg 15 0 R << /Pg 11 0 R /Type /StructElem /S /L On September 29, 2021, DeYoung Zoo sells a 9-month-old kangaroo to Donnie Miller of Debbie Doolittles Animal Experience in Tacoma, WA. /Pg 11 0 R /K [19] 108 0 obj DeYoung Family Zoo reacts to PETA's lawsuit threat, Winter storm causing power outages in Marquette County, Marquette County under workforce reduction due to inclement weather, UP voters face decisions about local school funding on Tuesdays ballots, Ocean Navigator cruise ship to dock in Houghton this summer, National Small Business Week encourages Copper Country residents to shop locally. No images . /S /P /K 7 endobj /P 251 0 R The DeYoung family zoo isn't monkeying around when it comes to protecting it's animals and business. /S /P /Type /StructElem >> /Pg 16 0 R /Type /StructElem /P 8 0 R /S /P << endobj >> endobj /P 8 0 R /Tabs /S /Pg 11 0 R /Pg 11 0 R $275.00. In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, theres a dreadful roadside zoocalled the DeYoung Family Zoo, where chimpanzeesincluding a young, energetic one named Louie and, reportedly, an adult named Tommyare confined. From March-May 2020 Wisconsins now-closed Special Memories Zoo sent 31 animals to DeYoung Zoo. << /Producer (iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT) 99 0 obj McDowell is an Iron Mountain resident who earlier filed a complaint against the zoo with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the lawsuit said. /P 8 0 R << endobj 45 0 obj /Annots [] /StructParents 8 endobj 94 0 obj << << << endobj endobj /P 243 0 R >> /Type /StructElem >> endobj The reason for the animal transfer was listed as other.. >> >> /P 114 0 R (McChesney, Brian) (Entered: 12/31/2018), Docket(#10) ENTRY of Appearance by Brian S. McChesney for Respondent DeYoung Family Zoo. /Length 261 0 R endobj /P 50 0 R 90 0 obj It says that such captive chimpanzees were included under the act when it was amended last year. /S /LBody /Pg 11 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /Type /StructElem 89 0 obj /Pages 5 0 R /Pg 11 0 R /Type /StructElem /K 26 << >> /P 8 0 R PARTNER. Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum & Natural Sciences Laboratory. 45 0 R 46 0 R 47 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R] Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. >> /Type /StructElem /Pg 12 0 R 23,493 were here. /Pg 18 0 R /Pg 18 0 R 47 0 obj /P 41 0 R /P 85 0 R /P 227 0 R >> Kurtis B. Reeg, St. Louis, Managing Partner of Goldberg Segalla, and Lynn A. Lehnert, of Goldberg Segalla, attorneys representing The Cavalry Group member, Harold DeYoung, filed the, lawsuit in response to PETA's false claims that the zoo's possession of chimpanzees is in. endobj /Filter /FlateDecode /K [5] << 87 0 obj (Entered: 12/18/2018), Docket(#1) MOTION to compel compliance with subpoenas by plaintiff People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc.; (Frank, Jonathan) (Entered: 12/18/2018), U.S. District Courts | Other | << /Parent 5 0 R This kangaroo may be the same kangaroo that arrived at DeYoung Zoo in July 2021 for exhibition. In August 2021, Debbie Doolittles was fined $7,500 for repeated violations of the Animal Welfare Act. /S /P /S /P Quote from the source: Video tutorials about deyoung zoo death Travel Tuesdays: ABC 10 takes on the DeYoung Family Zoo /S /P /K [16] /Type /StructElem /S /P 20 0 obj 123 0 obj /CS /DeviceRGB It is open yearly from May until the end of October. On March 17, 2021, Matt Schoebel of Animal Entertainments in Neshkoro, WI, sells two zebras to DeYoung Zoo. >> >> PETA earlier filed noticed it intended to sue the DeYoung Family Zoo for illegally "taking" the chimps - known as "Louie" and "Tommy" - under the Endangered Species Act. >> Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden. /P 8 0 R << /Pg 12 0 R endobj /Annots [] Transportation Authority. >> /K [1] >> /P 8 0 R << 82 0 obj /K [17 18 19] The zoo also successfully bred endangered Siberian tigers in the past, helping the species to avoid extinction. /Pg 13 0 R 62 0 obj /StructParents 18 (McChesney, Brian) (Entered: 12/31/2018), (#10) ENTRY of Appearance by Brian S. McChesney for Respondent DeYoung Family Zoo. endobj /Type /StructElem /K 8 160 0 obj endobj endobj /Type /StructElem Stay up to date on the latest vegan trends and get breaking animal rights news delivered straight to your inbox! /Chart /Sect The lack of records indicates that the animals were either sold or transferred within the state of Michigan, illegally sold or transferred out of the state with no documentation, or the animals are deceased. /Pg 11 0 R 23 0 obj /P 8 0 R >> /Pg 18 0 R /Pg 14 0 R Rather than seeking to prevent PETA from filing a lawsuit to help these animals, DeYoung should consider their best interests and immediately retire them to an accredited sanctuary that will allow them to live their own lives as individuals rather than as photo props for gawking tourists," Peet said. Louie was never afforded the opportunity to know his mother, and just like humans, he and other chimpanzees are capable of suffering from loneliness, frustration, and depression. The fact [is] that here we have a chimpanzee shipped to a small family zoo, where hes now kept in a cage, completely isolated, unable to socialize, living a very lonely and miserable existence, and it just broke my heart. /K [224 0 R 225 0 R 226 0 R] 167 0 obj /Type /StructElem /P 238 0 R >> 128 0 obj (Entered: 01/07/2019), Docket(#13) ENTRY of Appearance by James P. Martin for Movant People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc.. (Martin, James) (Entered: 01/02/2019), Docket(#12) Docket Text ORDER: Re #11 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply by Respondent DeYoung Family Zoo; ORDERED GRANTED. It is unclear whether the chimpanzee that recently disappeared from DeYoung Zoo is Tommy. << /P 50 0 R >> Finally, one place to get all the court documents we need. /S /LBody /S /P /Type /StructElem /Nums [0 [19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R 24 0 R 25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R /Type /StructElem /Tabs /S /S /Span /Pg 18 0 R It is yet another prison in a long line of exploitative entities that have defined Tommy's sad life. << endobj << /S /LBody 116 0 obj /S /P 170 0 obj 63 0 obj /K [1] On October 26, 2020, DeYoung Zoo sells three 6-month-old timber wolves named Loki, Herah and Fraya, to Menominee Park Zoo in Oshkosh, WI. 29 0 R 30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R 35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R 38 0 R >> << /Pg 15 0 R /S /LBody /Resources 173 0 R Messinger Wood Wildlife Care and Education Center. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. << Denise S. Young is an attorney and Managing Member of The Law Office of Denise S. Young, PLLC. /P 8 0 R /Type /StructElem /Pg 18 0 R /Pg 18 0 R /K [234 0 R 235 0 R 236 0 R 237 0 R 238 0 R] This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. /P 8 0 R /Parent 5 0 R 161 0 R 162 0 R 163 0 R 86 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R 88 0 R 88 0 R 88 0 R /Pg 18 0 R 11 0 obj People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. Exhibit O - Brian McChesney email requesting a conference, Exhibit N - email letter responding to Zoo's October 3rd assertions, Exhibit L - Patrick Greeley email regarding completion of agreement, Exhibit K - Patrick Greeley substantial additions to the draft agreement, Docket(#18) RESPONSE in Opposition re #1 MOTION to compel compliance with subpoenas Including Motion to Quash and for Protective Order filed by Respondent DeYoung Family Zoo. endobj 35 reviews of DeYoung Family Zoo "The DeYoung Family Zoo is a family-owned, private zoo in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, about an hour north of Green Bay, WI. /S /LBody /Pg 11 0 R /P 8 0 R /Tabs /S 118 0 obj >> /Type /StructElem DeYoung Zoo has repeatedly declined requests to reveal the location of the missing animals. 16 0 obj >> endobj 130 0 obj /Type /StructElem /K [1] << /Pg 11 0 R /P 8 0 R << /K 1 Believed to be confined to isolated cages, they're apparently denied virtually everything that is natural and important to them, including living in large, family-oriented communities and engaging in normal kinds of behavior, such as roaming, climbing, swinging, and participating in affectionate social grooming," Peet said. 2016-12-27T17:04:39-05:00 /Contents [200 0 R 201 0 R 202 0 R] 5 131 0 R 6 132 0 R 7 133 0 R 8 [134 0 R 135 0 R 136 0 R 137 0 R 138 0 R 52 0 R 139 0 R] >> /S /P >> Tommy was kept in a small trailer park in New York before he was transported to the DeYoung Family Zoo. /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /Slide /Part 72 0 obj /P 232 0 R /Type /StructElem (McChesney, Brian) (Entered: 12/31/2018), Case Opening Notification: Judge Assigned: Honorable Catherine D. Perry. 89 0 R 90 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R 93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R 96 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R /Parent 5 0 R The black leopard, tigers, lions and ring-tailed lemur are endangered species and their transportation across state lines was a violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), according to ALDF.
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