The zoo that was made famous in Netflix’s “Tiger King” has closed after the USDA suspended its federal animal exhibition license.
On Tuesday, current owner Jeff Lowe announced on Facebook that the Greater Wynnwood Exotic Animal Park would be closing “effective immediately”.
Lowe said the reason for the closure was from growing pressure from PETA, writing, “The very agency that has given my facility five consecutive perfect inspections, has now folded to the pressures of PETA and continue to make false accusations against me.”
According to CNN, an inspection that the USDA conducted at the animal park found “multiple animal welfare violations, including several repeat violations.”
Violations included nonrefrigerated food for the animals that needed to be. When asked about it zoo officials said that it had recently been fixed.
“The inspectors asked for the invoices for the repairs and were handed an invoice for a tractor repair,” the report read, per CNN.
The USDA has given Lowe and all animals on property 120 days to vacate.
Carole Baskin will be be given ownership over the zoo after a federal judge ordered so in part a ruling against a trademark dispute, according to BBC News.
Lowe is planning to open a new animal park located in Thackerville, Oklahoma. However, the park’s purpose is only to be used as a “private film set for ‘Tiger King’ related television content for cable and streaming services,” Fox Business reported.