Ohio has passed a law banning private ownership of exotic animals.
The requirements being asked of private owners are far greater than that asked by the USDA.
Ohio residents who applied for the permit on time were given a notice almost a year after their application submission stating it was incomplete, and once rectified, denied the permit stating it was "late", regardless of the expensive changes they had made.
ODA can not properly take care of the animals they confiscate and by their own admission they neglect them, sometimes to the point of death, as was seen when they confiscated Tiger Ridge sanctuary's animals.
The Columbus Zoo is not even in compliance
We call for an in-depth investigation of ODA, the return of animals confiscated, and over-turn of the unjust exotic animal ban