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MYRTLE BEACH — Waccatee Zoo, the shuttered Myrtle Beach area attraction that PETA called "one of the worst roadside zoos in America," will not reopen after settling a federal lawsuit with the ...
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Three animals have a new place to call home after being moved from a shuttered Myrtle Beach area roadside zoo. A cougar was transferred to Carolina Tiger Rescue in ...
A Myrtle Beach area roadside zoo has shuttered permanently after settling a federal lawsuit with PETA. The nearly 35-year-old Waccatee Zoo was dubbed 'one of the worst roadside zoos in America' by ...
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A lawsuit against a roadside zoo in the Myrtle Beach area ended with the operators of the zoo agreeing not to “exploit animals,” according to PETA. The animal rights ...
Eric Slate, 52, was found dead in a kangaroo and wallaby enclosure at a South Carolina petting zoo. He reportedly had a "history" of playing rough with one of the animals.
MYRTLE BEACH — The Waccatee Zoo, accused of being one of the “worst roadside zoos in America” by a national animal rights organization, is closing its farm after decades in business.
PETA settled a lawsuit with the operators of a Myrtle Beach zoo who agree not to collect animals ever again. The owners of a roadside zoo in South Carolina that closed in 2022 settled a court case ...
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) –Bhagavan ‘Doc’ Antle, the former star of Netflix’s “Tiger King” docuseries and founder of Myrtle Beach Safari, is slated to be sentenced next month on federal ...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — The Waccatee Zoo in Myrtle Beach will be permanently closing, according to a letter from the facility's attorney. In response to an inquiry from PETA, the attorney ...
PETA had dubbed the Waccatee Zoo in Myrtle Beach the "worst roadside zoo in America." PETA said the owners of the Waccatee Zoo agreed not to own or exhibit wild and exotic animals, breed domestic ...