A post on the park’s Facebook page announced that public access to the private zoo will be closed “effectively immediately”.
“Our new park will, at least for the foreseeable future, become a private movie set for Tiger King related television content for cable and streaming services,” the post said.
The report from a USDA inspection at Wynnwood found multiple animal welfare violations, including several repeated violations.
During the violations, inspectors found that the only cool storage for pet food was a broken refrigerator truck that zoo officials claimed they had recently fixed. “The inspectors requested the invoices for the repairs and received an invoice for a tractor repair,” the report says.
In the Facebook post, the park claimed it was targeting animal rights groups.
“The heinous agency that provided my facility with five consecutive perfect inspections has now responded to PETA’s pressure and continues to make false accusations against me,” the post reads.
Closing the park to the public will mean the animals “will no longer be subject to USDA inspections like PETA spies,” the post said.
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